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...Idexx said in October that the animal health market had experienced a “V-shaped recovery”....
...The group lost $1.2bn in the quarter to September, up 18 per cent, but that was owing to non-taxi activities, such as food delivery....
...Andrew Garthwaite et al at Credit Suisse has had a fiddle about with the model portfolio, resulting in insurers getting a push....
...In mid-June, VW confirmed it would pay €1,551.53 per outstanding share, subject to approval at the company’s next AGM. Joe Miller in Frankfurt 19....
...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)....
...Many French cinema owners, who are putting pressure on Cannes to resist Netflix et al, see the streamers’ disruptive attitude as an incursion into their territory....
...Amazonfresh v Ocado Brooke Masters has been comparing Amazon’s Fresh grocery delivery service, launched in the UK this week, with her regular home deliveries from Ocado. Fresh had one key flaw....
...reported $1.1bn in 2013....
...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....
...Masterpieces of Chinese Painting: 700-1900, edited by Zhang Hongxing, V&A Publishing, RRP£40/$60 The world’s oldest painting tradition explored in the glorious catalogue to the V&A’s current, once-in-a-lifetime...
...at the time, as anyone who can recall the dramas of 1991 (the Salomon Brothers affair), 1992 (Soros et al and the ERM), 1994 (the bond market collapse), 1997 (Asian crisis) and 1998 (Russian default, LTCM...
...ET February 11, 2010 SCHAUMBURG, Ill., February 11, 2010 – Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced the Company is targeting the first quarter of 2011 for its planned separation....
...Business jet deliveries surged to more than 1,000 in a single year for the first time in 2007 and rose again in 2008 on the back of record backlogs built up by swelling orders....
...: Western Union Sector: Financial services Location: US 1-year TSR: -33.5% Since 2002, Christina Gold has been CEO of Western Union, the money-transfer group....
...Syl Tang tracks trends and runs HipGuide Inc....
...Domino’s Pizza rose 1.3 per cent to 235.5p after the fast food delivery group reported a 35 per cent rise in pre-tax profits to £8.8m....
...The express delivery group was also rumoured to be doing a favourable VAT value added tax deal with the Royal Mail, whereby it does not have to charge the full VAT rate when using Royal Mail services....
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