Stephanie Villalba lost her sex discrimination case. She lost her claim for costs. She has now lost her appeal on points of law relating to victimization and unequal pay. It is time for both of us to move on. |
Technology, demographics and industry consolidation are driving profound changes in the private-client business. |
The April IEA report supports our belief that rising inventories, moderating demand growth and Saudi Arabia's commitment to put more oil into the market will put downward pressure on oil prices. |
The combination of the two rulings re-affirms our view that the majority of challenges to composition of matter patents are speculative and unlikely to be successful. |
The euro zone has just edged ahead of Japan, and is now the region investors would most like to overweight in the next year. |
The Fed is no longer on auto-pilot, and further hikes beyond next week should be a function of the incoming economic data. |
The fundamentals in the mobile handset environment do not appear to be improving. In fact, recent news from component suppliers all point towards order push outs and delays in the release of new handsets. |
The level of risk appetite this month is among the highest that we have seen and cash levels are at the lowest levels the survey has ever recorded. |
The market environment continues to become increasingly competitive as the international field of participants continues to grow. The competition among bankers, financial advisers, attorneys, private equity firms and other participants has been equally impressive. |
The red-hot housing sector ... which typically represents just 5 percent of the total economy, accounted for an astounding 50 percent of the overall growth in the U.S. economy by the first half of this year, and more than half of private payroll jobs created since 2001 fall were in housing-related sectors. |
There is an unmistakable change of tone in the survey this month. |
There is no obvious single deal. |
There is no smoking gun in IBM's 10K. |
These earnings growth rates may prove to be too robust and may cause the market problems later on in the year. Keep a close watch. |
This implies to us that UK gambling companies are probably underestimating the negative effects of a smoking ban on their businesses. |