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...Productivity-hype bubbles are usually separated by at least 25 years and usually form at the end of a secular bull market, when aggregate profits are coming under pressure, say Garthwaite et al....
...So how does one explain the long-term vision behind snapping up stakes in US and European oil majors during the market rout in March?...
...et al, with just $9bn on legacy oil and gas....
...There’s not much precedent to support the idea that Shina et al can walk away based on a MAC clause: WPP was forced against its will to buy Tempus in 2001, Guy Hands couldn’t scrap a bid for East Surrey...
...And, as lockdown measures are softened, the return of the likes of Gregg's, Starbucks et al to the UK FtG market will increase competition....
...Andrew Garthwaite et al at Credit Suisse has had a fiddle about with the model portfolio, resulting in insurers getting a push....
...Their position seems secure; BAM shareholders have earned compound annual returns of 18 per cent over the past 25 years....
...The big cable networks — MSNBC, Fox News and CNN — are projected to draw $1.96bn in advertising revenues this year, up from $1.56m in 2012, according to SNL Kagan....
...Among the winners was a solar scheme that undercut fossil fuel bids with a record low price of $29.10 per megawatt hour....
...“I think you can probably watch Bridge of Spies at home, but I wouldn’t want to watch ET there,” says Obst. “I wouldn’t want to watch The Revenant at home....
...For a company like Rural that is traded on a major exchange, ―[t]urnover measured by average weekly trading of . . . 1% would justify a substantial presumption‖ of market efficiency. 5 Bromberg et al., Bromberg...
...The “back end” of the network – the part where Netflix connects to Comcast et al – would be a tightly-regulated telecoms service....
...This philosopher does a better job and with more humour....
...No surprise to see GMO et al flag up “impact on third parties” from the start....
...Mr Gilauri et al have normal contracts with the UK-based holding company. This two-tier system may just about satisfy the letter of the UK’s Corporate Governance Code....
...Masterpieces of Chinese Painting: 700-1900, edited by Zhang Hongxing, V&A Publishing, RRP£40/$60 The world’s oldest painting tradition explored in the glorious catalogue to the V&A’s current, once-in-a-lifetime...
...CA Inc climbed 9.6 per cent to $25.02 as the software developer easily beat analyst expectations....
...The currency has appreciated close to levels not seen since the G7 intervention in March when the yen shot up to a record of Y76.25 against the US dollar following the natural disaster....
...The super-large Gulfstream V/G500 went from $42m to $25.4m over the same period....
...This compares with a 25-year average of 10.1 per cent and a low of 7.1 per cent....
...What really happened at Northern Rock, Royal Bank of Scotland et al? This gives you a clearer idea....
...The fact of the matter is, is that when we came into office, the deficit was $1.3 trillion. – $1.3 [trillion.]...
...Does he smoke? “If he has a beard, it’s a data point,” Stone says....
...In May, a Warhol painting fetched a record $70m. observer@ft.com...
...SIA under pressure Singapore Airlines does not have a great track record when it comes to foreign acquisitions....
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