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...unusual for developers to throw up buildings without tenants locked in, but Broadgate Tower and the adjoining 201 Bishopsgate building are not your average speculative office project. This one is remarkable for its scope and ambition. When the tower opens for business next year plum in the middle of London's financial district, the 35-story office property with 1,200 sq m of rentable space per floor will dwarf virtually all of its nearest neighbors. A decade in development and costing more than $570 million, Broadgate Tower and its matched 13-story Bishopsgate building come with all the conveniences...
...services (London is home to three of the world's top four law firms) and all the resources of the City itself, London finance firms like hedge funds can pull in more business and squeeze costs further than if they were located outside that network. The economies of scale, scope and agglomeration, as these perks are known, are particularly acute in London. Without them, says the cebr, the E.U. would have lost out on $44 billion in investment banking-related business...
...Crimson also has several editorial cartoonists, who are given space for a weekly cartoon. Cartoonists are not limited in the scope of what they can draw. We also publish the cartoons of guest cartoonists on occasion...
...hard pressed to notice the change. Ordinarily, our eyes flit from place to place, alighting on whichever object needs our attention on a need-to-know basis. This fools us into thinking that wall-to-wall detail was there all along--an example of how we overestimate the scope and power of our own consciousness...
...world of wine is complex and global in scope. That makes it a perfect match for the Internet, which excels at reaching across geographic boundaries and making obscure information accessible. Today websites for wine lovers are popping up faster than you can say Gewürztraminer. The big ones like eRobertParker.com the online home of the industry's most powerful wine critic, and WineSpectator.com the Web sibling of the magazine, offer an abundance of reviews, ratings and other features. But there are plenty of less famous wine sites that are also worth savoring...