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...The failure of one of Drexel’s biggest clients, the Executive Life Insurance Company, destroyed the retirement incomes of thousands of Americans....
...For Profit: A History of Corporationsby William Magnuson, Basic Books £10.99 The author, a professor at Texas A&M University School of Law, has put current debates on the role and behaviour of corporations...
...There is for sure a debate to be had about when the Federal Reserve et al should have pivoted their stance more forcefully to tackle inflationary pressures, and what they should and shouldn’t do now....
...(I went to two weddings in two different states last week and I’m still recovering.)...
...And on the corporation tax point, ever since Truss has said that she didn’t want to put up corporation tax from 19p to 25p, which she said she was going to do, a lot of businesses have said we’re all for...
...pay the same tax as small local companies....
...The global community should be looking to rest, adjust or trim the ways things are, on a regular basis otherwise there will be imbalances allowing Trumps et al to garner support to deal with greater accrued...
...Bank boards, to borrow from Mary J Blige, want no more drama....
...That isn't going to be good news in an environment where we are cut loose from the strong ties of the EU single market and customs union and the loss of free movement of people....
...“I’m taking all the risk on behalf of the banks, getting a pittance for it and the government is quite happy announcing that the Post Office is taking the slack,” he said....
...“Amazon” Cuomo et al will hope not. In Wisconsin, considerable effort was expended to woo Foxconn — a Taiwan-based company which makes, among other things, roughly half of the world’s iPhones....
...According to 40-year-old Lucy, who used to be an analyst at a US insurance corporation: We would end up being poorer if I went to work....
...(FT) News Round-Up Novartis delays Alcon spin off until 2019 (FT) Union hits out at possible tie-up between T-Mobile and Sprint (FastFT) France’s Total confirms interest in Engie’s LNG business (FastFT...
...When the economy is growing, I’m told we can afford to spend more. When the economy isn’t growing, I’m told we can’t afford not to....
...Insurance companies alone have targeted an allocation of $80bn a year for infrastructure....
...First, the government would guarantee all deposits, charging risk-based insurance premia....
...I’ve already announced a reduction in our corporation tax rate to 18%....
...Systems Inciner8 InferMed (I) Infrared Integrated Systems (I) Integrated Display Systems Intetech (I) Isca UK Italian Beverage Company J J & D Wilkie James H Heal & Company JCB Backhoe Loader...
...But we don’t think that government is the source of all our problems – any more than are welfare recipients, or corporations, or unions, or immigrants, or gays, or any other group we’re told to blame for...
...As chairman of the emirate’s Dubai World holding company and a confidant of the ruling Al Maktoum family, he was one of the untouchables - Prufrock: Hotelier Hands empties pockets: The private equity...
...While I have little time for Cameron et al, I have to admit that Osborne has done a brilliant job of (just about) keeping the markets onside....
...Shi Cheng: Short Stories from Urban China, edited by Liu Deng, Carol Yinghua Lu and Ra Page, translated by Eric Abrahamsen, Nicky Harman, Julia Lovell, et al, Comma Press, RRP£9.99, 224 pages An anthology...
...We don’t quit. I don’t quit. Let’s seize this moment – to start anew, to carry the dream forward, and to strengthen our union once more. Thank you. God Bless You....
...I think one of the proposals that has been focused on by the Republicans as a way to reduce costs is allowing insurance companies to sell across state lines....
...“I’m very analytical,” she told CNN....
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