The competition regulator's decision to approve the deal last week without making market inquiries has intrigued bottlers, suppliers and advisers alike,
particularly after its intervention last year in Asahi's acquisition of Australia's third - largest soft drink and water bottler, P&N Beverages.
I would worry a bit about Milliband but don't think he will stand
particularly after the intervention of that intellectual giant and sage Margaret Beckett.
Not exact matches
But most economists believe such extraordinary
intervention was necessary,
particularly after the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, the nation's fourth largest investment bank, put the stock market in veritable free fall and took the U.S. economy along with it.
Particularly controversial are the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in the UK (currently under construction and controversial because of security concerns) and the Toulouse airport in France (a Chinese consortium purchased a majority stake but was relegated to a minority stake
after French government
intervention).
Although not directly comparable, our findings are in broad agreement with those from routine data in Scotland that have indicated a positive association between Baby Friendly accreditation, but not certification, and breastfeeding at 1 week of age.17 Our findings reinforce those of Coutinho and colleagues who reported that high exclusive breastfeeding rates achieved in Brazilian hospitals implementing staff training with the course content of the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative were short - lived and not sustained at home unless implemented in combination with post-natal home visits.35 Similarly in Italy, training of staff with an adapted version of the Baby Friendly course content resulted in high breastfeeding rates at discharge, with a rapid decrease in the days
after leaving hospital.36 In contrast, a cluster randomized trial in Belarus (PROBIT) found an association between an
intervention modelled on the Baby Friendly Initiative with an increased duration of breastfeeding37 an association also reported from an observational study in Germany.38 Mothers in Belarus stay in hospital post-partum for 6 — 7 days, and in Germany for 5 days, with post-natal support likely to be
particularly important in countries where mothers stay in the hospital for a shorter time, with early discharge likely to limit the influence of a hospital - based
intervention.
That's not
particularly incendiary by his standards, but it is the first big
intervention on the mansion tax
after an oddly mute few days on the issue from senior Tories, including David Cameron, and it will annoy the Treasury, who the Telegraph say are working on plans for the new tax.
For example, additional evaluation of the NYC Leadership Academy's Aspiring Principals Program noted a limited impact on student achievement in ELA (
particularly after the second year of the program), but no effect on student achievement in math — regardless of the duration of the
intervention.
In particular, population - level studies that capture children's developmental health and well - being as well as associated social and contextual assets from the child perspective, and at representative population levels do not exist — despite the fact that middle childhood represents a developmental period that is
particularly apt for prevention and
intervention efforts that target actionable factors in children's multiple environments: social relationships at home, school and community; sleep and nutrition habits; school experiences; and
after - school time use.
It concludes that these programs have short and long term positive consequences for students; in one
particularly dramatic finding, «in follow - up assessments an average of 3.5 years
after the last
intervention, the academic performance of students exposed to SEL programs was an average 13 percentile points higher than their non-SEL peers, based on the eight studies that measured academics.»
The FTI was more effective than the LT on emotional symptoms
particularly immediately
after the
intervention, while the effect of the LT emerged
after a longer interval.