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...in sign of thaw for corporate borrowers (FT) Investors spend $200mn on ‘worthless’ Bed Bath & Beyond shares (FT) Another nail in the coffin for private sector pension capitalism?...
...They look at Facebook’s past five years and its attempts — frequently belated, often ambiguous — to deal with the way that state actors (Russia et al), hoodlums (such as the Proud Boys), politicians (a list...
...For early-stage tech companies to make money is, of course, deeply unfashionable....
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...Hipgnosis Songs Fund, the song royalties closed-ended investment trust, has announced the acquisition of US-based Big Deal....
...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....
...There’s not much precedent to support the idea that Shina et al can walk away based on a MAC clause: WPP was forced against its will to buy Tempus in 2001, Guy Hands couldn’t scrap a bid for East Surrey...
...Partnership Ltd CCLA Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church Church in Wales Church of Scotland Investors Trust Ecofi Investissements (Credit Cooperatif Group) Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Company...
...After working for Abu Dhabi’s national oil company in the Gulf, he and two engineer friends built a portable computer....
...The gap has also been widening, rising by 2.34 years for men and 2.91 years for women since 2001 (source: Chetty et al 2016) – with deaths by suicides, substance abuse, and drug overdoses rising for certain...
...Sensible sentences from Citi’s Buiter et al on China’s valuation shock (with our emphasis): This decision by the PBOC is a significant event, even if its implications and motivations are not yet fully clear...
...So the FDIC as liquidator of Penn Square et al asserted that the “sales” of loan participations by Penn Square and the others were not “true sales” that gave rights to the underlying collateral (whatever...
...The largest investor in Heathrow’s parent company is Ferrovial, the Spanish conglomerate; followed by Qatar Holding; Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, the Canadian pension fund manager; Government...
...Nomura’s Nordvig et al had a crack at summarising the multiple channels that have to be understood here — balance sheet expansion and its effects are not linear or easily predictable, see Switzerland for...
...Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, by Sheryl Sandberg, WH Allen, RRP£16.99/Knopf, RRP$24.95 This manifesto for the advancement of women in the workplace, by Facebook’s chief operating officer,...
...China’s main state broadcaster has attacked Baidu, the country’s largest online search company, in a move likely to fuel concern among foreign investors about the risks of operating in the Chinese internet...
...to Child Trust Funds for all but the poorest third of families and families with disabled children; • cap public sector pensions above £50,000; • cut ministers’ pay by 5 per cent, followed by a five-year...
...Washington State Plumbing & Pipefitting Pension Trust v....
...What really happened at Northern Rock, Royal Bank of Scotland et al? This gives you a clearer idea....
...However research on international strategic alliances highlights a substantial failure rate for such partnerships and a lack of knowledge about success factors for partner selection (Hitt et al., 2000)....
...Cadbury Schweppes has sold its European beverages unit for £1.2bn to a consortium of funds managed by Blackstone and Lion Capital....
...Sadly, it slipped this summer even faster than the company’s operating profit – and for much the same reason....
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