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...With the new threat to sue from a coalition of US states, it’s going to be a tough call to make for the US regulator. DD’s Indap v NYU’s Damodaran: Is stock compensation good or bad?...
...United States of Japan, by Peter Tieryas, Angry Robot, RRP£8.99/$14.99 Sometimes you just feel the need for a story about giant robots, virtual reality and sumo wrestlers....
...The bulk of the collection is on public display until 2026, but several valuable pieces by artists such as Jean-Honoré Fragonard, El Greco and Claude Monet have been put up for sale this year to fund Unicef...
...I knew I was going to love this job here,” says Anthony Lake, Unicef’s executive director, pointing at his heart beneath his suit jacket. “But,” he points to his head, “it is fascinating here too....
...Duflo is wearing trousers and a V-necked magenta sweater, with a thin gold chain around her neck. As she speaks, she sometimes thrusts her hands into the opposing sleeves, as if wearing muffs....
...He contends that the vibrancy of Italy’s regional identities makes up for the deficiencies of the Italian state....
...Stephen Deuchar, director of The Art Fund, has called for tightening up of the rules, for example by making buyers sign an agreement to accept a matching offer....
...While CAA and WME2 slug it out, opportunities have emerged for UTA and ICM. “Our competitors get into these brand wars like Coke v Pepsi,” says Zimmer at UTA....
...,” says David Morrison, executive secretary of the United Nations Capital Development Fund....
...MacroWikinomics: Rebooting Business and the World, by Don Tapscott and Anthony Williams, Atlantic Books RRP£19.99 A follow-up to Wikinomics, which superbly illustrated how technology was opening up a new...
...Donnelly was soliciting investor money for a new fund based on his claimed returns in the securities markets. In SEC v. James, Case No. 08-61516-CIV (S.D....
...William Thompson, former co-head of bond group Pacific Investment Management Co ....
...“I’m not sure that a small-cap manager should necessarily be screaming for them,” says Bernie Williams, portfolio manager at USAA Investment Management....
...Anthony Bolton of Fidelity has declared the very early stages of a new bull market. Crispin Odey, the London hedge-fund manager says pretty much the same....
...Terra Firma’s maiden €2bn ($2.9bn) fund was rated the top performing European fund raised in 2002, on the back of successful investments in waste management and cinemas....
...William Poole of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis thinks that this may be what investors who lose money on subprime mortgage-linked securities deserve for not looking at them closely enough....
...Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything By Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams Atlantic £16.99, 408 pages FT bookshop price: £13.59 The DIY economy offers chances for all....
...In The Matrix, for example, the film’s directors invented “bullet time photography”, a special effects technique that allowed them to film seemingly impossible shots....
...At the same time, he merged the William H....
...Bush stood before an audience of conservatives last week to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the National Review, he credited William F....
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