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...“We are in a welcome position with DB pension schemes enjoying high levels of funding, and we want to make this money work harder for savers and the wider economy,” said Paul Maynard, minister for pensions...
...Her husband of 48 years, Oliver Vanetta Lynn Jr, generally known as Doolittle or Doo, or Mooney after the whiskey he drank and peddled, was five years her senior when he married the 15-year-old Loretta Webb...
...I’m delighted that Merryn Somerset Webb found our “Big Baby” cute, as its purpose is to provoke people to think about choosing a smaller family — the most effective, eco-friendly way to reduce individual...
...Merryn Somerset Webb is editor-in-chief of MoneyWeek....
...The best gifts I’ve given recently are a vintage David Webb bracelet and a pair of earrings, to my wife Dee. I love gifts that have a history and Webb’s pieces are always exceptionally well designed....
...The $10bn James Webb Space Telescope has been three decades in the making....
...Merryn Somerset Webb is editor-in-chief of MoneyWeek. Views are personal. merryn@ft.com....
...Merryn Somerset Webb is editor-in-chief of MoneyWeek. The views expressed are personal. merryn@ft.com. Twitter: @MerrynSW...
...This was unresolved at Bretton Woods, when John Maynard Keynes proposed a global currency....
...John Maynard Keynes agreed....
...The bright future was one outlined by John Maynard Keynes in the 1930s, whereby hours worked reduce and people have time for their grandchildren, poetry and leisure....
...Maynard Webb, chairman of Yahoo, said the new board members would bring “valuable experience” during an important time for the company....
...Maynard Webb, chairman of the board, said the new independent directors will provide assistance as Yahoo considers its options....
...The Yahoo board under chairman Maynard Webb is pursuing a spin-off of its core company that would separate it from its more valuable stake in Chinese ecommerce group Alibaba, while minimising its tax obligations...
...Yahoo said on Wednesday it is not considering a sale of its core business, which stretches from search to media and communications apps.Maynard Webb, Yahoo chairman, said on a call with analysts: There...
...In an open letter to Ms Mayer and Maynard Webb, Yahoo’s chairman, on Wednesday, Jeffrey Smith, the managing partner at Starboard, said Your solution to just announce a change in direction of the spin and...
...Maynard Webb, Yahoo’s non-executive chairman and a former number two at ecommerce company eBay, issued a statement supporting Ms Mayer and the company’s current strategy, even as he said the board was exploring...
...When Andy Puzder, chief executive of restaurant chains Carl’s Jr and Hardee’s, said in March that rising employment costs could drive the spread of automation in the fast-food sector, he tapped into a growing...
...Maynard Webb, Yahoo chairman, said that while the board believed the Aabaco spin-off, as it was known, would have been tax free, it was concerned about the market’s perception of the risk of a large tax...
...Mr Smith accused Maynard Webb, Yahoo’s chairman, of sending “potentially destructive mixed messages” by saying the board has a “fiduciary obligation” to engage with good offers for the core business, then...
...Maynard Webb, Yahoo chairman, would not comment on whether the company had received inquiries from potential buyers. He added that a sale would probably be just as complicated as a spin-off....
...In an open letter sent late on Wednesday night, Starboard accused Marissa Mayer, Yahoo chief executive, and chairman Maynard Webb, of having a “dismissive approach” to the investor’s “serious concerns” about...
...Starboard accused Marissa Mayer, Yahoo chief executive, and chairman Maynard Webb, of having a “dismissive approach” to the investor’s “serious concerns” about the future of the company....
...Lee Scott Jr. and Charles Schwab each bring immense expertise and fresh perspectives that I’m confident will benefit the company and its owners,” Mr Webb said....
...But as a treatise on the conflicts of interest pervading the financial services sector, the entire book remains as relevant now as when Fred Schwed Jr wrote it in 1940....
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