Hints and tips:
...Surely they need low interest rates to carry on their kind of R&D spending and kind of be a proper, important company. But now, it’s clearly a proper, important company in and of its own right....
...It’s also not clear whether Apollo’s video theme is a subtle jab at Bain and KKR, who were involved in the leveraged buyout of Toys R’ Us (may it rest in peace)....
...US senators Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker and Bernie Sanders, along with House representative Katie Porter, sent a letter on Tuesday asking Jonathan Kanter, head of the US Department of Justice’s antitrust...
...Katie MartinYeah. Ethan WuAnd so there’s been a lot of talk recently about what’s called — this is jargony, but it’s important — the neutral rate or sometimes called R-star....
...Helen SaxonK-R-O-O. Yes. Claer BarrettYeah. Helen SaxonAnd they’re offering 3.03 on their current account....
...Just one point behind, in second, were The Anti-Growth Coalition, consisting of FT markets editor Katie Martin and a bunch of big name tweeters she roped in, while third place went to Quizteam Lagarde, from...
...Having a major pianist like Lang Lang, Katie Mahan or Robert Glasper come round to do a private performance could be a bit of a budget-stretcher....
...katie.martin@ft.com...
...The response on r/WallStreetBets was more partisan. In one of the more printable comments, Reddit user ever_onward said: “Mind your own business grumpy gramps.”...
...A month ago, one Reddit user said Mr Left should be “public enemy #1” of r/wallstreetbets. Citron could not immediately be reached for comment....
...Lumi Keys, £299, plus optional annual subscription to contemporary-songs library, playlumi.com Steinway Spirio R self-playing piano Having a major pianist like Lang Lang, Katie Mahan or Robert Glasper...
...There was more encouraging news from a UN report that said investment in innovation increased last year in spite of (or because of) the pandemic as governments and businesses upped their spending on R&D....
...“Technology is important but only if you understand how to bring it to market and make money to scale it,” says Katie Rae, chief executive of The Engine, a VC company backed by the Massachusetts Institute...
...Additional reporting by Eric Platt and Katie Martin....
...Major pharma companies make about twice as much in profit each quarter as they spend on R&D....
...Ironically, Minnesota was an investor in the KKR fund that acquired Toys R Us and that fund had returned a juicy 16 per cent, annually....
...On Wednesday, both the UK arm of Toys R Us and electronics retailer Maplin collapsed, putting thousands of jobs at risk....
...Electronics retailer Maplin and the British arm of Toys R Us collapsed into administration on Wednesday, while fast fashion group New Look has sought consent from bondholders ahead of a possible restructuring...
...What we’re reading Democrats’ rust-belt push for 2020 By the conventional rules of politics, Katie Muth was not supposed to win her race for Pennsylvania state senate....
...The euro is still ploughing higher while eurozone government bonds are falling after European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi yesterday used the R-word (reflation), stoking expectations that policymakers...
...turned out to be a mixed blessing, it adds: While the sustained weakness of Sterling gives us a competitive advantage in the export market, this benefit is substantially offset by increased investment in R&...
...The reductions are expected to affect R&D units and headquarter staff functions, as well as positions in the global commercial organisation....
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