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...One thing is for sure, Xerox’s move hasn’t done much to allay HP’s suspicions on its urgency to strike a deal. Read Lex’s take on the battle here....
...With the new threat to sue from a coalition of US states, it’s going to be a tough call to make for the US regulator. DD’s Indap v NYU’s Damodaran: Is stock compensation good or bad?...
...It’s not every day you go to a place and say, ‘I’m going to start building a new city.’” A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on July 4 2018. ©2018 Nikkei Inc....
...“Australia can’t afford to be left behind,” says Brad Tucker, an astrophysicist at Australian National University....
...“The real concern for most companies contemplating an IPO isn’t the challenge of going public, it is the obligations and opportunities that come with being public,” said Lise Buyer, a partner at Class V...
...Vince Rivers, a senior portfolio manager at JO Hambro, said: “You can beat the index by buying a couple of IPOs that aren’t in the index” if the listings outperform the broader market....
...Billett, a finance professor at the University of Indiana who has studied the structures....
...A French bank with a big loan book in eastern Europe might offer clues to how Polish contractors are doing, or Texan developers might indicate the health of Mexican cement sales....
...“It’s a very good question,” says Caudron, as he takes the weight off his feet in his Solstys chair. “But isn’t that the world we live in? We can’t afford to be nostalgic.” Photographs: Samuel Kirby...
...“The fundamental change that’s necessary in the behaviour of vast numbers of people — operators and contractors alike — didn’t have time to take root . . ....
...Social media now sends almost as much traffic to news sites as Google — 36 per cent v 41 per cent. Traffic diversion on this scale poses a dilemma for publishers....
...“But he hasn’t built anything. He’s more of a diplomat.”...
...The cost to the planet of existing materials, such as plastics, simply isn’t counted, which makes sustainability quite a difficult path to take,” says Eben Bayer, a co-founder....
...However, the court didn’t need to answer one of the most contentious legal questions to resolve the case, so it didn’t....
...“A lot of critics don’t know the details of our plan,” he retorts. “And so far, they haven’t pointed out a single problem that we haven’t been able to find a solution for.”...
...Those who don’t illegally tap into water lines have to pay a premium for water to be trucked in by private contractors who are not regulated by the state, so every drop counts....
...In the Huawei vs ZTE case, the new component is that this drama is played out to a foreign audience for the first time. It may be a sign of things to come as China Inc goes global....
...“I don’t like being a snitch, but what they are doing is wrong.”...
...“In the regions you can have a problem every day. If you have a good relationship with the local authorities, you solve them. If you don’t, you don’t solve them.”...
...The visitors and exhibitors are avatars moving round a virtual environment where booths offer “content racks” of podcasts, business cards are “V-cards” and presentations are webcasts....
...It is not every day that a chief executive walks away from a multibillion-dollar contract but on Monday, the head of defence contractor Northrop Grumman said the company would not take part in bidding to...
...“We don’t have a monopoly, we don’t have a duopoly,” stated FCC Chair Bill Kennard, “we have a no-opoly.” Forget regulation, encourage investment, get amazing new stuff....
...“Proponents of a V-shaped [economic] recovery are underestimating how much rising unemployment and an unstable structure of indebtedness can lengthen and deepen this recession,” says Sandy Chen, banks analyst...
...The site is now undergoing a process of “ruggedisation”, turning its ad-hoc structure into something more permanent. It will reopen in March....
...The oil group aims to make pre-tax cost savings of about $500m-a-year (£250m) through streamlining its structure and cutting and outsourcing jobs....
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