David Jones
David Jones
Twentieth-century British Modernist poet and painter who is best remembered for his long poem "The Anathemata." His other works include "In Parenthesis" and "Cara Wallia Derelicta."
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth1 November 1895
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Investors are asking if the emperor has clothes. Once they spin off Palm, they are stuck with businesses that are low-growth and low-margin. Investors want to know what this company is going to do for an encore.
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If a company sprays for ants, they're really doing the wrong thing. The only way to get rid of them long term is by baiting them.
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Whilst we achieved a strong underwriting performance, our overall result was highlighted by fairly strong investment returns on which no company would want to rely completely from year to year.
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I'm surprised he won. He's just punching it out there.
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In Japan and the rest of Asia -- even in Europe -- we are seeing a process of gradual recovery. That is bad news for the dollar and it has started the dollar down. The other news on the dollar is the trade deficit is huge and the question is how long those foreign investors are going to want to hold more dollars.
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I'm not aware of any reports of major absences. I haven't heard of any issues with attendance.
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I know they all like to do things outside of track but they're just too tired.
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The bias in terms of the Fed's idea of where they may go next is still in the direction of restraint.
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They will probably get the word the night before or tomorrow afternoon.
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Things have changed since the Arena Task Force voted for the LG&E site.
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These numbers suggest the Fed is not done tightening for this cycle, if not in August, then later in the year,
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The feeling from Greenspan's point of view is that you don't want a pure academic for this post because that person may not have enough political savvy and enough market sense.
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The Fed chairmanship is not the kind of job where you want to surprise everyone with your choice of a total unknown. You don't want to surprise Wall Street.
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I have not been able to get in touch with him to inform him of the meeting.