“We see a lot of development potential across the business in the UK and round the world,” he says. Investors are eagerly awaiting news of the chief executive’s next acquisition to take Johnson Matthey forward. It could be weeks.Investors will be hoping that Johnson Matthey’s decision to throw money at developing fuel cells and catalytic [...]
The boys were 10 when they committed their horrible crime: today they are not who or what they were yesterday. None of us are; but these two boys have to change more than most.The next step, I suggest, is for the public to see them, so that we can all have the opportunity to assess [...]
That is the view gradually gaining ground both in the United States itself and in the financial markets here in London. For example in the States the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) warned that it is possible a recession began recently. It noted several factors including rising unemployment and falling industrial production, though it [...]
Why, they said, should we spend the taxpayers’ money on broadcasting to friends? The question itself reveals an old-fashioned, Cold War approach to broadcasting out of date for at least a decade. And it ignores the realities of communications and the availability of news in North America in particular.You have to spend only 48 hours [...]
It is impossible for any mind of common honesty not to be revolted by the contradictions in their principles and practice.”
America, you’ve come along way, baby. Today, culture is one of the country’s most important exports. The world has a conflicted, love-hate relationship with American culture. While, in 1992, French leaders debated import quotas on [...]
In the meantime, you would also have missed out on one of the greatest money making opportunities of the modern age; the technology bubble.Bubbles are dangerous things, but the really clever investor knows how to ride the wave; the wisdom of arriving late but leaving early. Mr Buffett never participated at all, and although he [...]
But, when Bruhn was invited to join American Ballet Theatre, he felt compelled to accept, leaving Arova behind.At that time they had been languishing in a cheap hotel in Paris, misled by Serge Lifar into believing they could join the Paris Opéra Ballet. With Bruhn gone, Arova danced with London Festival Ballet (now English National [...]
And while, by definition, the abortion laws are to an extent based on the woman’s right to choose, it is surely important to concede that an unwished-for termination can clearly be a brutal blow for an expectant father as well.In a small way, Mr Hone succeeded in his aim, challenging the legality of the operation [...]
Remember what John Mortimer said.””What did John Mortimer say?” asked someone, as Tristram knew that he would.”He said that he had written so much about his father, the eccentric blind barrister, that he could no longer distinguish between the memory of his father and the memory of what he had written about his father. Now [...]
William Epstein, barrister and disarmament adviser: born Calgary, Alberta 10 July 1912; married Edna Hyman (one son); died New York 9 February 2001.
William Epstein was a world expert on disarmament with a remarkable United Nations career that spanned 54 years. He joined the organisation in London in 1945 and left the UN for the last [...]
