Hints and tips:
...But the rock they have scaled is so spindly that, to get to the chopper, they must zip line across a canyon....
...Brexit has done long term damage, energy policy is poor, and the pool of talent in government is at rock bottom. That’s enough glyphosate to kill off any green shoots of recovery....
...If Debt/GDP is about 1 now (UK-US levels) you can run a primary deficit of (g-r) — where g is growth rate and r is real cost of borrowing — and keep Debt/GDP constant....
...“They’re rock stars. They’re simply the best at what they do,” said Craig Deitelzweig, chief executive of New York-based Marx Realty....
...But the listed holding company, such as Berkshire, or Alphabet — a cross between Warren Buffett’s creation and an incubator — may represent an important part of the future....
...But surely investors in his fund should be hoping for something a little more creative? For activist hedge funds, buying a small stake in a huge company gives them little influence over management....
...It said it will continue to make branded handsets, but analysts hold out little optimism for such a small-scale business....
...In 2017, a property fund bought out the bankrupt venture and renamed it the Adelaide Hotel. The M came off first, then the P. Soon the T, R and U were gone too....
...China’s innovation bulls believe the country is already on the path, spending huge amounts on R&D and leapfrogging technologies in telecoms and tech with agility....
...“Perhaps what ultimately held him back creatively was he was always a little too eager to make money. But he and his partners have been laughing all the way to the bank.”...
...Many companies are now trying to sell their holdings there....
...Come with us oh sophisticated investors, you don’t belong with rubes on the street holding simple stocks and bonds. That sentiment is summed up perfectly by Gerald Corcoran, CEO of Chicago-based R.J....
...Fast forward – sometimes many months – and the completion of the deal can slip by with little ceremony....
...“Prospects for the property market in Dubai are pretty gloomy. It looks like we haven’t hit the bottom yet....
...developers and house-buyers – a sort of Northern Rock on steroids...
...It kind of hurt a little bit,” he smiles. A small wooden cross dangles from the rearview mirror....
...HRE is also one of the largest participants in another vital, if little known, area of European finance: the €2,000bn market for covered bonds, which are instruments backed by rock-solid and ring-fenced...
...Mr Hornby is charged with doing too little, too late to shore up dwindling capital ratios with this spring’s rights issue....
...In the interests of pragmatism, notwithstanding the UK government’s explicit support for Northern Rock, it makes sense to diversify cash holdings across a variety of the major banks, just in case....
...Uncle Montague’s Tales of Terror By Chris Priestley Bloomsbury £9.99, 239 pages FT bookshop price: £7.99 This collection of ghost stories in the style of M.R....
...HSBC and Standard Chartered, which have little or no exposure to the UK market, were 0.6 per cent higher at 870p and 2 per cent firmer at 999½p respectively on hopes for an improvement in the Hong Kong property...
...G.R....
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