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The age of verbiage
Without some self-restraint, the stream of hot takes might end up undermining informed debate that undergirds all open societies
February 09, 2023
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Finding advantage in adversity during Covid-19
Covid-19 has delivered a combined health and financial crisis with an unprecedented global reach. Businesses need to recognise that their efforts today will have an impact far beyond the current pandemic.
July 30, 2020
Noble Group frames the endgame: Deal, administration or Chapter 11
(Mar 26): Embattled commodity trader Noble Group issued a defense of its planned restructuring, saying if shareholders vote down the plan it will probably enter insolvency proceedings in the UK or file for liquidation, such as Chapter 11 in the US, and ex
March 26, 2018
Zuckerberg's response doesn't 'cut it', Facebook critics say
(Mar 22): Facebook Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg broke his silence on the crisis over political-advertising firm Cambridge Analytica’s access to user data on the social network, outlining concrete steps the company is taking to make sure such a leak doesn’
March 22, 2018
Noble Group's creditors in driver's seat as group seeks deal to cut debt
SINGAPORE (Jan 30): Shares in Noble Group slumped 13% on Tuesday after the battered commodity trader proposed a deal under which existing shareholders' equity would be nearly wiped out, while the restructured company would have much lower debt.
January 30, 2018
US sees 'four or five' ways to resolve North Korean crisis
WASHINGTON (Sept 26): The US has gamed out four or five different scenarios for how the crisis with North Korea will be resolved, and “some are uglier than others,” National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster said as tensions remain high between the two c
September 26, 2017
Noble Group's misery deepens as investors zero in on debt talks
(June 6): Noble Group shares extended their decline to the lowest level since 2000 amid rising investor concern that the embattled commodity trader may not be able to engineer a turnaround even as it presses on in talks with core banks to try to secure mo
June 06, 2017
Noble Group foe Muddy Waters asks when 'last wheel' may fall
(May 25): Noble Group will almost certainly have to undergo a restructuring as the commodity trader battles for survival, according to Muddy Waters LLC founder Carson Block, who’s shorted the company before but says right now he doesn’t have bets agai
May 25, 2017