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...On February 1, Hochul unveiled a budget for 2024 that would require new buildings to have net zero carbon emissions....
...Lex says at only a 12 times multiple of 2024 earnings, SAP shares should still appeal. 5....
...“All the broad themes of the Trump rally — deregulation; infrastructure; tax reform; domestic v international — seem almost tailor-made to trigger a cable rally,” wrote analysts at Moffett Nathanson....
...Sharon Zackfia, William Blair analyst, warned that the “tumultuous corporate backdrop” could sap morale....
...“The biggest trend at the moment is for blue denim pieces such as dresses, jackets and dungarees,” she says, adding that Harvey Nichols has increased its buy of non-jeans denim by 30 per cent across international...
...- Krugman compares international trade to US interregional trade. Recommended....
...Some light reading late on Wednesday: the United States Supreme Court’s ruling in Kiobel v Royal Dutch Petroleum....
...With the acquisition, Fitesa increased its net revenue by 131 per cent to R$1.2bn last year from 2011....
...Net income climbed to $108.8 mn in the three months ended June 30, or 1.08 cents a share, from $54.9m, or 0.54 cent, a year earlier....
...Revenue from international transactions rose 15 per cent to $662m. Operating expenses increased by 10 per cent to $977m....
...SAP, which recently switched to reporting under international financial reporting standards, maintained its non-IFRS forecast for the year....
...Dixons was a “highly credible restructuring story”, while Kesa’s problems in the UK were overshadowing its profitable French business and international expansion prospects, RBS said....
...And here’s the I-don’t-care-about-watching-Ghana v Uruguay version (emphasis FT Alphaville’s): The Miller-Moore provision, which was included in the House bill last year, never made it into the Senate version...
...In “Enron Australia v. TXU Electricity Ltd”, the court – contra Peck – permitted TXU to withhold performance under Section 2(a)(iii) indefinitely....
...K.V. Kamath has it in spades....
...Send your comments to davidowen58@netscape.net...
...At its apogee, AIG had nearly $1,000bn in assets, made $14bn in annual net profits and employed 106,000 people in 130 countries....
...Continental will not disclose its net results for the period until next month, when it determines the exact size of the writedown....
...V&S net profits fell 7 per cent last year to Skr1.47bn. Though sales volumes rose 5 per cent, sales revenues were almost unchanged at Skr10.3bn, partly because of the weak dollar....
...Borders Group shares rose 1 per cent to $14.94 after it reported a second-quarter net loss of $25.1m compared with a net loss of $18.4m last year....
...Oracle rose 1.7 per cent for the week to $20.28 after SAP, the German software maker that it is suing for alleged theft of program codes, offered to settle....
...Visit www.verifyemployment.net. For a $55 fee, the operators of this small California company will help you get a loan by employing you as an “independent contractor”....
...Citigroup said it rated H&M low risk because of the group’s clean financials, impressive international growth record and high cash generation....
...Other high growth stocks in the sector also performed well, with Raiffeisen, Erste’s domestic and international rival, up 2.4 per cent to €89, while Allied Irish Banks rose 2.8 per cent to €21.25....
...Synthes, the Swiss medical devices maker, fell 3 per cent to SFr137.50 after a 10.1 per cent increase in first quarter net profits failed to meet expectations as its gross margin fell....
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