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...Overall, there is evidence that many of the voluntary credits available just aren’t very good quality in terms of actual emissions reduction. But dogmatic opposition won’t help, said Lex....
...“I didn’t know it would be possible. I didn’t think [an Asian candidate] would even be considered,” he recalls. “It was like a glass ceiling and I didn’t even see it.”...
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...You’re stuck in there? Are you OK? Are you all right?” More indecipherable screaming. “I’m sorry I can’t hear you very well, can you say that again for me?” There but for the grace of God go I....
...Zucker added: “It probably wouldn’t surprise people to know those who are interested in the UK, but I think the thing that has surprised us is those who have called us from outside the UK.”...
...But, financially, the offer doesn’t look like a knockout....
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...The Fed is stuck, and so are stocks I won’t flatter myself with the notion that Unhedged is its readers only source of financial news....
...And they especially don’t like seeing beloved analogue creative implements being trashed,” he said....
...But it could well leave the investors stuck with some or even all of the debt — around £18bn in the case of Thames Water....
...“I don’t actually think more housing is needed,” she said. “I think the government has realised this problem. That’s why they don’t mind one-third of developers are gone in terms of debt servicing.”...
...We don’t believe it appropriate to comment further.” Edwards was at the centre of a media frenzy last summer after reports emerged of alleged relationships with a series of young people....
...We don’t believe it appropriate to comment further.”...
...Lex isn’t convinced that the UK valuation discount is significant or enduring; nor are our colleagues at the Unhedged newsletter....
...Lex last week laid out the end game for the troubled company, after its nine shareholders said they were ready to write off £5bn and weren’t willing to inject new equity into the company....
...This didn’t look like the type of neat bit of restructuring that would manage to deliver a quick valuation uplift, said Lex....
...In 2009, Georgia tried to submit a song “We Don’t Wanna Put In”, widely interpreted as a criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Organisers rejected the song....
...“I didn’t work for six months which is bad — but I know people who haven’t worked for more than a year,” said Antonia Hinds, a London-based producer who recently started a new project....
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...[These things] don’t change.” For some designers, that timelessness becomes a safe bet, which may explain why current fashion trends are stuck in the revolving doors of the 1990s....
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