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...(b) Returns implied by the stock market equal only est. half of Citi’s target. For those looking for a “margin of safety” for an investment—we believe Citi looks like a stock to own....
...You’d have thought they would by now....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on December 1 2020. ©2020 Nikkei Inc....
...“We’ve seen child poverty stalled, not fall,” says Rachel Statham, a researcher at think-tank IPPR Scotland....
...The absence of Apple Music and Spotify services in emerging economies in Asia is a boon for Joox, Tencent’s music streaming service....
...But in August it also launched a search engine, ushering in direct competition with Baidu in mainland China, where western technologies such as Google’s are blocked....
...More broadly we would specifically highlight: (a) the depth of services and creative solutions that WPP can offer clients; (b) the scale of resources, expertise and IP across its business and it’s focus...
...Next year it expects to increase the flow through its Edmonton rail terminal to 170,000 b/d, from 80,000 b/d earlier this year....
...Now oil production is expected to be 13m b/d next year, with net imports of just 4.6m b/d....
...May 29 2019. ©2019 Nikkei Inc....
...Paris think-tank....
...Not every US exploration and production company is expecting short-term growth, but enough are predicting expansion to support the EIA’s forecast that US oil output will hit a record above 10m b/d next year...
...UBV or ULL), and (d) resorting in its documentation to fictions, twisted language and even brand new terminology, merits, we think, a degree of scepticism....
...On Thursday a US judge ordered VW’s lawyers to negotiate a “plan B” in case 85,000 3-litre cars in the US could not be brought up to environmental standards....
...This is disputed by Yevgeniy Feyman, fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a conservative US think-tank, who says margins are comparable with other research-intensive sectors such as technology....
...UberPool and Lyft Line share a simple proposition: a cheaper ride from A to B, as long as passengers don’t mind sharing the car with a stranger or two, and the stops at C, D and maybe E....
...Nevertheless, I am worried about the destabilising impact of (a) a possible Brexit and (b) possible future terrorist attacks. These are discussed below....
...“They felt that they’d missed the boat, and they were just left with the scraps,” says Erica Downs, a fellow of the Brookings Institution, a Washington-based think-tank and an expert on the Chinese state...
...Skype, the Microsoft-owned internet phone service developed in Estonia, has a significant research presence in the Czech Republic. As local companies grow, they are increasing R&D spending....
...You get a job in the foreign service and you have a career there. Not many outsiders are allowed in.” Here’s the full founders list: Nita and Mukesh Ambani (Reliance Industries Ltd.)...
...Mr Banga is a Non-Executive Director on the Boards of Thomson Reuters, Marks Spencer plc and B&M Stores Limited....
...Philip Shaw, Investec: He will unless the economy tanks and a looser fiscal stance is the only way of averting something very nasty....
...The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers estimates that oil sands output will climb from 1.5m barrels a day in 2010 to 3.7m b/d in 2025....
...Bloomberg, the news and market data service, is planning to expand its news staff in Washington, and launch a political data service....
...and is home to 15 of the world’s 20 top universities, according to Rand, a US think-tank....
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