Hints and tips:
...Chetty et al. (2017) find that there is a 14 years life expectancy gap between top and bottom 1% males in the US, and that this gap has widened since 2001....
...Andrew Garthwaite et al at Credit Suisse has had a fiddle about with the model portfolio, resulting in insurers getting a push....
...(FT) Elliott calls for AT&T shake-up Activist investment fund Elliott Management is pushing for an overhaul at AT&T after taking a $3.2bn stake in the telecoms group....
...I have seen no data to show how Facebook and Twitter et al advance happiness or social cohesion....
...— Recent research by Gorton et . al about the form and role of banks as maturity transformers and creators of “private money” is very relevant to this discussion....
...“We have never set a goal like that,” said Al Cardenas, the former chairman of the Republican party in Florida....
...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...
...Again, it was all a bit vague in the courtroom, but one idea seemed to be giving NML et al whatever the backlog of 11 years of payments was, and then paying them at the EBG rate thereafter....
...Last weekend’s Olympic bash – Mr Bean, James Bond et al – celebrated the way that British culture has resounded all around the world. But there are more subtle ways to win friends and influence people....
...All Played Out – the book’s original title – proved to publishers that literate football fans existed. Nick Hornby et al followed. Davies deserves this reissue under a new title....
...As a former investment banker, Augar tells the story of the disaster in the financial markets. What really happened at Northern Rock, Royal Bank of Scotland et al? This gives you a clearer idea....
...And for the British migrant in France, there is always a sense of life on the edge, of never quite penetrating the mysteries of French society, any more than the French can quite grasp cricket....
...THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GUILTY PLEASURES edited by Michael Moran et al John Murray ₤12.99, 352 pages Classic toilet material: its half-page alphabetical entries are eclectic, opinionated tilts at icons and...
...For years, American society has been evolving towards abject dependence on the judiciary in all walks of life....
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