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...Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Hollywood Media Empire by James B Stewart and Rachel Abrams (Cornerstone Press/Penguin Press) Sex and power were the abiding obsessions of the colourful media mogul Sumner...
...Stewart (a finalist in the inaugural FT book award in 2005 for DisneyWar) and Abrams tell a tale of sex, power and late-life obsession....
...paintings you’ll also encounter at Petworth House, former seat of JMW Turner’s patron the Earl of Egremont, the gates to which are a five-minute walk away), not to mention Thomas Ruff, Chuck Close and Kara...
...This piece by Kara Frederick for the Center for a New American Security examines the “digital disinformation fight”....
...That same day, the unidentified hedge fund contacted Collins Stewart saying it believed Mr Aggarwal was disseminating confidential information....
...Perhaps most publicly, Mr Strassberg defended Peter Bacanovic, Martha Stewart’s broker, on charges of conspiracy, perjury, and making false statements to the government investigating insider trading in ImClone...
...Ebbers is sentenced to 25 years in prison, while Stewart serves five months. The SDNY prosecutes Bernard Madoff for running the largest Ponzi scheme in US history....
...Stewart Wingate, chief executive of Gatwick airport, cited reports that some passengers may have been suffering from “smoke inhalation”....
...Additional reporting by Kara Scannell and Dan McCrum...
...Stewart” – FBI cracks alleged Rajaratnam ring – FT Alphaville...
...I’ll be like Martha [expletive] Stewart.” Ms Stewart was convicted of obstructing a US government investigation into whether she traded on inside information about ImClone....
...“Nagle had no idea where Picower’s money came from; he occupied an unmarked office suite in an anonymous Manhattan tower,” Mr Stewart wrote....
...Stewart Robinson, Aviva Should be – history shows we need 2 things more than anything else: restraint on public spending and economic growth. So far, so good. Keep it up. There is no Plan B....
...Stewart Robinson, Aviva House prices are expensive. But supply and demand are not out of whack like they have been in Spain, the US, and Ireland....
...Amit Kara, UBS More than most euro area economies because the UK has its own central bank, but it is relative....
...Stewart Robinson, Aviva This is politically tricky, but don’t screw up one of the most important industries we have through overtax and over-regulation....
...Amit Kara, UBS The robust bounce back in 2010 reflected the easy pickings of a cyclical recovery....
...Stewart Robinson, Aviva Difficult one. They rightly take a two-year view and I basically agree with their view – inflation isn’t a problem on that horizon....
...Amit Kara, UBS a) Europe: the most immediate risk is a complete evaporation of confidence in the Irish banking system....
...One dissenter: Jon Stewart of The Daily Show, who didn’t take to Jeff Bezos’ pitch....
...Amit Kara, UBS Property values are fairly valued given that the policy rate will stay low for a prolonged period of time....
...Amit Kara, UBS Emerging economies will be important drivers for global growth but as far as the UK is concerned, it’s the euro area that is most important....
...Stewart Robertson, Aviva Investors Trend growth at best in 2010 for the developed world. (Non-Japan Asia should continue to do better)....
...Stewart Robertson, Aviva Investors Tricky. Aside from the developed/emerging split, everyone has suffered really. Winners are only relative ones!...
...Amit Kara, UBS As soon as the risks of a double dip evaporate which we expect by mid-2010....
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