Hillary Clinton’s attack on “quarterly capitalism” and Andy Haldane’s complaint that companies are investing too little and paying shareholders too much have revived an old question on both sides of the Atlantic: is corporate short-termism throttling capital spending and growth?
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Will Aston Martin's IPO put investors in the fast lane?
The price tag on the luxury car manufacturer's shares could be, like its goods, very expensive
Phil Oakley