This divergence of fortunes between capital owners and capital users in the US is a very important and disruptive force.

FORBES: Follow the Flow

In an attempt to revive its fortunes and infuse fresh capital, the airline has held talks in recent months with Etihad Airways and other investors with a view to them taking a stake in the carrier.

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Jonathan Atkin, an analyst with RBC Capital Markets, contrasted Comcast's fortunes with the woes of Time Warner Cable Inc.

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By applying Wriston's Law of capital and talent flow, you can predict the fortunes of companies (and countries).

FORBES: Wriston's Law Still Holds

He said capital (meaning both money and ideas), when freed to travel at the speed of light, "will go where it is wanted, stay where it is well-treated...." By applying Wriston's Law of capital and talent flow, you can predict the fortunes of countries and companies.

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In effect, many of the big banks have turned themselves from businesses whose profits rose and fell with the capital-raising needs of their clients into immense trading houses whose fortunes depend on their ability to exploit day-to-day movements in the markets.

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Unless managers look after shareholders' money, there is little chance of Russian companies being able to raise capital and use it properly and thus little chance of any change in Russia's fortunes.

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