Diego Segura

At times, three to four new essays by Publius appeared in the papers in a single week. Garry Wills observes that this fast pace of production "overwhelmed" any possible response: "Who, given ample time could have answered such a battery of arguments? And no time was given."[

His beachhead may very well be a paid newsletter . . . but the newsletter is just one SKU. . . . There could be a podcast SKU. A speaking fee SKU. A book deal SKU. A consulting SKU. A guest columnist SKU. And so on.”

Instead of pursuing bold acquisitions, he is now locked in pedestrian squabbles with cable operators and union leaders who refuse to be swayed, let alone charmed.

By positive convexity, we mean asymmetric returns. Positive convexity is the quality by which a bond delivers bigger price gains in response to falling yields than it suffers price de- clines in response to rising yields.

Indeed, that is the genius of the LVMH model that Arnault has created. It’s quite possible that being the C.E.O. of LVMH would be a less fun and desirable job than being the C.E.O. of Tiffany’s, or Tag Heuer or Dior, or one of the incredible French wineries that LVMH owns.

That was seen in March when violence erupted across India during Ram Navami, which marks the birth of Ram. Over 20 people were injured in different parts after groups of Hindus marched through Muslim neighbourhoods waving saffron flags and swords as they danced and shouted along to anti-Muslim songs blasting from loudspeakers.

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The magazine’s patented celebrity-on-celebrity dialogues compounded the formula, like mixing colors on a palette. Instead of a journalist to interview Jack Nicholson, get Julian Schnabel. (For the results, see the April, 2003, issue.)