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...Stuart Kirk. . . or rising....
...“To have an exchange exerting this much influence on Japanese corporate management is completely unprecedented,” said Bruce Kirk, chief Japan equity strategist at Goldman Sachs....
...Email: stuart.kirk@ft.com; Twitter: @stuartkirk__...
...Those that have complied tend to be the weakest companies, with p/b ratios below 0.5; many stronger companies apparently feel like they can get away with it....
...Patagonia was already a B Corp and California benefit corporation and Chouinard, now an ex-billionaire, said in an open letter that he had considered taking it public instead....
...He eventually found his way to the legendary B-movie director Roger Corman, who helped launch the careers of future directors including Francis Ford Coppola....
...One good read In case you missed it over the weekend, Stuart Kirk’s first column as an FT investment columnist struck a blow for transparency....
...Five thousand businesses in 83 countries and 156 industries are Certified B Corporations, meeting rigorous social and environmental standards....
...She would “tak the gait hame fae the kirk”, and be quick to “spier whi wis wrang sin ah wis greetin”....
...Chrysaor’s output was forecast to naturally decline over the next five years to fewer than 150,000 barrels a day, according to Wood Mackenzie, but should now hold above 200,000 b/d....
...Jess and Will Manley had spent years managing chalets in the French resort of Sainte Foy and were planning to start their own hotel in the Alps until their parents suggested they return to do it in England...
...Robert Mitchum lured from sleepy east California back to his dark past by Kirk Douglas via Jane Greer, playing one of the most fatal of femmes fatales....
...None of the 181 BRT signatories made the switch to become a B-Corp over the past year. But B-Lab is still keeping up the pressure....
...Keats“I Watched a Blackbird” by Thomas Hardy (for Easter)“Home Thoughts from Abroad” by Robert Browning“The Song of Wandering Aengus” by WB Yeats“The Lake Isle of Innisfree” by WB Yeats“Spring” by Gerard Manley...
...SoftBank’s Vision Fund was Fair’s leading investor in its $385m Series B funding round last December....
...Kirk Shryoc, a structured finance expert, will be the new CFO....
...Sales growth continued into the second half, M&B said....
...Catcher is key to Premier’s goal of increasing its production this year to between 80,000 and 85,000 b/d and continue paying off its significant debt load....
...“It’s been obvious for a while that the super luxury market has been flooded,” says Kirk Henckels of Stribling....
...Is it (a) lots of gas and dust, maybe a planet or two; or (b) an alien megalomaniac intent on taking down the United Federation of Planets with an ancient superweapon?...
...One of the most admired producers of this variety in its new form (not too oaky, not too alcoholic, polished tannins and with real interest) is Tim Kirk of Canberra....
...You get guys that are Class B lawyers . . . They don’t know anything. Comparing Donald to [Texas senator Ted] Cruz, [Florida senator Marco] Rubio or some of those guys — that’s men against boys.”...
...I even like the idea that there can be no Plan B. If you wager your body and soul in a venture, then you will move heaven and earth to make it work....
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