Hints and tips:
...Andrew Garthwaite et al at Credit Suisse has had a fiddle about with the model portfolio, resulting in insurers getting a push....
...Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the head of the PIF, even joined the company’s board....
...Official guidance is required on whether Gareth Bale et al were expressing confidence in the UK’s future as a free trader, or were just better at kicking a ball around....
...Just enjoy our products and show some damn gratitude. Live long and prosper. Well, live long anyway....
...“You’ve heard everybody talk about a V, a W, an L, a bathtub, all kinds of words” with regard to future oil prices, said Lamar McKay, deputy group chief executive of BP....
...In the Netflix world, Comcast et al still deliver the content, but they need to find a new way of getting paid....
...The latest case, Google v Joffe et al, involves a class action suit stemming from the company’s illicit collection of snippets of information from WiFi networks in homes that its StreetView cars were passing...
...Facebook et al may not need the intellectual capital, but they sure needed their cash....
...To foster the impression of a fast-growing technology, he recommends designing products to self-advertise....
...Are we going to cover the next AIG Financial Products or not? Are we going to learn the lessons or not of the crisis?...
...While the black taffeta evening gowns and sturdy looking peacoats on Karlie Kloss et al shouted winter, the models’ peachy complexions were all spring – try Bobbi Brown’s Sheer Color Cheek Tint in Sheer...
...One segment of the market (Open U, U of Phoenix, et al) specialise in delivering online courses for large audiences....
...United States v Apple, Inc et al is more than a US Justice department antitrust action against publishers allegedly colluding on ebook prices....
...al/mother of four – she is Just Like Everyone Else, this seems to be going to extremes....
...The case (now called FCC v. Fox Television Stations et al) was appealed to the US Supreme Court, where it was debated on Tuesday....
...Either the sovereigns that matter will, after many years of austerity, restore solvency or there will be orderly restructuring of Italy, Spain et. al. in addition to Greece, Portugal and Ireland....
...This structural transformation is rarely the product of unassisted market forces....
...For more on the underlying research by Andrei Schleifer et al — see this post from Felix Salmon looking at an earlier version of the paper cited by Turner....
...In case you missed these stories, weekend headlines from the FT and other UK media*: From The FT, - Duke Energy in advanced deal talks with Progress - BP likely to face criminal charges -...
...There was particular concern in business circles after online campaigns were launched in the US to boycott Scottish products....
...BP has said it “was not involved in any discussions with the UK government or the Scottish government about the release of Mr al-Megrahi”....
...Bank of America fell 1.2 per cent to $15.24, JPMorgan Chase lost 2.3 per cent to $38.54 and Goldman Sachs dropped 2.2 per cent to $136.66....
...Messrs Cable, Darling et al say they don’t care! They should. Moving key staff (100 or so) plus capital is relatively inexpensive....
...But he also asks the question: are cracks rallying because of decisions this quarter by refineries like Sunoco, Valero, et al to take capacity offline, or are cracks rallying in spite of those actions?...
...ET February 11, 2010 SCHAUMBURG, Ill., February 11, 2010 – Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced the Company is targeting the first quarter of 2011 for its planned separation....
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