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...Is the y-o-10y comparison flattering? We’re not sure, but in our short-term focused business culture, at least they’re comfortable talking about the future....
...K-SURE, the South Korean government export credit agency, has withdrawn insurance needed to underwrite SK E&S’s investment in the Timor Sea project....
...Kenny G pops up to play a jazzy sax solo on “Clair de Lune” and Lil Wayne raps about New Orleans on “Uneasy”....
...With 2018’s Green Book, he hit on an Oscar-winning formula in which a working-class white guy learns to question his assumptions about x while on a road trip through y, in period setting z....
...More than 500 votes were logged (thanks, y’all!) and 55 per cent answered yes, we will have fusion power plants by 2050. I have to admit, I was in the minority “no” camp....
...The Stories She Wears is a six-month programme focusing on teaching practical techniques in local styles, upcycled fashion, traditional textile design and financial literacy. pradagroup.com; unfpa.org G...
...K Knock-up Why is it so much easier to hit nice shots in a knock-up (the warm-up session) than in an actual match?...
...Since the late 1980s, Premier has not only worked with legendary emcees such as Nas (“N.Y. State of Mind”), Jay-Z (“D’Evils”), Big L (“The Enemy”) and The Notorious B.I.G....
...Here are normalised log returns on the US stock market charted against flows (in G&K’s meaning of that term): On Monday I said that the G&K model should make us reassess the importance of stock buybacks...
...One is that MS&S focus just on US data, and G&P are emphatic that, because capital and productive capacity moves across borders, you have to look at the global picture....
...“We select best-in-class managers in all asset classes, so a lot of our due diligence is of how the manager does diligence around E, S and G metrics,” says Stephanie Cohn Rupp, Veris chief executive....
...Early in Rauch’s career, 16 insurance companies went bankrupt in the wake of 1992’s Hurricane Andrew, which caused $25bn of damage mainly in southern Florida....
...The R5’s sound is really glorious, from a powerful bass to the twinkliest of top notes. £999, from ruarkaudio.com...
...The full impact of 2022’s tightening of monetary policy is still to be seen, and we expect another 50bp of rate hikes in early-2023....
...Royal Mail reported 5m letter revenues down 21.5% y/y....
...1,015: Richard Otley, Wakefield Crossword 16,123: Michael Baylor, France; Scott Forbes, London; Judith Hadley, USA Polymath 1,014: Peter Boyd, Wiltshire Crossword 16,117: Mary Aclandhood, London; Rev T K...
...Trivitron chairman and managing director G.S.K....
...Overall, the grp expects Net cash position for 2021 y/e to be at £550m (vs. £308m this year)....
...Over to Alistair: [I]s there by any chance a convoluted link to the Wirecard farrago? . . . The potential link?...
...Top K-pop boy band BTS have cancelled shows, even urging fans to avoid their promotional appearances....
...After +9% y/y rental revenue growth in the quarter ending Jan-20, Ashtead saw growth slow to +2% in March, and it expects April to be -15% y/y....
...Overall, we assume that in developed markets, namely North America and Western Europe, volumes decline by 20% y/y in 2020....
...The inventory breakdown will be in the 10-K, so we’ll find out then (whenever it arrives, Tesla not liking to follow common practice here by releasing it the day after earnings)....
...At a campaign rally in New Hampshire this summer, Mr Trump said Americans would have “no choice” but to vote for him in 2020, because if he lost “your 401(k)s [will go] down the tubes, everything’s going...
...The FD noted that the Work-in-Progress was up c.£130m y/y, and would expect similar move up at the y/e position....
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