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...The White House last week sent two former top officials — former Republican national security adviser Stephen Hadley and former Democratic deputy secretary of state James Steinberg — to Taipei in the wake...
...“She bore the brunt of the apartheid regime’s attacks on Black people,” says Jonny Steinberg, author of Winnie & Nelson, a book that re-examines their dual legacy....
...“I said to Mark [Walter], ‘You’re going to think I put this in there. I didn’t!’”...
...In February this year, as if to mark the anniversary of Moscow’s act of aggression, South Africa conducted joint naval exercises with both Russia and China off its coast....
...Unless there is a sharp turnaround by December, 2023 will mark the eighth year in the past decade that the US share of global market capitalisation has risen....
...One black mark was Trian’s $2.5bn bet on US conglomerate General Electric in 2015. “I regret buying GE . . . I was lied to . . . the numbers weren’t real,” says Peltz....
...Howell, who has a restructuring background, has previously worked with Mark Jackson, Wilko’s chief executive since December, at Bensons for Beds....
...Some readers may recall that Steinberg is the son of one of Wall Street’s most notorious corporate raiders, Saul Steinberg....
...Mark Steinberg enjoys testing his stamina....
...Mark Steinberg, the golf legend’s agent, issued a statement disclosing that Woods had been taken into surgery for leg injuries....
...Michelle Scrimgeour, previously the head of Columbia Threadneedle’s European business, took over as head of Legal & General Investment Management from Mark Zinkula in July last year....
...Mark Coombs of Ashmore Group saw his pay shrink by two-thirds while remuneration for Luke Ellis of the Man Group, the London-listed hedge fund manager, fell by more than half....
...Mark Steinberg, the chief operating officer, will step into Mr Lazberger's shoes as acting CEO until a permanent replacement can be found for the business, which is known outside Australia as First State...
...Mark Coombs, the boss of Ashmore, saw the largest percentage drop in pay even though the London-based emerging markets specialist attracted record new business inflows of $16.9bn in its latest fiscal year...
...Some job losses are likely but Mr Steinberg said these would “not be significant”....
...“The acquisition will immediately add scale, profitability and diversification to our business in Europe,” said Jonathan Steinberg, WisdomTree chief executive and president....
...To mark the new series, we asked business leaders, business school professors and FT columnists how they manage digital distraction in working life. How do you handle digital distraction?...
...The Supreme Court on Wednesday is scheduled to hear a case that could mark the biggest rewrite of insider trading law since the days of Michael Milken and Ivan Boesky....
...But while his story (based on the book by Jonny Steinberg) is riddled with loss and violence, the show, exhilaratingly staged by South Africa’s Isango Ensemble, also pays tribute to his dogged resourcefulness...
...For a decade or more, American art had been dominated by vast heroic abstractions on which artists inscribed their impulses in intuitive, gestural marks....
...Strategic Reassurance and Resolve: US-China Relations in the Twenty- First Century by James Steinberg and Michael O’Hanlon, Princeton, RRP£19.95/RRP$29.95, 272 pages As Europeans mark the centenary of the...
...(Financial Times) Concern is rising about trading at Marks and Spencer....
...The decision marks the moment when the Fed’s unprecedented bond-buying finally passed its peak almost five years after a financial crisis that shook the foundations of the global economy.”...
...“The 10-year consolidation theme shows no sign of letting up,” Jefferies analyst David Steinberg said. “After less than four months, 2014 is shaping up to be a record-setting year....
...Sir, Mark Vandevelde’s portrayal of US higher education (“Be wary of following America’s lead on tuition fees”, Comment, October 14) is a hodgepodge of hyperbole and inaccuracy....
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