Hints and tips:
...“Here they are testing with 1bn-plus people so for that reason the US is automatically handicapped. And the pace and scale of investment is fundamentally higher.”...
...What to do about incumbent companies calling for the brakes to be slammed on to protect them from green power incursions?...
...Amazonfresh v Ocado Brooke Masters has been comparing Amazon’s Fresh grocery delivery service, launched in the UK this week, with her regular home deliveries from Ocado. Fresh had one key flaw....
...US court told PwC cut corners in Colonial audit Control+C, Control+V....
...With strong words such as “indecision now leads to trouble later”, “no more stimulus for a v-shaped recovery” and “must bury ‘zombie’ companies”, it shows strong resolve to reform, without losing sight of...
...David Blanchflower, Bruce V. Rauner professor, Dartmouth College Open question. Depends if he injects a major fiscal stimulus....
...Kitty Ussher, managing director, Tooley Street Research Ltd I see no reason why it would slow....
...Sell: Weir Group (WEIR) The oil and gas industry looks set to put the brakes on capital expenditure following the recent bout of oil price volatility....
...One company launches a games centre and mobile payment system, the other counters with a surprise rise in users....
...At present, the world’s 11 largest pharmaceutical groups have long-term credit ratings ranging from A plus to the top-notch triple A, with four holding a double A rating....
...But they stop short of the answer – tilting, enclosed motorcycles, such as the MonoTracer from Swiss company Peraves, or its new electric version, the E-Tracer, go much further....
...Alexon’s “heritage brands” including Eastex, Ann Harvey and Kaliko, operate at the older and plus-sized end of the women’s wear market....
...China’s high-speed rail plans falter China has slammed the brakes on investment following the fatal crash in July – and the industry is desperate for such programmes to be revived, the FT reports....
...By contrast in pre-crisis 2007, China was equal eighth, with eight companies in the top 500 (plus nine from Hong Kong)....
...No financial terms were disclosed, but analysts estimate that Apple agreed to an initial payment to Nokia of $300m-$600m, plus royalty payments that could reach hundreds of millions a year....
...UPDATE Oct 2, 2011: Google was outbid for g.co.uk, plus other results from the auction: Single letter domains fetch average of £39,000...
...Toyota is launching its Entune infotainment system with the new Prius V hybrid car this year....
...Their v-shaped recovery pointed to a “very quick unwinding of the confidence shock, which could overshoot”, argued Jacques Cailloux, European economist at the Royal Bank of Scotland....
...MTN has 54m customers in 17 African countries, plus Afghanistan, Iran, Syria and Cyprus. It is a listed company but has close links to the Pretoria government....
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