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...The Department of Transportation is preparing to unveil new disclosure rules for airlines but the industry is united in opposition against them. Here’s why....
...More banking news: New York Community Bank will raise more than $1bn in a deal led by the investment firm of former US Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin. 2....
...Sir Matthew Rycroft, permanent secretary at the Home Office, wrote to the cabinet secretary Simon Case to confirm that he had updated his department’s guidance to instruct officials to “proceed with removal...
...And here’s what I’m keeping tabs on today and over the weekend: Economic data: The US Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics releases monthly import and export statistics and the University of Michigan...
...Additional contributions from Gary Jones and Benjamin Wilhelm...
...The INE organises elections and monitors political activity in Mexico. Observers say it was instrumental in the country’s democratic transition and is regarded as one of its most trusted institutions....
...A 40-year-old former mayor of the small city of South Bend, Indiana, he has become one of the highest-profile members of Joe Biden’s cabinet, regularly appearing on cable news and other outlets as a representative...
...And I think they require that focus of a department and a secretary of state in the cabinet dedicated to that....
...He served as general secretary of the ruling Communist party from 1989 to 2002 and, alongside Zhu Rongji, his premier, helped entrench the sweeping market-orientated reforms of Deng Xiaoping....
...The former secretary of state urged Xi Jinping to restart climate talks with the US, saying he was “hopeful” the countries could “get back together”....
...Some of these are veterans, such as former Tory whip Sir Gary Streeter, 67, who has represented South West Devon since 1992....
...Robertson achieved heroic status both for his record at New York-based Tiger Management and for the dynasty of traders he mentored, known as the “Tiger cubs”....
...As well as 71 rollover agreements that maintained current trading relations with scores of countries, Australia was set as an early target for the first “from scratch” deals — along with Japan and New Zealand...
...He’s got some quite interesting ideas, including yet again splitting the cabinet secretary from their role as being head of the civil service so they can focus on a strategic centre for the prime minister...
...The number of resignations had risen above 40 and, although no further cabinet ministers had quit, they needed to find new secretaries of state for Wales and Northern Ireland (the prime minister had not...
...Former partners include Gary Gensler, the chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and Steven Mnuchin, who worked as US Treasury secretary in the Trump administration....
...David Davis, the former Brexit secretary and vocal Johnson critic, said it was time he put “the interests of the nation ahead of his own interests”....
...In his customarily effusive manner, the veteran former Conservative minister — and perma party plotter — greets them all individually....
...Separate legislation has given the Department of Energy about $12bn in additional cash to directly fund capture projects and supporting infrastructure such as new CO₂ pipelines....
...And Peru is a basket case torn between right and left. We have a lot of work to do. Martin Wolf And Mexico . . . Larry Diamond And Mexico, of course....
...Pete Buttigieg, a judge who ran the last time, has been a star for Democrats, appearing on Fox, basically flaying the opposition, there. And he's done quite well as the transportation secretary....
...Here is the rest of the day’s news — Gordon Five more stories in the news 1....
...Rothschild has appointed the former UK cabinet secretary Mark Sedwill to its supervisory board. He will replace Anthony de Rothschild....
...Michelle Lujan Grisham: The New Mexico governor was vetted as a potential running mate, but has since been viewed as a possible health secretary....
...Pete Buttigieg, the former South Bend, Indiana, mayor, is Mr Biden’s pick for transportation secretary. Michael Regan, nominated as head of the EPA, has a background in activism and government....
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