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...And when it did broach difficult or provocative subjects — like in 2011’s “Palestinian Chicken” — it did so in a way that was perfectly pitched between irreverence and understanding....
...Larry Fink faces a proxy challenge to his dual role as chair and chief executive of BlackRock from a UK activist investor that wants more board oversight of the $10tn money manager’s approach to sustainable...
...More than half of BlackRock’s $10tn in assets under management are retirement savings, including institutional pension funds, corporate defined contribution plans known as 401(k)s and individual accounts...
...The reaction in stock markets was muted, with Wall Street’s S&P 500 trading 0.3 per cent lower....
...While the episode doesn’t reach the vertiginous heights of the series’ best — 2011’s “Palestinian Chicken” seems more incisive now than ever — it says something about Curb’s enduring brilliance that even...
...Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 was up 0.8 per cent, on track to finish at another record high - the latest of several new peaks in recent weeks....
...Waller supports “support[s] further thinking” on the pace, but appears less sure of the need to go slow....
...Fifty-four of the 100 largest US public companies do it, said BlackRock in rejecting a challenge concerning Larry Fink’s dual chair and chief executive roles....
...Fed Governor Christopher Waller will give a speech on the economic outlook at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis....
...Wall Street’s S&P 500 share gauge fell 0.5 per cent....
...On Thursday, the S&P 500 reversed a boosterish 0.8 per cent morning gain to close 1.2 per cent lower — its worst day in eight weeks....
...Of course, Waller doesn’t set monetary policy by his lonesome....
...The head of F1’s governing body told the FT last week it was “damaging the sport”....
...I think this stems from fear and uncertainty,” BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink told analysts on Friday....
...Equally, the few who correctly predicted inflation’s rise, such as Larry Summers, were too pessimistic about how entrenched it was. Inflation is poorly understood, and devilish to forecast....
...Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 added 0.7 per cent shortly after the opening bell, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite gained 0.9 per cent....
...The remarks by Christopher Waller also pushed the dollar and Treasury yields to multi-month lows....
...The S&P 500 finished up by 0.1 per cent and the Nasdaq Composite gained 0.3 per cent....
...Friday interview: Larry Summers Larry Summers — former Harvard president and Treasury secretary, and new OpenAI board member — is one of the most influential economists of our time....
...After a brief rally, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite were flat in mid-afternoon trade....
...Fedspeak: US Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller will deliver a speech on the economic outlook at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington....
...The Russell 2000 index has risen 24 per cent since the beginning of 2020, lagging behind the S&P 500’s more than 60 per cent gain over the same period. Read the full story. 4....
...Between 1995 and 2002, who was the third host of BBC1’s The Generation Game, following Bruce Forsyth and Larry Grayson? Click here for the answers James Walton is co-host of “The Booker Prize Podcast”...
...S&P Global expects global copper demand to double by 2035 to nearly 49mn metric tonnes....
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