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...Virgin Louis V on my back, baby. Living fast, dying slow, that's the catch, baby. Suicide doors, [MUTED] around and crash, baby. I do the dash, baby....
...The USA (#4) and Portugal (#9) were already excluded from the list and the Spain decision will not imbue confidence that others destinations won’t be excluded at short notice....
...referenced in a range of interest-rate products, the CFTC found....
...Robert Levitan, CEO of New York-based Flooz.com Inc., says his product is more than a gift certificate because it isn’t confined to one merchant; it can be used at many....
...These products give investors international equity market returns while removing currency risk....
...Nor should consumer appetite, suggests Todd Hale, senior vice-president of consumer insight at Nielsen, the consumer research company....
...Other clients include Adidas, Fiat USA, Nike 6.0, Vice Magazine and Wieden + Kennedy, while she has appeared in numerous magazines....
...Therefore, we will invest heavily primarily in our networks in Germany, but also in those in the USA, to secure the future of our company.”...
...Commodity Futures Trading Commission to introduce tougher position limits on futures and swaps, but the rules were watered down after lobbying by Wall Street and were the subject of a legal challenge by the International...
...(Financial Times) - The Google v Oracle case could have big implications for the software industry....
...“You’re going to continue to see athletes endorse products,” said Mr Walsh. “If they’re using a company’s products, consumers assume it must be good.”...
...Reebok International, the US sportswear company owned by Adidas, agreed on Wednesday to pay $25m to settle charges and offer refunds for shoes that it claimed strengthened leg and buttock muscles....
...the DoJ said the takeover would “substantially lessen competition for mobile wireless telecommunications services …resulting in higher prices, poorer quality services, fewer choices and fewer innovative products...
...And as well as developing and distributing new products, consumer groups manufacturers are increasingly seeking to reach these markets though more distinctive advertising in targeted media, says Nielsen....
...The Linde bid provided him with an exit, while as a non-executive director of International Power, he lived through the combination with GDF Suez....
...Higher US confidence is evident in deals such as AT&T’s $39bn purchase of T-Mobile USA....
...On one side will be those products that are widely used, simple in structure and actively traded: standardised derivatives....
...Asia’s V-shaped recovery from the global financial crisis has triggered a boom among budget airlines in the region as carriers position to meet forecasts for rising traffic....
...Related links: The Greek bailout, according to Paris and Berlin [updated] - FT Alphaville Portugal v Greece on sovereign risk – FT Alphaville Greece, the IMF, and the ECB – FT Money Supply...
...Those products could be more difficult to unwind because they are illiquid compared with more “standardised” products....
...Economists dispute the nature of the recovery – is it a bounce-back “v” or a double-dip “w” – while old market hands caution that the summer rally could eventually give way to a correction....
...“I would not call it a robust recovery, but we are forecasting a V-shaped recovery,” says Mr Lee....
...., and Jon-Paul Rorech, a salesman at Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., with insider trading in credit default swaps of VNU N.V., an international holding company that owns Nielsen Media and other media businesses...
...It is the final investment left from the private equity group’s £300m Fund V, which it raised in 1993....
...Larry Lynch, USA Tom Glocer: I think there’s always going to be a role for newspapers....
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