Hints and tips:
...Yes, the numbers are bigger, but the shock, while not a V is shorter and sharper than that crash, and the pre-crisis fiscal situation was strong....
...Andrew Smithers , founder of economic consultancy Smithers and Co A bounce is likely due to fiscal stimulus....
...David Blanchflower, Bruce V. Rauner professor, Dartmouth College Most unlikely....
...David Blanchflower, Bruce V. Rauner professor, Dartmouth College Open question. Depends if he injects a major fiscal stimulus....
...While here in London we’ll help the British Museum, the Science Museum, and the V&A move their collections out of storage and on display....
...See Smithers & Co’s Report 410 “UK: Why Productivity is Poor and Inflation isn’t Falling”....
...“He could see around corners,” says Edward Matthews, one of Mr Greenberg’s most senior lieutenants at AIG and then at C.V. Starr, his investment vehicle....
...Ron Appleby, another shareholder, worried about the effect of presenting an image of divided squabbling....
...Meanwhile, Beazer Homes plunged 12.5 per cent to $29.03 after it said it was co-operating with FBI inquiries into its mortgage lending. No allegations of wrong-doing have yet been made....
...Lord Kalms, founder of Dixons, also merited a wry mention for once describing Higgs as “a previously intelligent banker who’s been brainwashed”....
...Scoones adds a cautious note, however: “Mortgage lenders tend to be nervous about new technology.”...
...Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries, the Midlands-based pub operator and beer producer, gained 4 per cent to £11.25 after it highlighted an increase in sales in the 24 weeks to March 19....
...Designs that combine technology with humanity, such as Ron Arad's Lolita fibre optic chandelier that transmits text messages along its arms (www.ronarad.co.uk), will appear on the radar....
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