Hints and tips:
...It’s not a simplistic mechanical relationship....
...At the time of our meeting, some 10 months after her accident, she was wearing a mechanical arm which — with a twitch of a shoulder — would open and close a metal claw in place of a hand....
...State-controlled banks issued $1.4tn of loans, with at least half devoted to infrastructure spending to secure the country’s recovery after the global financial crisis....
...V. A month in, the occupation in Zuccotti Park — or Liberty Plaza — was becoming more permanent. Problems were emerging too....
...Yes, the numbers are bigger, but the shock, while not a V is shorter and sharper than that crash, and the pre-crisis fiscal situation was strong....
...Idexx said in October that the animal health market had experienced a “V-shaped recovery”....
...In addition, the government is providing a funding package for the bus industry for a period of 12 weeks (mid March-mid June 2020), which includes £167m of new funding to support critical bus services....
...“So far half of our workers and salesmen are back at work....
...Michelmerch has done slightly better, losing just 30 per cent, and all three halted production and deliveries in mid March....
...“The point is that the [state] policy is being put into place, and could easily be ramped up....
...It also significantly cut back on the money our hospitals, our cities, our states, our medical workers and so many others needed during this crisis”.) 3:00pm GMT - Okay. Deep breath....
...Rock and metal stocks are doing rather better than oil ones on surprisingly robust China trade data....
...The V-shaped recovery in consumer spending feels too bullish in our view....
...Companies are telling us that only 30-50% of migrant workers have returned to work....
...Kapor Klein wishes that balance sheets would take into account the impact of the investments on global problems....
...Noodles made from wheat flour were originally imported from China as a fast food for workers in the mid-19th century....
...”, before pointing out: “All the tasks he set out were for the medium term: we’re not talking about next year, but the mid-2020s.”...
...Firms currently hold cash equal to 37 per cent of GDP on their balance sheets, up from 34 per cent since 2016....
...One shows a worker in protective uniform, engaged in a perilous activity involving a tube and a metal tank....
...On Brent Delta it will cost several billion pounds, according to Shell, and take hundreds of workers years to complete....
...It also hosted the unforgotten England v Argentina match of the 1998 World Cup....
...copies which were typed on A4 sheets....
...Masterpieces of Chinese Painting: 700-1900, edited by Zhang Hongxing, V&A Publishing, RRP£40/$60 The world’s oldest painting tradition explored in the glorious catalogue to the V&A’s current, once-in-a-lifetime...
...Rotten floorboards were replaced through numerous trips to a large salvage yard near Colonial Williamsburg; the century-old metal sheet roof needed little work, which may have been the salvation of the house...
...Mr Osborne has already adopted a much less harsh fiscal stance than promised in mid-2010....
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