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...Railroad operator CSX and Whirlpool come after the market closes....
...Results from Snap will be closely watched after last month’s profit warning and transport companies American Airlines, Alaska Air and railroad operator Union Pacific, also report earnings....
...Eye on Asia-Pacific: China will welcome a prolonged war in Ukraine as a “rolling strategic diversion” from its own assertiveness, according to former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd....
...(FT) Railroad deal is the biggest of the year Canadian Pacific has agreed to buy Kansas City Southern for $28.9bn, including debt, in the largest takeover so far this year....
...The FT’s Alan Smith and Steven Bernard trace how cities, people and the economy spread from coast to coast. (FT)...
...James Smith, economist at ING: A full 2021 recovery is unlikely....
...Here’s a quick glance: There are the unions. Remember workers employee reps get half of the supervisory board seats at most German companies....
...addiction The risk of boom turning to bust Brooke Masters: Debt v equity — why have IPOs fallen?...
...After Ms Chao announced her civil union with her female partner, Sean Eav, her father publicly offered a $65m bounty to any man who could woo and marry Ms Chao....
...It is not just large companies that are feeling the chill....
...Nothing is assured; economists have relatively little experience of what happens after a forced customs-union exit....
...Dublin will become the destination for companies needing a foothold in the EU....
...“Now we’re getting two Easter Sundays a week at some terminals,” Mr Smith says....
...Oil, financial and railroad monopolies inspired the creation of competition authorities. The Depression then sparked comprehensive financial reforms....
...Masterpieces of Chinese Painting: 700-1900, edited by Zhang Hongxing, V&A Publishing, RRP£40/$60 The world’s oldest painting tradition explored in the glorious catalogue to the V&A’s current, once-in-a-lifetime...
...However, economists have been saying for some time that China is one of many countries in emerging Asia where a surge in inflation that began during the region’s V-shaped recovery from the world financial...
...Sir Kevin Smith, chief executive of GKN, which supplies manufacturers including Airbus, Boeing, Nissan and Jaguar Land Rover, says short-term concerns over the state of European and US economies are clouding...
...Kevin Crissey, UBS Kevin Crissey is an executive director in the transportation group of UBS Investment Research, specialising in US airlines....
...But Asia’s V-shaped recovery has helped them to report improved recent results, along with a host of smaller companies such as Asustek and HTC, the Taiwanese computer and smartphone manufacturers....
...“There is a certain maturation process,” says Todd Marin, head of investment banking for JPMorgan in Asia Pacific....
...Mr Smith said: “Julia Gillard was elected and elevated into the position of prime minister by the older labour movement – the factional power brokers supported by the unions – which doesn’t sit well with...
...But, like the dark skies overhead, a sense of foreboding has dogged the prime minister in the eight weeks since she toppled Kevin Rudd, one of the most successful world leaders during the financial crisis...
...Stuart Smith, Hong Kong PB:The Hong Kong Dollar remains pegged to the US Dollar for the time being and I can’t see that changing in the near-term....
...Additional reporting by Roel Landingin and Peter Smith...
...Kevin Thibault, executive director of the state’s Florida Rail Enterprise, says the Florida line’s opening could represent a change for the US as profound as the building of the highway system, inspired...
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