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...The CPA report does not allege illegal activities by Vanguard or by FTSE Russell....
...But it is the re-election of the demagogic Trump in November’s American elections that would threaten the most damage to democracy....
...There were, for some reason, lots of cartoonish drawings of American-looking, freckled girls in what appeared to be highly flammable pink nighties....
...The US corporation — owner of 41 other ski resorts — is acquiring 84 per cent of the lift and mountain operations, and 11 restaurants....
...And so the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the FDIC, had to step in....
...Nasa asked Raymond Loewy to help turn the hull of the third stage of a Saturn V rocket into a home in which a three-man crew could live for three months at a time....
...Alec Russell responds Rana, greetings from London....
...Greetings and welcome to Free Lunch....
...If you want a more nuanced view of the challenges of controlling AI, then try Stuart Russell’s Human Compatible (2019)....
...Greetings from Aspen, Colorado, where the Aspen Ideas Festival is playing out this week. As in previous years, sustainability issues feature prominently on the programme....
...But plenty of Americans have a hard time letting go. This has been a boon for self-storage operators....
...So comparing a US-tilted private equity industry to a broad global equity portfolio after a period of staggering outperformance of American assets is unfair....
...Greetings from a cold, grey and sombre Kyiv where I have just arrived to participate in a round-table event with European and American leaders to discuss the future of Ukraine, a year after Russia’s full-scale...
...Bob Iger has a pretty stellar reputation in corporate America, a bit Jamie Dimon-esque, the pinnacle of a much-beloved American corporation, comfortable in a room with actresses and actors in Hollywood,...
...In Cyberpunk 2077 you’re a rebel hacker roving around a megacity controlled by corporations and in Grand Theft Auto V you’re pitted against the villainous billionaire Devin Weston....
...That’s the target of Valuable 500’s “Gen V” mentoring scheme, which pairs a senior executive with a young disabled employee....
...As ever, drop me a note at sid.v@ft.com if you’ve got thoughts and ideas for upcoming Future of Money newsletters....
...V. Jean-Michel was right to be wary. There were a lot of unexplainable things happening in Salta....
...American Apparel emerged supreme as the Stanley knife of the scene. Every single person I knew had something from there and yet we never looked the same....
...While it is used by about 20 European companies including Allianz, Anglo American, Nestlé and Phillips, take-up in the US has been limited....
...Apparel and footwear company VF Corporation also reports results once markets in New York close....
...The Korean Wave” exhibition at the V&A Lola Shoneyin Writer and festival organiser by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Lola Shoneyin’s subversion is deliciously sly, her humour mordant, her eyes pitiless and...
...The primary driver of wealth, the primary asset on most Americans' balance sheet, is a home. Most of the ways in which Americans build wealth involves borrowing money....
...Greeting from New York, which is getting into the holiday season with tree lights, mask-free parties — and a sense of relief that the bizarre year that was 2022 is drawing to an end....
...Greetings from New York, where I (and many others) are recovering from the joys of endless feasting over Thanksgiving....
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