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...We don’t want to see this escalate,” said John Kirby, spokesperson for the US National Security Council, on NBC’s Meet the Press. “We’re not looking for a wider war with Iran.”...
...Raphael Cohen of the Rand Corporation said this could be a watershed moment in the historical debate about whether the US did or did not “play this war correctly,” and whether it should have delivered more...
...“We do not believe this is a step towards a just and durable peace,” Kirby said....
...The targeted groups included Beijing Nanjiang Aerospace Technology, China Electronics Technology Group Corporation 48th Research Institute and Dongguan Lingkong Remote Sensing Technology....
...But some argued that the weekend deal brokered by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and California regulators illustrated the resilience of the US banking system....
...CAAA is a research institute under China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, the main state-owned company that makes missile systems and rockets for the country’s space programme....
...What else we’re reading The US legal move letting corporations off the hook 3M, the conglomerate, is part of a recent trend whereby US corporations make use of the bankruptcy court not because they are...
...“The Saudi foreign ministry can try to spin or deflect, but the facts are simple,” said John Kirby, a top spokesperson for the US National Security Council. 4....
...It struck its largest transaction in six years, agreeing to pay $11.6bn in cash for insurance-to-toy manufacturing conglomerate Alleghany Corporation. The purchase is classic Buffett....
...“She’s one of the good soldiers so she won’t fight back the way Morneau did, as limited as that was,” said Norman Levine, managing director of Toronto-based investment firm Portfolio Management Corporation...
...through acquisitions over the decades to be a global transportation giant, it was also held by many in Canada up as a rare national champion in a country that has produced relatively few world-beating corporations...
...approval announcement Bill Morneau, finance minister, said numerous organisations had expressed interest in buying the project, including some indigenous groups that support resource development as well as corporations...
...Some see the “social funds” as little more than a covert way to increase corporation tax....
...The City Of London Corporation welcomed news of Baroness Neville-Rolfe’s expanded role in the Square Mile....
...Davenport and Kirby “expect corporations’ efforts to keep human workers employable will become part of their ‘social licence to operate’”....
...“Biologic patent expiries likely won’t present as large of a threat to sales as [chemical] drugs,” says Bob Kirby of Fitch, the rating agency....
...“West Bund was a great first fair presentation for us in China proper,” said Simon Kirby of Victoria Miro....
...books on the rise of the robots, and Davenport and Kirby provide a fine call to action for flesh-and-blood workers by emphasising the collaborative possibilities of new technology....
...The government would need to introduce legislation to allow housing associations to sell houses to tenants at a discount, according to Piers Williamson, chief executive of the Housing Finance Corporation...
...Simon Kirby, one of several former Network Rail executives who has joined HS2, said it was “determined to build on Crossrail’s success where 97 per cent of contracts were placed with UK-based firms”....
...Simon Kirby, Head of Macromodelling and Forecasting, NIESR I think the first increase will happen within the next six months....
...Simon Kirby, Head of Macromodelling and Forecasting, NIESR The 12 to 24 month period after such a vote would probably prove quite volatile for the UK economy....
...Simon Kirby, economist NIESR The ‘average’ household should experience rising real disposable incomes throughout next year....
...“There is weakness in capital formation in the private sector,” Mr Kirby said, noting that this comes despite apparently very healthy profitability among UK corporations....
...From 2012-13-2016-17 OBR forecasts are that revenue from income tax and NICs will increase 23%, from VAT 15% Corporation tax 9% and Tobacco duty 8%....
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