Hints and tips:
...His vines are not neat green rows tended by an expensive vineyard management company, but forgotten, ancient stumps....
...April Riding in Andalucia In 2019, George Scott pioneered riding trips through the Sierra Morena mountains of Andalucia and parts of Extremadura, where he was raised....
...Block’s investment firm is well known for his activist shorts, notably against fraudulent Chinese forestry firm Sino-Forest, in which US hedge fund manager John Paulson was a major shareholder....
...Backing came from Raven Capital Management, a New York alternative asset manager known for its esoteric investments....
...Nationalisation risk: ⚽⚽⚽⚽ Nottingham ForestNewly promoted Forest is owned by Greek shipping magnate Vangelis Marinakis....
...Once huge forest expanses in west Africa, including Ghana, Ivory Coast and Sierra Leone, have dwindled to almost nothing as cash crops such as cocoa, palm oil and rubber take over....
...Like scouring the forest for a glimpse of Big Foot, developing life-saving technology is no walk in the park....
...“Once upon a time, there was a Pops searching for Truffles in the Forest.” (This is the DD briefing, so you should be readying yourself for the plot twist.)...
...The lease was signed by a company named BSREP III Nero LLC, a possible allusion to the emperor who was blamed for the burning of Rome....
...Mr Block went to work with his father, a period he describes as “very embittering” as he was “lied to by a parade of management” of internet companies....
...Recent investments have included the power solutions business of Johnson Controls it bought for about $13bn, US mall operator GGP for $15bn and Forest City property group for $11.4bn....
...“There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest management is so poor....
...Smart reads JAB shine comes off The management gurus at JAB love doing deals and paying big bucks to grow their consumer empire....
...“The DJSI should not greenwash such a problematic company [as GAR],” said Gaurav Madan, senior forests and lands campaigner at FoE in the US....
...Given the threat of wildfires, is adequate investment going into forest management?...
...De Beers, the world’s largest diamond producer, is trialling digital tracking to ensure the diamonds it sells are sourced ethically from small miners in Sierra Leone....
...It could also cause an unholy mess in the fund management industry....
...at Passport Capital and Crispin Odey of Odey Asset Management....
...Carson Block, who founded Muddy Waters in 2010 and enjoyed early success betting against Canadian-listed Sino Forest, was approached last year by an institution wanting to give him $100m....
...Large, square photos of a towering redwood forest, a yacht at sunset and a carefully crafted cup of coffee adorn the walls of Kevin Systrom’s office....
...Inspired by IBM, Mr Inaba moved Fanuc’s headquarters and all of its divisions from Tokyo to the foot of Mount Fuji in the late 1980s, isolating them inside a forest....
...Investors including Mr Loeb remain fascinated by the company’s ultra-focused management policy and high profit margins of 40 per cent....
...(“ETPs”), including exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), that deliver sophisticated volatility management solutions....
...This makes them unwilling to heap embarrassment on management teams and boards. To do so would be bad for business....
...Mr Troendle and his management team will remain in charge and keep a minority stake in the business....
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