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...The chief executives behind Microsoft’s planned $75bn acquisition of Activision made a last-ditch attempt to save the deal in a San Francisco federal courtroom yesterday....
...Go deeper The Fed must emulate the tactics of Volcker’s fight against inflation, writes former chair of the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Sheila Bair. Five more stories in the news 1....
...Now see the many state attorneys-general (acolytes, no doubt of Alito et. al.) who want to sanction corporations that adopt ESG....
...Prosecute fraud, maybe regulate crypto exchanges like casinos, and keep the SEC et al out of it. This is a disagreement about how to cordon off crypto so that when crypto burns, it is controlled....
...Our resident capital markets expert Rob Smith’s memorable interview with short-seller Carson Block — watch it back here....
...(BBC) Video of the day Are corporations paying enough tax?...
...(Incidentally, for my money, Cronenberg’s scuffed aesthetic has dated at least a little better than the gleaming postmodernism of Neo and Trinity et al.)...
...Per Starr et al., a 10 per cent increase in the number of non-competes leads to 6 per cent lower wages in states that enforce the agreements versus those that do not....
...Feldman et al. argue that the tax data they use should allay these concerns:Public and private corporations face identical legal requirements to report taxable income, dispatching the concern that observed...
...Granny H has been proudly posting pics on Twitter, alongside tweets pushing her pro-Brexit and sometimes conservative views (backing a new Royal Yacht, retweeting Fox News stories, et al)....
...Related links: Examiner’s report on Caesars Caesars: Et tu, 1st lien? — FT Alphaville...
...For a company like Rural that is traded on a major exchange, ―[t]urnover measured by average weekly trading of . . . 1% would justify a substantial presumption‖ of market efficiency. 5 Bromberg et al., Bromberg...
...After turning around Scott Paper by slashing costs, Mr Dunlap attempted to revive Sunbeam Corporation using the same methods....
...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...
...Andrew Herbert, managing director, Microsoft Research, Cambridge. Stephanie Hilborne, chief executive, the Wildlife Trusts. Gareth Hoskins, architect....
...Related links: SEC V. TREVOR G. COOK, PATRICK J. KILEY, ET AL, Case No. 09 CV 3333 – SEC Litigation release...
...Nick Hornby et al followed. Davies deserves this reissue under a new title....
...Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae (on behalf of) suing in NYC and DC: Bassman v. Syron, et. al (FRE) Agnes v....
...What really happened at Northern Rock, Royal Bank of Scotland et al? This gives you a clearer idea....
...This flies in the face of the inherited wisdom that has prevailed since Adam Smith, and his belief in the power of the “invisible hand”....
...When his teachers insisted he take a course in economic history, Yaakov threatened to go home, ”but they forced me to read Adam Smith, and I went through a revolution....
...But Microsoft will also make a wider point: ?This is a precedent that will apply to the European economy as a whole,? says Mr Smith....
...al v....
...Again, Hugenholtz et al, point out that the majority of cases brought under the Directive have been about databases that would have been created anyway - telephone numbers, television schedules, concert...
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