Hints and tips:
...Apple has invested at least $1bn in microLED R&D and even made a push into the actual manufacturing of the cutting-edge display technology....
...From the UK selection, I’d pick out Bunzl, chiefly because of my colleague Oliver Ralph’s inclusion of the packaging and distribution business in his wry analysis of the “magnificently unglamorous” seven...
...The firm is battling lacklustre fundraising and undergoing a cost-cutting drive as it seeks to stem the fallout from a fumbled succession from Rubenstein, D’Aniello and William Conway, who co-founded the...
...The benchmark S&P 500 gained 1.4 per cent to close at its highest level since January 2022. European stocks and government bonds joined the rally on Thursday morning....
...He was so entranced by the warm, sunny climate at Williams Selyem winery in northern California, as seen in our programme on Pinot Noir, that he wrote to the winery offering his services as an intern....
...But it’s still interesting, and if you want to get into the weeds we’d highly recommend checking out the full paper....
...I’d rather open a box of chocolates than a bottle. The place that means a lot to me is Samuel P Taylor State Park, where I scattered my daughter’s ashes....
...Ethan Wu The William Sharpe. Alex ScaggsI was . . . Yes, so the William Sharpe....
...Soundbite of the week: Damian Williams, a US attorney for the Southern District of New York, has had a big week....
...Well, you’d think so, and I later talked to Cath Bishop, former Olympic rower and conflict diplomat (yes, really), now a leadership and organisational consultant....
...Alan Williams, one of Lyons’ drivers who was due to take the 12:40 P&O ferry to Calais, said the disruption had already created four miles of traffic tailbacks on the A20 out of Dover....
...You might think it’s far too early to ask that question — and I’d be inclined to agree — but it hasn’t stopped investors from asking it....
...So basically it is somewhere between pay-to-play and gambling, though we’d be delighted to know what “non-economic conditions” entails....
...Lo launching Spacs; and I think Serena Williams backed one....
...The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index dropped 2.5 per cent while the benchmark S&P 500 index slid 1.4 per cent....
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...Rystad said shale production could still grow by as much as 1m b/d next year if prices remain at current levels — less than the 1.2m b/d seen in 2019, when oil prices were lower....
...But over five years it’s basically tied with the S&P, and at 10, it’s ahead by just a percentage point or two....
...Needham and D. Hotson. Charlie Bean: Few downturns are exactly alike....
...The irony, of course, is that if you asked shareholders what SoftBank should be, they’d say a company that uses its growing cash pile to buy back shares....
...When Askew advertises jobs, like sommeliers or maître d’-type roles that can pay up to £35,000 a year, there is a chronic shortage of qualified applicants in the UK....
...The centuries-old London house has dressed Princes Charles, William and Harry over the decades, and is the place to go for a properly cut set of tails and trousers....
...Critics argue that, while the repo market is where the likes of J.P. Morgan might fund themselves, there are thousands of banks in the US that rely on other sources of funding....
...I’m passionate about products, the deep reality of products in factories and R&D centres. MM: Do you know what you want to do next? EF: I’m a great believer in business....
...“In financial terms, companies in the centre of the US fracking boom have been performing terribly for years,” said Clark Williams-Derry, the report’s lead author....
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