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The fruits of adversity : Bolstered by immigration and challenged by the economic downturn, the church is playing an ever more active role
TO SEE two faces of Catholic Britain, you need only walk a short way from Parliament. The train and bus stations of Victoria, where many migrants arrive to seek their ...
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economist.com
1 day ago
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Oily conspiracies :
The Garden of Betrayal. By Lee Vance. Knopf; 320 pages; $24.95. Corvus; £14.99. Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.ukSINCE oil lubricates almost every geopolitical machination, triggering wars, coups and uprisings, it is ...
Lee Vance, Mark Wallace, USD, GBP, Oil, All keywords...
economist.com
1 day ago
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Goldman Said to Plan Closing Prop Trading Desk
The best-known — or, conversely, most infamous — investment bank proprietary trading desk is apparently on its way to being wound down. Goldman Sachs is closing its Principal Strategies group, ...
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dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com
1 day ago
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Goldman Says Basis Capital Can’t Sue It in U.S.
Basis Capital, an Australian hedge fund suing Goldman Sachs for $1 billion over losses related to credit default swaps, made the deal in Australia and can’t sue in the United ...
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dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com
2 days ago
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Burger King to Sell Itself to 3G for $4 Billion
Burger King agreed on Thursday to sell itself to the investment firm 3G Capital for about $4 billion, including the assumption of debt, marking the second time in eight years ...
Burger King, Food, 3G Capital, Brazil, McDonald, All keywords...
dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com
2 days ago
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Goldman Finds Success Underwriting in Japan
Goldman Sachs is capturing a record share of Japan’s equity underwriting market as foreign investment banks benefit from local companies selling a greater proportion of stock overseas, Bloomberg News reported. ...
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dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com
3 days ago
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Inconsistencies in Lehman Case
Dick Fuld, the former head of Lehman Brothers, seems to still be feeling the effects of his own home-brewed Kool-Aid. Mr. Fuld hasn’t stopped attributing his investment bank’s demise to ...
Dick Fuld, Lehman Brothers, Burger King, Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, Diageo, All keywords...
nytimes.com
3 days ago
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Burger King in Buyout Talks, but Not With 3i
11:02 a.m. | Updated Burger King is in advanced talks to sell itself to a little known private investment firm called 3G Capital, people involved in the negotiations told DealBook ...
Burger King, Alexandre Behring, USD, Van der Kroft, Latin America, All keywords...
dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com
3 days ago
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In VF’s ‘New Establishment,’ How Does Finance Rate?
Wall Street kingpins might not be instinctively drawn to Vanity Fair’s October issue, what with Lindsay Lohan gracing the cover. But when they hear that “the New Establishment” rankings are ...
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dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com
4 days ago
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Internal Documents to Be Made Public by F.C.I.C.
A number of internal documents pertaining to the events that led up to the crisis are to be released by the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, The Financial Times reported. The ...
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dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com
4 days ago
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Burger King Said to Consider a Sale
Burger King Holdings, the No. 2 U.S. hamburger chain, has been considering a possible sale and has held talks with potential buyers, a source familiar with the situation said on ...
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dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com
4 days ago
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Lawyers for Lehman Are Seeking Records From Hedge Funds and Goldman
It is the Wall Street version of the grassy knoll. Nearly two years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, some on Wall Street still wonder whether a handful of the ...
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nytimes.com
4 days ago
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Nordstrom Uses Web to Locate Items and Increase Sales
The new site adds editorial features, like blogs about fashion and videos and photos of Nordstrom customers showing the clothes they chose for work and for weddings. Mr. Nordstrom said ...
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nytimes.com
1 week ago
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Degreed And Jobless, For-Profit College Graduate Turns To Stripping
After graduating from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, Carrianne Howard hoped to find a job in the video game industry. She did -- kind of. For $12 an hour, ...
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huffingtonpost.com
1 week ago
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Bloomberg Makes Ridiculous Attempt To Tie A Stripper To Goldman Sachs
Cue the credits: the era of financial thuggery is officially over. Three hellish years of panic, all done and gone – the mass bankruptcies, midnight bailouts, shotgun mergers of dying ...
Goldman Sachs, Bloomberg, USD, Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, EDMC, All keywords...
businessinsider.com
1 week ago
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