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...The fortunes of Canada’s second-largest pension fund ought to sound a note of caution: Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has written off its $150mn investment in crypto lending platform Celsius Network...
...Framed photographs of assorted Kennedys, Thatchers and Reagans looked down upon me, surrounded by four sleeping dogs, as I received a whistle-stop tour of supply-side economics from a man who has made studying...
...Which is how I find myself sinking into a large leather armchair while I receive a whistle-stop tour of supply-side economics from a man who has made studying taxation and incentives his life’s work....
...That was how he discovered the Wolsztyn depot....
...We can stop guessing now....
...He was formerly executive vice-president and head of private equity at pension fund Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec....
...The train stops then shudders backwards as passengers are dispatched from the front carriages to the observation lounge....
...In October 2008, as Barclays fought desperately to avoid a state bailout, Barclays president Bob Diamond organised a whistle-stop trip to the Middle East in search of rescue capital....
...Most famous was that of Bob Nardelli in 2006, the controversial chief executive of Home Depot, then a struggling $80bn retailer....
...“Obviously our investment in HRE was a mistake,” says a deadpan, normally publicity-shy Mr Flowers on a whistle-stop visit to Europe....
...At the start of the year he walked away from his last job, as CEO of Home Depot, the home-improvement chain, with a compensation package worth $210m (€153.7m, £104.1m)....
...Home improvement retailer Home Depot suffered from the slowing housing market, sinking 3.4 per cent to $35.96. The stock has fallen 11 per cent since the beginning of the year....
...Not even the possible £1bn disposal of Select Service Partner, Compass’s travel concessions arm, could stop the shares dropping to a new low....
...A person who knows Mr Piëch says: “When Piëch blows the whistle, Wiedeking dances.”...
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