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...This week, the base, which is the headquarters of the US Army’s V Corps, was renamed Camp Kościuszko after the Polish revolutionary who crossed the Atlantic to fight the British (gee, thanks Thaddeus)....
...When the Iran-Contra story finally broke late in 1986, Powell had been in Germany for less than six months, now with three stars and in command of the 75,000 strong V corps, having skipped the normal intermediary...
...Additional reporting by Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson in New York...
...Catalent has partnered with AstraZeneca to manufacture its vaccine in Anagni, Italy, and is currently planning a large expansion of its production lines to churn out Johnson & Johnson’s shot in Europe....
...SoftBank founder predicts WeWork V for Victory Masayoshi Son admitted today he had turned a “blind eye” to governance lapses at WeWork but promised a “sharp V-shaped recovery” for the shared offices provider...
...Xerox said it would take its proposal for a $33bn takeover of HP directly to the personal computer maker’s shareholders, Nasdaq’s listings business is on course to eclipse that of bitter rival the New York...
...estimates that developed economies will contract by 6.1 per cent this year, much more than the 1.1 per cent rate predicted for emerging markets, and Mr Dehn said that “for most of EM it will be a relatively V-shaped...
...on Thursday after the ride-hailing company promised profitability in the final quarter of this year, officials in London and Washington told the FT that Donald Trump vented in “apoplectic” fury at Boris Johnson...
...Xerox wants to give HP’s board its walking papers We’re all guilty of overusing the David v Goliath trope but in the case of Xerox and HP, it really does apply....
...The UK-based foodmaker has taken a £5bn writedown on its $17.9bn takeover of baby formula maker Mead Johnson, which it bought three years ago....
...“Fees are infinitesimally small because index funds have spawned competition hugely beneficial to the investor,” says Ben Johnson of Morningstar, the fund-ratings group....
...The incredible demand to buy into a Chinese company that does not yet have any clear products is just one sign that China's venture capital market is overheating (FT) Xerox v activist investors Xerox is...
...While owning 6 per cent of Xerox common stock, Mr Deason also happens to be a Xerox creditor....
...Born in the South Bronx area of New York to working class immigrants from Poland, Mr Cooperman spent a period working for Xerox before going on to study business at Columbia....
...realignment means the dropping of Brazil and Russia with their commodities and big energy companies, in favour of tech-heavy Taiwan and Korea, who are joining India and China as the Ticks, reports Steve Johnson...
...In 2013, Prof Hensmans wrote, with Gerry Johnson and George Yip, an analysis of successful British companies....
Having happy staff and customers does not always guarantee a sustainable economic structure
...Communities minister Eric Pickles has proposed abolishing exemptions, drawing flak from London mayor Boris Johnson. UK planning needs deregulating....
...Nowadays there are just four US companies that have triple A ratings from both Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s: Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, ADP and ExxonMobil....
...Trott himself had a match that was beyond dismal, getting out twice cheaply and horribly to the fast bowler, Mitchell Johnson....
...Speculation about an early reshuffle has been heightened by Jeremy Hunt’s entanglement in a scandal over the culture department’s handling of News Corp’s bid for full control of BSkyB....
...“The V-shaped recovery in corporate profits seems to be at an end,” warned Barry Knapp, chief US equity strategist at Barclays Capital....
...V ivendi’s Universal Music, home to Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber, will pay $1.9bn for EMI’s recorded music business or seven times earnings before interest depreciation, tax and amortisation, a price tag...
...Somewhat cheaper Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer and Coca-Cola, did well too. Technology stocks did worst, but the best predictor of future return was not industry but starting valuation....
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