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December 16, 2009
Analysis: Gold: on the flip side
...in life, has its time and place. And now is that time." John Paulson, another well-known hedge fund manager, has adopted...towards gold, "from a dead asset that should be sold because it does not yield, to a diversification tool". The shift is important...almost nothing five years ago, it has ballooned to more than 1,100 tonnes of bullion - ranking above the holdings of central banks... By Javier Blas in London
December 15, 2009
Gold: On the flip side
...in life, has its time and place. And now is that time.” John Paulson, another well-known hedge fund manager, has adopted...gold, “from a dead asset that should be sold because it does not yield, to a diversification tool”. The shift is...almost nothing five years ago, it has ballooned to more than 1,100 tonnes of bullion – ranking above the holdings of central... By Javier Blas in London
October 2, 2009
Sumatra earthquake death toll rises
...police spokesman, said the death toll at 7pm yesterday was 529 with "several hundred" buried, presumed dead, although John Holmes, UN humanitarian chief, told the BBC yesterday that at least 1,100 people had died. Mr Holmes said many hundreds more had been injured, and both figures were set to rise further. . Some...starts shaking, I'm sure many lives were saved." While the local administration may have trained the people well, it does not seem to have done such a good job with its officials. There was a conspicuous absence of activity at the provincial... By John Aglionby in West Sumatra
July 10, 2009
The town that Wal-Mart built
...Hills Promenade “lifestyle centre”, an open-air shopping mall. Also on the site are buildings to house some of the 1,100 local offices of companies that sell to Wal-Mart: Kraft, Johnson & Johnson, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola. And next to a Coke bottle...is black – compared with a national average of 12 per cent, and 15 per cent for Arkansas as a whole. But the local area does now have a significant Hispanic population – about 15 per cent in the county – thanks to an influx of immigrants seeking...the top seven positions. Alice is in sixth place, following her brothers Jim and Rob and ahead of Christy, the widow of John, who died in 2005.) Alice’s collection includes paintings by Asher Durand, Winslow Homer, Charles Willson Peale and... By Jonathan Birchall
November 25, 2008
Who’s who: Leading players in the regeneration game
...Gateshead in the north-east of England, is developing a 1,100-home project as part of the mixed-use development at Dartford...Wharf and south-east London to west London and Heathrow, does not fall victim of the credit crunch. His decision to scrap...pressure at the Dartford crossing and the Blackwall tunnel. John Armitt The chairman of the Olympic Delivery Authority, which...building the high-speed Channel Tunnel Rail Link. Having joined John Laing in 1966 as a graduate engineer, he spent 27 years working... By John Willman, Business Editor. Photographs by Getty Images, Howard Barlow, Daniel Lynch
November 26, 2008
Leading players in the regeneration game
...has already completed plans for an 800-home eco-village at Gateshead in the north-east of England, is developing a 1,100-home project as part of the mixed-use development at Dartford in Kent. He turned his hand to housing after being challenged...the shorter term, he must ensure Crossrail, linking Canary Wharf and south-east London to west London and Heathrow, does not fall victim of the credit crunch. His decision to scrap planning for the £300m Thames Gateway bridge linking Beckton...Union Railways, the company that was responsible for building the high-speed Channel Tunnel Rail Link. Having joined John Laing in 1966 as a graduate engineer, he spent 27 years working on major construction projects in the UK and overseas... By John Willman, Business Editor
August 23, 2008
Masterpieces and miracles
...Justinian in the early sixth century, when it was given a dome of virtually the same diameter as that of St Paul's in London, 1,100 years later; note that the dome is not a hemisphere but the shallowest of saucers - infinitely harder to construct - and that...chisel. Among the Islamic monuments of the city, most visitors content themselves with the Blue Mosque; standing as it does opposite St Sophia, it is the obvious one to go for. I would recommend the Süleymaniye - far more majestic. If you are looking...to them, the city is the only one on earth to have been an imperial capital for 15 centuries. Salute it - and enjoy it. John Julius Norwich is the author most recently of a memoir, 'Trying to Please' (Dovecote Press) and 'The Middle Sea: a... By John Julius Norwich
August 22, 2008
Masterpieces and miracles
...in the early sixth century, when it was given a dome of virtually the same diameter as that of St Paul’s in London, 1,100 years later; note that the dome is not a hemisphere but the shallowest of saucers – infinitely harder to construct – and...chisel. Among the Islamic monuments of the city, most visitors content themselves with the Blue Mosque; standing as it does opposite St Sophia, it is the obvious one to go for. I would recommend the Süleymaniye – far more majestic. If you...them, the city is the only one on earth to have been an imperial capital for 15 centuries. Salute it – and enjoy it. John Julius Norwich is the author most recently of a memoir, ‘Trying to Please’ (Dovecote Press) and ‘The Middle Sea... By John Julius Norwich
September 15, 2008
GKN pays £136m for Airbus plant
...scale composite wing components for future generation jets for Airbus and eventually for other aircraft makers. Separately, John Hutton, business secretary, announced the government was making available an additional £50m during the next five years...commercial aerospace industry. Ministers have been anxious to be seen to be doing all in their power to ensure that the UK does not lose wing work on the next generations of Airbus aircraft – most importantly the A350 and the replacement planned for...restructuring programme Airbus last month agreed the sale of its cabin components plant at Laupheim, Germany, with a workforce of 1,100 and annual turnover of €240m to a joint venture of Diehl and Thales. It has failed to find buyers for some of its larger... By Kevin Done, Aerospace Correspondent
May 27, 2008
Wilting agenda: Britain loses its appetite for green initiatives
...pilot schemes. Nor, argue critics, does the government’s record of meeting...steel to continue with this,” says John Roberts, former chief executive of United Utilities...that households could save more than £1,100 a year by taking a range of simple measures...money, because of the perceived costs. John Sauven, director of the campaigning group...indecision and backtracking on the climate does not give people that confidence... By Jim Pickard and Fiona Harvey