Ten years on from the financial crisis, have we learned enough?

Graham Bishop, Investment Director at Heartwood Investment Management, the asset management arm of Handelsbanken in the UK Fear and greed typically characterise the beginning and end of economic cycles (the natural fluctuations between periods of growth and recession). But although the basic fundamentals defining the health and stability of financial...

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Silver Lane Advises AFAM Capital in merger with Kovitz Investment Group

Silver Lane Advisors, a premier investment bank that specializes in the financial services industry, is pleased to have served as exclusive financial advisor to AFAM Capital in its merger with Kovitz Investment Group. Jeff Brand led Silver Lane's deal team. AFAM's roots trace back to 1977, when Al Frank launched "The Prudent Speculator"...

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The 25th World Islamic Banking Conference

Held under the patronage of HRH Prince Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa, The Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain, and convened by leading financial intelligence platform Middle East Global Advisors in strategic partnership with the Central Bank of Bahrain, the World Islamic Banking Conference (WIBC) will take place on November 26th, 27th & 28th at...

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Will the M&A boom continue?

The global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market is enjoying a boom – of that there can be little doubt. In the first half of this year global M&A deals reached a record $2.5trn (£1.9trn) in value, according to Thompson Reuters, a rise of 65 per cent on a year earlier. Much of this has been underpinned by the generous use of debt but also a lot...

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Japan heading for biggest M&A spree in the U.S.

Japan is on track this year for its biggest acquisition spree in the US as advisers tell chief executives to pounce on deals while Chinese companies are hampered by trade war tensions. The advice of bankers and lawyers to accelerate US-targeted deals has intensified over recent months in line with both the surge in trade war rhetoric and the perception...

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ITV renews 'Unforgotten' for a fourth season

Sept. 22 (UPI) -- ITV has ordered a fourth season of Unforgotten, its cold-case, police drama starring Nicola Walker and Sanjeev Bhaskar. Series creator Chris Lang penned the six new episodes and Andy Wilson is set to direct. "I am so delighted to have been asked to make a fourth series of Unforgotten. The reaction to Series 3 was better than I could...

Workers Overdose on the Job, and Employers Struggle to Respond

Workers Overdose on the Job, and Employers Struggle to RespondImageJimmy Sullivan has been a bricklayer for more than two decades. For several years, Mr. Sullivan injected a shot of heroin in his car before starting work.CreditCreditHeidi de Marco/Kaiser Health NewsBy Jenny GoldSept. 21, 2018Jimmy Sullivan prepared for his job as a bricklayer the same...

'Saturday Night Live' hires Ego Nwodim as featured player

Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Comedian Ego Nwodim has been named a featured player for Season 44 of Saturday Night Live in New York, NBC announced. A graduate of the University of Southern California with a degree in biology, Nwodim has been a regular cast member at the UCB Theatre in Los Angeles where she performed her one-woman show, Great Black Women ... and...

Sam Smith cancels iHeartRadio performance

Sept. 22 (UPI) -- British singer-songwriter Sam Smith canceled his scheduled set at Friday's iHeart Radio Music Festival in Las Vegas. "Dear all, Due to unforeseen circumstances which transpired after rehearsal, it became clear that I'm sadly unable to perform at the iHeart Radio Music Festival in Vegas tonight. I am so so sorry about this and I want...

Paul McCartney tops Billboard 200 for first time since 1982 with 'Egypt Station'

Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Rock 'n' roll icon Paul McCartney's Egypt Station is the No. 1 album in the United States. The album was McCartney's first to top the Billboard 200 chart since Tug of War in 1982. Coming in at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart dated Saturday is Eminem's Kamikaze, followed by Lauren Daigle's Look Up Child at No. 3, Russ' Zoo at No....

Paul McCarney tops Billboard 200 for first time since 1982 with 'Egypt Station'

Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Rock 'n' roll icon Paul McCartney's Egypt Station is the No. 1 album in the United States. The album was McCartney's first to top the Billboard 200 chart since Tug of War in 1982. Coming in at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart dated Saturday is Eminem's Kamikaze, followed by Lauren Daigle's Look Up Child at No. 3, Russ' Zoo at No....

OSHA Seeks Nominations for Construction Advisory Committee

OSHA Seeks Nominations for Construction Advisory Committee ACCSH advises the … Occupational Safety and Health on construction industry standards and policy related … for the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH), according to … Read More

Arizona's economy being propelled by construction jobs

… Opportunity is that the construction industry added 900 jobs … last year. And the construction industry makes up less … To put it another way, construction employment grew at a … 4,500 permits for residential construction, including single-family homes, condos, …Read More

Victim in deadly San Rafael construction site accident identified

… ; Victim in deadly San Rafael construction site accident identified Authorities have … killed in a San Rafael construction accident Tuesday. San Juan Landaverde-Olvera … fell on him at a residential construction site on Fair Drive, said … Read More

Nashville contracts construction firm for MLS stadium after protest rejected

… joint venture of two construction firm to build … of Mortenson | Messer Construction Co. a construction manager contract valued at … Mortenson and Nashville-based Messer Construction Co. — in August … engaging Mortenson | Messer Construction Co. last month. … Read More

CBD Movers Brisbane Awarded ‘Word of the Mouth’ Service Award for the Second Consecutive Time in 2018

CBD Movers Brisbane Awarded ‘Word of the Mouth’ Service Award for the Second Consecutive Time in 2018 BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA CAPITAL TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA, September 22, 2018 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- CBD Movers has been playing an integral part in … Read More

Limbach Holdings To Acquire Toledo, OH-Based Dunbar Mechanical, Inc.

… a privately-owned provider of mechanical construction services in Toledo, Ohio and … customers, and also provides new construction and renovation services for … essential partner for building owners, construction managers, general contractors and energy service …Read More

Germany's soaring housing prices spark calls for reform

… of the acquisition and construction costs of new apartment … 39;s building codes and rising wages in the construction sector … of tax incentivizing new construction. Nevertheless, Ropertz added: … government wants to expedite construction it should relax …Read More

Mayor Durkan on Climate Change Leadership and Why She's Slowing Down So Many Seattle Transit Projects

… we need changes to our building code to mandate these highest-level energy … and said, "Help us construct what our building initiative would … 39;re doing things. So building code changes are not on … We have a pretty strict building code now. We're … Read More

OSHA Cites Five Contractors Following Collapse of FL Pedestrian Bridge

… Bolton Perez & Assoc.), a construction engineering and inspection firm Structural Technologies … and buildings Munilla Construction Management LLC, a bridge and building construction company The Structural … Read More

'Hobbit house' helps build carpentry careers

… the New Zealand certificate in construction trade skills. RICKY WILSON… house, rigidly adhered to the building code with industry standard tolerances. … an increase in demand for construction-related occupations to at least the … Read More

Inside Track: Jonker puts pieces together

… first introduced to the construction world through civil engineering … join Holwerda Builders’ construction team. “As the … often hires engineers as construction managers, but he added … said Wolverine encourages its construction managers and project managers … Read More

Changing CityPlace: A high-rise apartment complex may be coming

… more than $2 billion in construction or planned, a proposal to … Planning Board, said it encourages residential construction downtown and that the area … undertaken first, to ensure that construction on that corridor wouldn’t …Read More

Sudbury needs economic development, Huska says

… expanding, new commercial buildings being constructed, it signifies a growing community … are getting renovated. Commercial and residential construction stimulates growth in retail, real …Read More

Owners of Manchester flats face huge losses over safety failings

… growing fears about standards of residential construction in recent years as developers …Read More