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...“I’m just called 10 Foot cos I was always really tall,” he says. Much like Michael Phelps or the Kalenjin runners, 10 Foot’s body is perfectly suited to his sport....
...He also hopes to secure co-investment from customers rather than shareholders. Nonetheless, robots, even low-tech ones, don’t come cheap....
...Capita is ultimately funding the £66m, which will go first to the FCA to distribute to Connaught investors in a scheme overseen by Duff & Phelps....
...(NYT, FT) In the news Phelps smashes ancient record American swimmer Michael Phelps won his 22nd career gold medal in spectacular fashion on Thursday, demolishing his rivals in the 200m individual medley...
...Discount store operator B&M and the Co-operative food chain had also been linked to the discussions, but were not believed to have made a bid, several people said....
...Ordinary things made Rauschenberg happy — objects such as the rubber tyre with which he ringed a stuffed goat, bought for $15 from a used furniture store and placed on a painted canvas stuck with magazine...
...Tenke was developed by Phelps Dodge before its $26bn acquisition by Freeport in 2007....
...But on this industrial estate, the true wonder is the practised hands that wet, stretch and weave it, hands that may yet offer it a future in this country. Photographs: Richard Lewisohn; soane.co.uk...
...His thesis is that most industrial discoveries were not pioneered by a few isolated visionaries, such as Henry Ford....
...As a managing director in Credit Suisse’s industrial group, Mr Hammond will report to Mark Echlin and Andy Lipsky, the global co-heads....
...At the core of this reaction were the tenets of corporatism: a tradition of “solidarism”, originating with the corporazioni of ancient Rome and the medieval guilds, inspired the formation of industrial unions...
...In October, the world’s major central banks united in the first ever co-ordinated cut in benchmark interest rates. The cuts kept coming....
...The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.5 per cent, or 64.41 points higher to 12,407.63....
...Another big deal was Freeport McMoRan’s $25.9bn purchase of Phelps Dodge that would create the world’s largest copper miner. Shares in Phelps jumped 66.4 per cent to $119.17 for the year....
...GM is still the best performing member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average by a wide margin. Shares in Mirage gained 12.6 per cent to $53.91....
...Phelps Dodge fell 0.7 per cent to $122.87, from an earlier high of $124.75....
...The Dow Jones Industrial Average also reversed early losses and ended the day 5.05 points or 0.04 per cent higher at 12,321.59....
...Phelps Dodge rose 3.5 per cent to $90.84 after investment group Atticus Capital said it had met with potential buyers of the copper producer to gauge their interest....
...Shares in Phelps, soared to a high of $123.96 and ultimately gained $25.45, or 26.8 per cent to $120.47....
...Prices for industrial metals also rose, pulling Phelps Dodge up 5.2 per cent to $82.76, while Freeport McMoran gained 5.3 per cent to $51.64....
...Phelps Dodge sank 1.8 per cent to $78.65 and Freeport McMoran dipped 0.9 per cent to $49.04. Ford Motor ticked up 4 per cent to $8.56....
...Barrick Gold rose 2.5 per cent to $29.06 and Phelps Dodge added 2.9 per cent to $83.79....
...The Dow Jones Industrial Average was flat, up 7.84 points, at 11,334.96....
...Steelmaker Nucor added 4.3 per cent to $48.77, and copper miner Phelps Dodge rose 3 per cent to $86.21....
...Phelps Dodge dipped 7.7 per cent to $84.05 and Freeport McMoran declined 7.5 per cent to $53.95....
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