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...All of these companies have underperformed the FTSE 100 index. Size is one reason. Bunzl, Howdens et al are generally smaller than the household names, and smaller companies can grow faster....
...In his book Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style, Marx traces this catalogue-like approach to a serendipitous encounter at a New York City Doubleday bookstore in the summer of 1969....
...Buonanno et al conclude from a study of their tax returns that purging City Hall of mobsters results in “a significant and sizeable increase of social capital” over the long term....
...Social media noise can push token prices around (Tandon et al), but not as effectively as mainstream media coverage (Coulter)....
...As Wachowiak et al correctly note, the recent pressures militating in favour of greater cooperation (Ukraine, a second Trump presidency, fiscal constraints), “have not, to date, proven sufficient to overcome...
...Another, similar question: What does this mean for Robert Jenrick, Suella Braverman, et al? Handily this has the same answer: it’s not good either!...
...Hermès, L’Oréal, Dior et al sell an idea of French high-end craftsmanship that derives almost whole cloth from the 17th-century court of Versailles....
...It retells the established adventures of Odin, Thor, Loki et al, alongside brand-new ones set in the present day....
...Ghost towns are the new normal from NYC to the City of London and beyond. Office occupancy rates have hit rock bottom....
...There was sniffiness in some quarters that they sounded too much like The Strokes, Television et al. Others were just grateful for the affinity. 3D Country is the follow-up album....
...The muscular vocals of Hamid Al-Saadi, singing fragments of Iraqi poetry, were at the centre of the music....
...HMZ House by Lucio Muniain et al; lmetal.com.mx...
...(New Yorker) — Erik Brynjolfsson et al paper on using generative AI in customer support (NBER)...
...On a positive note, HSBC, which publishes results next Tuesday, today became the first of the UK’s big lenders to announce rate cuts on fixed-term mortgages in a rare sign of hope for homeowners facing a...
...Waste of paper The City of London’s push to modernise is being held back by its archaic shareholding system and the vested interests that keep it in place, the FT’s Helen Thomas writes....
...Elysian also offers a small selection of baked goods — muffins, scones, cookies et al — that are all made in house using butter or olive oil (rather than the mass-produced seed oils often found in commercial...
...And I think you could think of this as a knock against US stocks, right? What about the Mag Seven? What about how concentrated the stock market gains are with Nvidia, Microsoft, Google et al?...
...Woman, Life, Freedom by Marjane Satrapi et al (Seven Stories Press) The much-feted author of the graphic novel Persepolis leads a collection of vivid, “visually stunning” accounts of the current unrest gripping...
...Aesthetically and intellectually it fits into a no-nonsense box with St John, Labour and Wait, Ercol, Jasper Morrison et al....
...Plus if you really miss Brian Cox et al, you can slowly flick through the archive photographs while humming a haunting piano theme....
...Ronnie Walker et al. write (our emphasis): — We see two main channels through which a lower response rate can impact the JOLTS job openings statistics....
...being undermined by the leadership of United Arab Emirates oil executive Sultan al-Jaber....
...Citi’s Ben Nabarro has summed up the complex action vs words balance Andrew Bailey et al. will need to strike at a “tight call” meeting....
...advantages, or in enabling new ways of trading and managing assets....
...Diane Arbus: A Box of Ten Photographs is at City Gallery Wellington, New Zealand, from 23 September until 14 January 2024. The Caretaker, by Doon Arbus, is published by New Directions....
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