Hints and tips:
Related Special Reports
...“Companies view audit fees as a compliance cost, rather than a value-add,” said Jeffrey Johanns, a former Big Four audit partner who teaches accounting at the University of Texas at Austin....
...The film was an oddly riveting account of a week-long democracy camp for teenage boys in Austin, Texas who were tasked with creating their own model government....
...Tuesday’s share price drop extended the plunge in the Austin-based carmaker’s stock this year to 33 per cent, making it one of the worst performers in the S&P 500 with a trajectory that continues to diverge...
...That opens doors with certain partners and advertisers, but also provides prime customers for the rest of F1’s extensive business....
...For one, it is a sister series to two hugely acclaimed HBO mini-series: 2001’s Band of Brothers and 2010’s The Pacific, which similarly dramatised the harrowing experiences and close camaraderie of US troops...
...“It’s almost as if we’re being penalised . . . for having done well,” said Manuraj S, a DMK spokesperson....
...The slowdown has sent Tesla’s shares down 31 per cent this year, making it the second-worst performer on the S&P 500....
...Last year’s United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, drew 432,000 visitors over three days — up from 268,000 before the coronavirus pandemic....
...As for levelling up, NG200’s “National Treasures” will send a dozen core paintings travelling. Caravaggio’s “The Supper at Emmaus” (1601) goes to Belfast, shown with Cornelia Parker’s films....
...The team used recycled carbon fibre in its cars for the first time last month, at the US Grand Prix in Austin....
...But, in spite of those initial doubts from the sport’s dominant driver, F1’s expansion under Liberty is paying off....
...Aukus: US defence secretary Lloyd Austin and his Australian and UK counterparts provide updates on the three nations’ security agreement....
...Manuscript selections on show reveal Spender’s attempts to rework the novel by changing its narrative to a third-person viewpoint; and by replacing the male protagonist, “S”, with “Catherine Crawleigh”....
...And from Hunter S Thompson, though not to me: “Buy the ticket, take the ride.” It’s important to be all-in....
...New year, same old CRE On the list of 2023’s overwrought market fears, commercial real estate ranked high. Shortly after Silicon Valley Bank failed, some envisioned a doom loop....
...“I overcame my lack of an engineering aptitude by being highly motivated, creative and a risk-taker,” he told students at the University of Texas, in Austin....
...Their critique is perhaps best laid out in 2018’s The Coddling of the American Mind by Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff....
...Rounding out the Best Director nominations are Todd Field (Tár) and Ruben Östlund (Triangle of Sadness)....
...“We do not have powerful enough regional government[s] that can . . . do the bruiser deals that are needed.”...
...Here’s what I’m watching today: Ukraine: Defence secretary Lloyd Austin hosts a meeting with allies at the US air base in Ramstein, southern Germany....
...The group says “potential targets” for a rollout include Bangkok, Brooklyn and East Austin....
...Pinsent Masons O: 5; L: 8; I: 7; Total: 20The firm is supporting Singapore’s growing “alternative” food sector.It advised on the S$2.2mn ($1.6mn) seed funding round for Float Foods’ plant-based egg substitute...
...Heartthrob, drug lord(s), refugee, Latin lover, mobster, pick-up artist, murder victim, gigolo… The CV of French-Algerian actor Salim Kechiouche reads as an industrious patchwork of experiences....
...Even more titillatingly, Gensler and co.’s main charges were accompanied by sidecar documents that specifically detail how much these celebrities were paid, and how many followers they had....
...Here’s what else I’m keeping tabs on today: Manufacturing: S&P Global publishes its manufacturing purchasing managers’ indices for the EU, UK and US while the US Institute for Supply Management publishes...
International Edition