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...It’s no secret that in the US, certain types of insurance are getting pricier and tougher to come by....
...It is also known for financing entrepreneurs who create platform companies to consolidate industries like insurance....
...This contrasts with western countries, where regulators require companies to collect only the data necessary for their operations, she said....
...(FT) Business shuns Prince Andrew The Duke of York is losing corporate support for his charitable work, with companies including KPMG and insurance company Aon distancing themselves from the Queen’s second...
...It draws executives from the nearby asset managers and insurance companies, as well as an artistic crowd. Just recently, Drouant reopened following a revamp by interior designers Fabrizio Casiraghi....
...“It’s also no secret that a change to the employment classification of ride-share drivers would pose a risk to our businesses,” the companies wrote in Wednesday’s opinion piece....
...By classifying drivers as independent contractors, Uber does not have to pay costs for benefits such as health insurance and sick leave that they must offer employees....
...Adopting the platform model requires executives to view the world differently. They must accept that what you “own” is no longer the key to your success....
...To steal a term from insurance, this huge cash 'float' allows Bezos to allocate capital to wherever he sees an opportunity without any need to access public markets....
...While the French authorities have made no secret of their desire to lure big financial services companies across the Channel — even launching a poster campaign in support of the idea — their counterparts...
...We also need the tech companies to acknowledge the disruption they cause and do far more to benefit all aspects of our lives. john.thornhill@ft.com...
...Chuck Elsea told Mr McMurtry in a top-secret email that Scoular was in talks to acquire a Chinese company....
...The company does operate an insurance policy of sorts for your possessions, called the $1m host guarantee. Because, as Airbnb puts it, “you’re part of the Airbnb family, and we stand by our family”....
...This could boost the UK’s fintech sector, with the latest KPMG survey showing China has overtaken it, with seven of the top 50 fintech companies globally – led by online insurance group ZhongAn....
...Schroders has also appointed Clara Yan as insurance-asset liability management director. Ms Yan joins from UBS, the Swiss bank....
...(FT) Food for thought The secret of Warren Buffett’s success is $62bn of deferred corporate taxes. He is a proponent of raising taxes, but also holding off paying them as long as possible....
...(Financial Times) “WH Group rose on its debut in Hong Kong after the world’s biggest pork producer raised HK$15.3 billion ($2 billion) in its second attempt at an initial public share sale....
...It is impacting the world of medicine, where healthcare providers are told what drugs to prescribe according to computer systems. It has overtaken many manufacturing companies, too....
...The RD180 engines that powered the Atlas V rocket off the launch pad were built not by one of the US’s domestic aerospace companies but by Russia’s NPO Energomash, currently maker of some of the world’s...
...The company said that it raised $1.8bn (£1.1bn) after selling 69 million shares, valuing the company at more than $25bn.”...
...(Financial Times) “A technical glitch at CME Group halted electronic trading in corn and other commodities, leaving the world’s largest futures exchange operator scrambling to fill orders using shouting...
...Investment strategy: A value investor and a disciple of Ben Graham, Mr Watsa invests via his insurance company Fairfax Financial Holdings....
...And so two of the world’s biggest advertising companies, Omnicom and Publicis, announce they are merging....
...talks to sell its unprofitable Vaio personal-computer operations to a Japanese investment fund [launched as a joint venture between Bain & Co. and Mizuho Securities Co. called Japan Industrial Partners Inc...
...and Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance are among the companies shortlisted to buy a minority stake in Indonesia’s Panin Life for about $200 million, sources said. http://reut.rs/UqGs3l China snubs Norway in...
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