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...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on December 15 2021. ©2021 Nikkei Inc....
...And I am keenly aware as management that the very best ideas, the most profound ideas, they start as heresy, as heterodoxies that a hierarchical structural will snuff out....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on October 30 2021. ©2021 Nikkei Inc....
...Despite voluminous “disclosure”, today’s public investor often receives much less concrete information than their private counterparts....
...But the second change is structural....
...And for China Inc as a whole, the news was even worse....
...At the same time, steel mills have been using this cost advantage, and structural supply surplus, to pour steel into the global market, as has been well publicised....
...And is the trend cyclical or structural – will it reverse as the global recovery gathers momentum?...
...“All the signs are that what Xi wants is to strengthen the system and his own position, rather than risk structural change that would reduce the power of the existing establishment,” says Jonathan Fenby,...
...Authorities expect to find many more dead bodies – possibly hundreds – as they dig through to the bottom of the mountain of concrete and iron....
...“We have given companies concrete aid that has helped them cut their capital expenditure costs,” says Mr Marcourt....
...Concerns about the structural integrity of Unit 4 have been expressed almost since the crisis began....
...I am pleased to see the passing of the steel and concrete modernism of previous years, but meadows are in danger of becoming old hat....
...Mr Sarkozy is pressing for decisive moves to address debilitating structural imbalances between, on the one hand, surplus nations such as China and Germany, and, on the other, deficit countries including...
...Mr Secker says: “There has been a structural deterioration in the outlook for stocks, given the relapse in growth and further escalation in the eurozone debt crisis....
...“The primary response to a crisis should be a national response – credible fiscal action and structural reforms that relaunch growth,” Mr Draghi says. He insists that “the euro is not in question”....
...This would reassure bond markets, anxious over eurozone public debt and keen to see signs that governments are taking steps to reduce structural budget deficits....
...A third, much debated, explanation for Asian resilience is what some economists regard as a structural pick-up in consumer demand....
...The only concrete measures have been a one-off bonus tax, imposed by the previous Labour government last year, and a US-style levy under its successor....
...Kindles, iPads and electronic books: for once the hyperbole surrounding the massive structural shift in the book trade rings true....
...Fitch downgraded Portugal’s credit rating to double A minus from double A, citing “significant budgetary underperformance in 2009” and “structural weaknesses”....
...However, we do have some concrete reasons to be concerned about the impact of a cyclical change in the credit cycle at the Icelandic banks....
...“Authorities appreciate the need for the government to prove its commitment to fiscal discipline and to structural reforms … yet we did not hear of concrete ways in which the government will move to improve...
...Major fiscal consolidation is needed, and more concrete plans should be developed and communicated as early as possible....
...“I started with the idea of a ceiling that curved up to take advantage of the fantastic view and minimise the structural elements that would block that view,” the architect explains....
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