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...The action has moved from the old claustrophobic small-town locale to New York, where the last film’s young survivors, headed by sisters Sam and Tara (Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega), have started a new life...
...Recently it has recommended Timothy D Snyder’s Our Malady: Lessons in Liberty from a Hospital Diary and Roger L Martin’s When More Is Not Better: Overcoming America’s Obsession with Economic Efficiency....
...Dom Comte Abbatucci, Le Diplomate de l’Empire 2014, a biodynamic Corsican white blend that I tasted at Dynamic Wines in London last February....
...“As a general rule of thumb, public market investors don’t tend to reward complexity,” said Robert Lee, an analyst at investment bank Keefe, Bruyette & Woods....
...Another corporate controversy is explored in Patrick Radden Keefe’s “secret history” of the Sackler family, Empire of Pain (Picador, May)....
...Tara Alhadeff from Permira told DD’s Kaye Wiggins it’s a bet on the “casualisation” of everyone’s wardrobes....
...“A better than expected P&L, with good results from Brazil and a stronger contribution from the US,” noted Daragh Quinn, a banking analyst at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods....
...Further inspiration comes in April with How To Save Your Planet One Object at a Time by Tara Shine (Simon & Schuster RRP£16.99), with suggestions for 100 items to swap for sustainable alternatives....
...“When Isas were launched in 1999, there were some bargains on the table although it might not have seemed so at the time,” says Ms O’Keefe....
...Further reading : travelling in the US last week, I caught up with Patrick Radden Keefe's New Yorker article about the Sackler family, whose wealth — and high-profile philanthropy — is founded in part on...
...Eidos, Eidos de Padriñan Albariño 2016 Rías Baixas 13%£15.50 Lea & Sandeman Another L&S find from north-west Spain....
...Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter Ernest L Arbuckle professor of business administration, Harvard Business School I read Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson while thinking about the need for institutional change...
...Favourite 2012 Brunellos These were my choices from a recent tasting of 44 bottles • L’Aietta • Baccinetti, Saporoia • Baricci, Colombaio Montosoli • Biondi Santi • Caparzo, La Casa • Canalicchio...
...Dr Tara Swart, a neuroscientist and leadership coach, has developed a “brain food juice” to kick-start your day....
...Demand is building for higher level staff in particular, says Verity O’Keefe, an EEF employment and skills specialist....
...A more useful test might see business-critical employees randomly told to stay away on a given day, in an effort to test resilience to so-called key-man risk....
...No word yet on those weirdo L-shaped slices....
...Aviva and L&G have changed the lay-out or calculation methods of their numbers without giving fully revised first-half figures from last year, according to Mr Barnard....
...Analysts at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods estimated that moving to an approach more in line with its peer group could force L&G to set aside another £1.3bn-£1.9bn for potential defaults....
...However, this figure is below the amount calculated by analysts at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, who on Monday estimated that if L&G were to allocate reserves in line with its peer group, it would need to increase...
...“If L&G moves to a basis more in line with the peer group, we calculate that this could lead to a £1.3bn-£1.9bn increase in reserves,” said Greig Paterson, an analyst at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods....
...“Ultimately with little new here the driver of the price remains the Santander offer,” said James Hutson, analyst at Keefe Bruyette & Woods....
...That is equivalent to Keefe, Bruyette & Woods’ forecast for A&L’s pre-tax profits this year. And it does not take account of the fact that Santander will also have access to much cheaper funding....
...Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P. served as independent financial advisor to Ambac with respect to these offerings....
...Andrew Senchak, the investment banking director for Keefe Bruyette, the bank securities dealer, said: “It isn’t a bad idea....
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