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...Bloomberg monitors do not tower over the analysts, nor are there TVs streaming financial news....
...If relations do not improve, Unilever could sell the brand, or even its entire ice-cream division, Monteyne says, though Jope has sought to quell such suggestions....
...Staples has offered to make a key concession: ie, divesting some of OD’s divisions. One option would be CompuCom, the business OD acquired in late 2017 for $1bn, or its commercial division....
...Through a sovereign wealth fund, Doha is one of BPY’s biggest investors, holding $1.8bn worth of BPY preferred equity....
...● Least preferred: Our least preferred names are those where valuation remains elevated despite cyclical risks and a lack of geographic diversity, such as Marshalls (Hold) and Howden (Hold)....
...Much of that money, as they always tell visiting foreigners, goes on maintenance....
...But don’t blame the Fed if the US economy tanks, says John Plender....
...The new Gigaphoton light sources weigh 40 tonnes — equivalent to a battle tank — and have power requirements measured in megawatts....
...Mirakhmedov was assigned to the ferro-alloys division. Shakhidi and Mirakhmedov’s paths remained entwined after leaving Essex....
...This was largely because of difficulties at its John Crane division, which makes equipment for the oil and gas sector, and accounts for more than one-third of group operating profit....
...The tower is not a new building, but has undergone a complete personality change at Essential’s hands....
...We believe we could use an autonomous maintenance robot to work with a human engineer to help them in their maintenance tasks,” says Paul Clarke, director of technology at Ocado....
...GE and now they have made clear they cannot do that,” said one analyst who preferred not to be named....
...The consultancy would engage clients with its design and engineering expertise, raising the likelihood that the company would be awarded work for its construction division, which would then lead to maintenance...
...But it’s worth noting that other countries in the region made similar social progress without the divisions that Chavismo generated....
...The escalation in rhetoric on the presidential campaign trail could heighten concerns that Congress will be unable to overcome its own fierce divisions and reverse the $600bn in automatic spending cuts and...
...But the world economy started to tank, we knew we could not raise enough capital and decided on an orderly wind-up,” says Ms Bourke....
...“The feeling is that their auction puts too much supply in the marketplace and causes the prices to tank,” said Mr Benmosche, adding that although AIG had participated in the auction, it had preferred to...
...The think/do-tank, Schmidt says, remains an “experiment” and the “do” raises the bar. “It’s very easy to be a think-tank. It’s very hard to do the ‘do’ part,” he told me....
...In late autumn, senior Nokia executives say, the organic route was still preferred....
...Last month, Michael Grade, soon to step down as executive chairman of ITV, moved the corporate headquarters to the LWT tower on London’s South Bank, where his career with the broadcaster began in 1973....
...Any innovation that reduces running and maintenance costs over a train’s 30-year life is consequently almost certain to be worthwhile, even if it pushes up the initial cost....
...Her preferred exit strategy from the business would be a trade sale, possibly to one of the large US employee screening companies....
...Hong Kong is a city of change, and few have traced its evolution more closely than Christine Loh, co-founder and chief executive of public policy think tank Civic Exchange....
...However, Canary Wharf’s willingness to accommodate the large towers that house modern investment banks also played a role....
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