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...In July, pro-Beijing lawmakers in Hong Kong called for the “de-westernisation” of the Research Grants Council, which decides funding priorities for the city’s public universities....
...Jerome Grisko, chief executive of CBiz, the only listed US accounting services business, told investors last month that competition for deals meant prices for accounting firms had “ticked up a little” but...
...We are seated at a garden table at the Jerome, the town’s grandest hotel, with a shimmering view of the peaks around us....
...Elsewhere, Oscar Jerome & Oscar #Worldpeace transform Grant Green’s guitar trio composition “Green with Envy” into grimy studio-savvy London rap, and Nubiyan Twist add vocoder vocals and an Afrobeat trace...
...“Let us wait for Godot,” Beckett told his publisher Jérôme Lindon in 1951, “but it won’t be tomorrow.”...
...(NY Times $) — A long read from WSJ about “Jerome Powell’s dilemma” ahead of his Jackson Hole comments on Friday....
...Jerome Geyer, a French Egyptian business graduate who left a job in Europe to restore his family’s houseboat to its 1920s style and receive Airbnb guests, said he was not opposed to development but that...
...“This is one of the most important decisions that can be made and needs to be made because we are running out of days to confirm,” said Diane Swonk, chief economist at Grant Thornton....
...Joe Biden’s decision this week to grant a second term to Jay Powell at the Federal Reserve looked judicious from the administration’s perspective but the challenges that the chair faces rate close to 10...
...For any three-part answer, getting two right grants half a point....
...Only 1.5 per cent of the World Bank’s concessional grants are for health, and only 1.9 per cent are for education....
...Jerome K Jerome noted this dichotomy in the introduction to Told After Supper, his 1891 collection of light-hearted spooky tales: “Nothing satisfies us on Christmas Eve but to hear each other tell authentic...
...“He’s pleading the case for the American public,” said Diane Swonk, chief economist at Grant Thornton in Chicago. “The economic conscience of Washington right now is coming out of the Fed,” she added....
...Asia’s vaccine caution contrasts with fervent enthusiasm in the US and Europe, where coronavirus infection is raging and authorities have made it a point of pride to grant approvals quickly....
...But in the near term you can’t escape the downside risk of surging infection, which was already high,” said Diane Swonk, chief economist at Grant Thornton....
...Jerome Adams, the Trump-appointed Surgeon General, sounded the alarm this week....
...Mr Rutte told parliament that it would be a “gift” rather than a grant — wording that has already riled some....
...“Congress did its job, but that was just one battle,” said Diane Swonk, chief economist at Grant Thornton. “There is still a war on the Fed’s independence.”...
...However, Jérôme Legras, head of research at Axiom Alternative Investments, which attended last week’s investor roadshow, said it would take more than a single quarter of improved performance to win over...
...However, Diane Swonk, chief economist at Grant Thornton, said Monday’s dinner, a day before the president’s State of the Union address, still needed very careful handling by the Fed given Mr Trump’s criticisms...
...“The world is not operating by the old rules,” said Diane Swonk, chief economist at Grant Thornton. “Inflation is simply not responding to low unemployment, strong growth and faster wage rises....
...“The goal is to fly low and go under the radar,” said Diane Swonk, chief economist at Grant Thornton. How will the statement change?...
...Much of that flexibility was lost in translation for financial markets,” said Diane Swonk of Grant Thornton....
...However Fed watchers such as Diane Swonk, chief economist at Grant Thornton, strongly doubt the president is managing to dictate policy....
...And I am so happy to have Jérôme to curate it!” says Lo. And with that, and another burst of laughter, he bids me goodbye....
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