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...GMO’s Edwards, whose team manages roughly $2bn in Japanese equities, said that one cause of the scandal at TIC was that management “lacked the independence and courage to push back against” Toyota Motors...
...The move means Hassabis will cede DeepMind’s cherished independence in return for greater power and influence over the future of AI....
...When it launched last year, the group behind OpenGPT-X warned that the lack of access to details of models such as GPT-4 threatened Europe’s “digital sovereignty and market independence” in AI, which might...
...have any reason to impose a block on competition grounds — RedBird IMI does not own any other news groups — but analysts expect the Ofcom report will reflect some of the concerns raised over ownership and independence...
...Redbird IMI, which is run by former CNN president Jeff Zucker but majority owned by an Abu Dhabi fund, has already promised to maintain the Telegraph’s editorial independence after it takes control....
...ISS also noted that Tradeweb’s board lacks independence and has just one female director....
...Job moves Coutts CEO Peter Flavel has stepped down, saying he bore “ultimate” responsibility for the bank’s treatment of former UK Independence party leader Nigel Farage....
...Brussels is later this year expected to force Illumina to unwind the acquisition of Grail to restore “the independence” that the company had before the deal....
...Shai Korman, director of communications at CNAS, said: “CNAS maintains strict intellectual independence and sole editorial direction and control over its ideas, projects, publications, events and other research...
...The other unanswered question for CS First Boston is whether independence from Switzerland removes a deadweight — or a safety net....
...Asset managers and pension funds complained that the requirement limited the advisers’ independence and did little to protect investors....
...Rupert Dorey, the new chair, said he was “delighted” by the appointments and “welcome[ed] the expertise and further independence that they will add”....
...first attempt to create an independent AI ethics board to oversee its work was slow to take off, and the company later made an unsuccessful attempt to carve out a legal structure that would give it more independence...
...Tory associate at Lloyds Bank to rescue Greensill deal Daniel Loeb’s Third Point makes $300m profit from Rivian IPO Tennis star’s assault claim forces west to rethink its China approach EU seeks more independence...
...Poland backsliding: The independence of courts is under increasing threat from governments around the world, with Poland, Russia and China slipping the furthest in a ranking published today by risk intelligence...
...India’s partnership with Russia goes back to the early days of independence after 1947, when Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru drew inspiration for parts of his socialist economy from the Soviet Union....
...Julian Serafini, an analyst at Jefferies, questioned the independence being given to Qualtrics, which he said, “leads us to question the degree of integration that was achieved, as well as future integration...
...US public health experts are warning of a heightened risk of coronavirus transmission during US Independence Day celebrations, EU regulators are asking more questions about Google’s proposed $2.1bn takeover...
...Muddy Waters had previously raised concerns over the Big Four auditor’s independence, noting that NMC’s board included former EY executives....
...UK's rival satnav takes a wrong turn Britain’s plan for a new sovereign satellite navigation system — pushed by the government as a symbol of post-Brexit independence after the UK was shut out of the EU’...
...But even when the independence of news output is protected, recent examples have revealed the shortcomings of such a business plan....
...Muddy Waters had raised questions over the independence of the non-executive directors at NMC....
...The company’s founders once worried that relying on advertising could jeopardise the independence of their search results, warning in an early research paper about the “mixed incentives” that could result...
...signalled he was not ready to sign an agreement with journalists to safeguard such independence at the influential French newspaper....
...He adds there is “indeed scope for them to invest more in quality research, better integrate sustainability factors and proactively demonstrate the integrity and independence of their approach.”...
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