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...Productivity-hype bubbles are usually separated by at least 25 years and usually form at the end of a secular bull market, when aggregate profits are coming under pressure, say Garthwaite et al....
...As the tribunal decision summarised it: Walkers contend that the products should be zero-rated for VAT purposes on the basis that they fall within Item 1 of Group 1 of Part II to Schedule 8 VAT, being “...
...However, Bebchuk et al conclude that this throws the ball into the government’s court....
...al — arrived....
...And, as lockdown measures are softened, the return of the likes of Gregg's, Starbucks et al to the UK FtG market will increase competition....
...Recent medical literature suggests that severe manifestations of COVID19 may be due to tissue damage caused by severe immune dysregulation (Li H, et al; The Lancet; April 2020)....
...TATE has done sterling work on rebuilding its balance sheet and cashflow in recent years, reflected in FY20E ND:EBITDA (inc. IFRS 16) of 0.9x & 1.8x FCF dividend cover....
...Related links: A message from the dear leader to the stakhanovites — FT AlphavilleShared mobility V.1, USSR edition — FT AlphavilleWhat Hertz tells us about the future of shared mobility — FT AlphavilleMore...
...In a 1,108-word blog post, the entrepreneur sought to justify his announcement on Twitter last week that he had “funding secured” for such a deal....
...Related links: Shared mobility V.1, USSR edition – FT Alphaville Do the economics of self-driving taxis actually make sense? – FT Alphaville Who are Tesla’s competitors, really?...
...Mr Gálvez details some $30bn of investment in the sector over the past five years, including a peak of $10bn in 2013....
...Since the Great Crash, cross-border capital flows have fallen to 3.1 per cent of global gross domestic product, less than one-quarter of their pre-crisis peak....
...We suppose, before getting to what might stop this, one should probably discuss what’s hitting the Wunderbund et al. Still early in the day, after all....
...The “back end” of the network – the part where Netflix connects to Comcast et al – would be a tightly-regulated telecoms service....
...Statistical studies (see for example Gadea et al) confirm that there has been no significant break in the behaviour of volatility in the five year period since 2008, compared to that experienced during GM...
...Greene herself steers clear of criticising Amazon but she angrily sums up the challenge from Whistl et al like this: “This is not the kind of competition that drives efficiency....
...A similar 2009 study by Mikael Höök et al. found a production-weighted average decline rate of 5.5 percent per year. Other estimates have ranged as high as 8 percent....
...However, Hynes et al say it appears that domestic iron ore production actually increased in October – even though prices were really crashing then....
...Companies so far appear to be coping with power restrictions during peak times by shifting some production to weekends, as the crisis continues at the Fukushima Daiichi plant and while other nuclear facilities...
...Abrahamson et al find evidence that “strategic pricing” (implicit collusion) is as strong as ever in the US IPO market....
...So, Bernanke et al are now going to be increasingly targeting longer-term interest rates as a means to revive growth, mitigate double-dip risks and avoid a potentially destabilizing deflationary experience...
...This does not argue that the recovery seen so far is not real. It does, however, argue that it is not sustainable....
...And why, now, doesn’t someone come along and eat Durant for lunch, in the way that Blockbuster has been laid low by Netflix et al? There are two answers (at least)....
...What really happened at Northern Rock, Royal Bank of Scotland et al? This gives you a clearer idea....
...Oil production in the UAE dropped after the most recent OPEC meeting to 2.2mn bpd from 2.6mn bpd in September 2008....
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