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...The Environmental Defense Fund, for example, used to be known for splashy lawsuits hauling big businesses to court....
...“It’s a bit of a perfect storm,” said Kristina Hooper, chief global market strategist at Invesco....
...There is the oil painting of a ship cutting through storm-tossed waters, the cushion grousing that “No good deed goes unpunished” and the Lucite trophies recording triumphant deals, grateful charities and...
...Insurers led the gains in the US as the value of expected damages for the insurance industry from Hurricane Irma was revised from $100bn to $20bn after the storm weakened and changed direction....
...That’s what it’s like to be a slave,” Roy Batty remarks to the human bounty-hunter he has defeated in combat before reaching out and rescuing him from falling to his death....
...CP’s efficiency has been transformed since Hunter Harrison, a respected rail industry veteran, took over as chief executive in mid-2012....
...The attorney-general’s office has asked locals to keep logs – and take pictures and video – documenting the uncovered trucks hauling petcoke, swirling black dust storms and other violations which are common...
...Creativity, Inc – a finalist for FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year – explains the failures, the tensions and the ultimate accolades from Finding Nemo to Toy Story....
...The founder and chief executive of Amazon was showing off the $199 Kindle Fire – a colour touchscreen device he wants to use to storm the world of tablet computing....
...“It’s clear that we have widespread impacts of the storm” from flooding, downed trees and power outages....
...Michael Cimino’s The Deer Hunter and Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now were released in successive years....
...Robert Hunter, insurance analyst at the Consumer Federation of America said: “A lot is flooding which they don’t cover, and other infrastructure, which the municipalities self-insure for.”...
...Lawson Software set to be bought by rival Infor Hunter turns prey. Lawson Software, a mid-range enterprise software vendor, looks set to be acquired by bigger US rival Infor for $1.8bn in cash....
...“Stay focused, get down to things that really matter, weather the storm – people find a lot of parallels....
...This is going to be the key level for traders and investors alike in the days ahead – if the FTSE stays above 5000 it suggests the latest storm has been weathered again and that some sort of a bounce back...
...Our Private Banking and Asset Management practices have been weathering the storm well over the past months and there are interesting opportunities in these areas....
...Platinum traded as high as $2,065 a troy ounce for immediate delivery as bargain hunters took advantage of Monday’s sell-off, but the metal fell back below $2,000 by late afternoon in Singapore....
...While bargain hunters, such as hedge funds, have started snapping up corporate debt, the same does not appear to be happening much in derivatives linked to mortgage securities....
...Or whether he then storms off to stay with Mother. observer@ft.com...
...Local volunteers have been hauling tanks of dirty flood water to the shelter to flush its filthy toilets but the smell of human waste lingers....
...HOW LOCAL LOUISIANA ROOTS HELPED SHAW WEATHER THE STORMS ■ Shaw’s local knowledge has helped it deal with the crisis along the US Gulf coast in the wake of Hurricane Katrina....
...My first port of call is that of any lazy bargain hunter - eBay. At the rock bottom end of the price list are an awful lot of paintings of dogs and tulips....
...Primus says: “Cable companies will be in a position to leverage existing networks and relationships to storm the local residential telephony market overnight”....
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