Hints and tips:
.../ From Alan Capps, Alexandria, VA, US...
...“Jusqu’ici tout va bien . . . Jusqu’ici tout va bien . . . Jusqu’ici tout va bien.” But the important thing is not the anticipation of rising interest rates, as reflected in falling bond prices....
...Its cargo of corn was originally sold by an Austrian commodities trader, VA Intertrading, first noted by price reporting agency Agricensus....
...The financial terms of the deal for the air taxis, called VA-X4 eVTOLs (electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft), were not disclosed. Gol declined an interview request....
...The futuristic plane, dubbed the VA-X4, will have a range of more than 100 miles and be able to travel near-silently at speeds of more than 200mph....
...Va-Q-Tec (Germany) The need to transport Covid vaccines at cold temperatures sent demand soaring for the Bavaria-based group’s insulated containers....
...Letter in response to this article: English football leagues could follow US example / From David C Speedie, Charlottesville, VA, US...
...The VA said that, together with Google, it was planning a clinical trial of the DeepMind algorithm at the VA hospital in Palo Alto, California....
...Since taking the helm in February, Vas Narasimhan has moved quickly to reshape the company, selling its 36.5 per cent stake in a consumer joint venture with GlaxoSmithKline and announcing plans to spin off...
...“You can’t wish away the reality of cost in India,” says Mr Vas. “We’re still a very poor country. For a person in some rural areas, it’s a private two-wheeler versus no transportation at all.”...
...to intellectual property / From Dr Richard Rohwer, San Diego, CA, US To SMEs, patent trolls are an existential threat/ From Gary Shapiro, President and CEO, Consumer Technology Association, Arlington, VA...
...The agreement with Siemens involves pension promises at VA Tech, a transmission and distribution technology business that the German group bought in 2006....
...Transamerica, an arm of the Dutch insurer Aegon, and Paris-based Axa rank among the 10 biggest VA providers....
...Half-watching TV, as one does, it is often hard to distinguish between the players, especially if it’s a contest between those with names ending in “va”. Even the BBC has embarrassed itself....
...Prudential’s chief executive also said investors were wary of the business and accused regulators of “very poor thinking” as they thought “some people who wrote VAs blew up, therefore VAs are bad”....
...Virgin America shares are set to begin trading on the Nasdaq on Friday under the ticker ‘VA’. eric.platt@ft.com Twitter: @ericgplatt...
...VA’s initial filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission shows that it recorded $10.1m net income on $1.42bn revenue for 2013, its first annual profit since it started operations in 2007....
...The Shenzhen-based company reported that the bulk of its growth came from its VAS division, which includes its gaming businesses. Revenues from this division rose 35 per cent to Rmb14.4bn....
...On September 13, Austria’s Voestalpine Group said it had agreed to sell Zhevago a 38.5 pre cent stake in VA Intertrading, a commodities trading company with revenues of €1.3bn in 2012, for more than $10m...
...On September 13, Austria’s Voestalpine said it had agreed to sell him a 38.5 per cent stake in VA Intertrading, a commodities trading company with revenues of €1.3bn in 2012, for more than $10m....
...Renault’s shares have suffered from a persistent lack of va-va-voom: it has underperformed the sector index by two-thirds over the past decade....
...The hulking aircraft carrier taking shape in a dry dock in Newport News, Va., is designed to carry a crew of 4,660 and a formidable arsenal of aircraft and weapons, the Wall Street Journal reports....
...Given mounting pressure in Asia, however, he should grab VA business while he can....
...Steele thinks there’s hope, however, for a more racy Kate, as Lady Diana started out demure, and “then she looked va-va-voom, in Versace”....
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