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...These companies may be simply rent seekers. Or they are enabling secure electronic transactions at light speed around the globe....
...“The hottest price point in the Gables is between $4mn and $7mn for a five or six thousand square foot house,” said Erin Sykes, a real estate agent in Miami and economist for Nest Seekers, referring to upscale...
...the S&P 500 “already has a 3.3% dividend increase built into 2020” and added “absent a major event or Washington policy change, dividends could return to their double-digit growth rate, rewarding income-seekers...
...Ever since Californian businessman Dennis Tito paid Russia $20m to blast into orbit in 2001, wealthy thrill-seekers have dreamt of hitching a ride to the great beyond. The wait may be getting shorter....
...Scottish prophet of capitalism Adam Smith argued that the ambitions of rent seekers should be kept in check....
...At this juncture, the case for stocks appears reasonably fair and better than owning Treasuries, and it shouldn’t spur yield seekers such as retirees to switch towards bonds....
...Meanwhile, Danish lawmakers are set to debate a contentious law to confiscate jewellery and cash from asylum seekers – measures that have been dubbed xenophobic – today....
...consumer/business/economic confidence10:30 UK housing loan data from the BBA12:00 Ireland property prices13:00 Russia unemployment/industrial production/PPI/income/wages/retail sales/CPI18:00 France job seekers...
...Value seekers may have been tempted by oil services and rig stocks such as National Oilwell, Diamond Offshore and Ensco (which have not benefited from the bounce in oil prices), or hypnotised by the single-digit...
...The most resisted idea was a mandatory plan to take 40,000 asylum seekers from Greece and Italy to be processed in other member states. In the end, only 32,000 were accepted on a voluntary basis....
...If Monday was a rollercoaster ride, it would be too much for even the most dedicated thrill-seeker....
...LOSERS Benefit claimants Most benefits for people of working age, including job seekers’ allowance, income support and working tax credit, will increase by only 1 per cent a year for the next three years...
...Roads are packed and hotels are full of sun-seekers from Russia, India and, increasingly, China....
...Auctions often pit private equity financial modellers (a role played here by Platinum Equity and Poju Zabludowicz’s Tamares group), against strategic synergy-seekers (represented by Sony, which would find...
...Deutsche calculated that profit seekers were in the minority, a position the bank sticks to today....
...Roppongi, which has some of the best restaurants and most expensive hotels in town, including the Ritz Carlton and Grand Hyatt, is one of Tokyo’s best-loved night spots, a magnet for foodies and fun-seekers...
...However, returns have fallen as more profit seekers have entered the sector, raising the possibility that excess returns are being arbitraged away....
...There are some mildly encouraging signs that basement valuations for these mortgages are emerging as desperate fund-seekers and well-heeled risk-takers find each other....
...Thrill-seekers would have preferred a more precise catalogue of disposals, job cuts and capital restructuring, but there is merit to a nuts-and-bolts focus on growth and efficiency....
...In the 1970s, novelty-seekers filled stadiums for a couple of seasons when the North American Soccer League signed such international stand-outs as Pelé, George Best, Franz Beckenbauer and Johan Cruyff,...
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