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...As we entered the 21st century, employers discovered that the cost and risk of funding their pension benefits were much greater than anticipated....
...But this no longer illustrates the realities of 21st-century ‘illegal’ abortion. Illegal doesn’t mean unsafe — it just means subject to criminalisation....
...“If policymakers wait a decade, stablecoin issuers will become the money market funds of the 21st century — too big to fail — and the government will have to step in with a rescue package whenever there’...
...Foreign governments issued bonds in London and companies claiming to own gold and silver mines in South America issued their prospectuses....
...But their use faded in the early 21st century as the Fed focused on onshore dollar markets and the American economy. That changed abruptly in the 2008 crisis....
...Directors of companies embroiled in #MeToo-related crises have largely avoided accountability. Take, for example, what used to be known as 21st Century Fox....
...The biggest studios have recently become more dominant following consolidation in the industry, with Disney buying 21st Century Fox to extend its market share to nearly 40 per cent of the entire US box office...
...In Europe the proportion is about 19 per cent, in North America 17 per cent and in East Asia 27 per cent. The annual autumn spike in air pollution in India could be especially fatal this year....
...This is already an annual record for the 21st century, and we are only halfway through 2019....
...That night, the north to north-westerly storm broke dykes in the south-western Netherlands....
...Vancouver lies on North America’s west coast, the same timezone as LA....
...Casinos are designed as mazes so gamblers can’t leave....
...Feelings of stress, burnout, anxiety and depression have become endemic in the 21st-century workplace. So why are employees so reluctant to ask for help? And what are companies doing about it?...
...His net worth of $7.9m puts him 21st among US senators....
...The diplomacy behind the collapse of the Iran nuclear deal is a good example of how financial instruments are used in 21st-century foreign policy....
...But the store was unable to innovate fast enough for the 21st century....
...The V&A is certainly trying hard....
...This, allied to a workforce ill-equipped for the 21st century, may prove a long-term drag on growth that could fuel unemployment and populist trends....
...Investors will look out for details on how the group plans to integrate assets from 21st Century Fox. Also, social media company Snap is set to report second-quarter numbers....
...Given the global reach of Google, Amazon and the other middlemen of the 21st century, the effects will be felt around the world. The writer is executive director of the Open Markets Institute...
...Century Fox to buy seven local TV stations from Sinclair (Fast FT) Follow the FT’s deals team Arash Massoudi in London — @ArashMassoudi Javier Espinoza in London — @JavierespFT James Fontanella-Khan...
...Mr Crowley’s top donors include Blackstone and New York Life, the insurance company....
...Makan Delrahim, head of the Department of Justice’s antitrust division, handed a big victory to Walt Disney on Wednesday by blessing the US media company’s $71bn takeover of 21st Century Fox’s marquee assets...
...Kaplan thinks this same region will now be the heart of 21st century conflict....
...With Group M, McKinsey and IEX signed up for 37 per cent of the space in 3 WTC, that just leaves 2 WTC, an address into which News Corp and 21st Century Fox were meant to move....
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