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...Akash Paun, who leads on devolution at the Institute for Government think-tank, said that media and voter interest in this year’s mayoral elections marked a milestone in process....
...Starling Bank has poached energy supplier Ovo’s chief executive, Raman Bhatia, to lead the London-based digital lender in its next stage of growth towards a potential public listing....
...Fable & Mane, founded by brother and sister duo Akash and Nikita Mehta, harnesses the power of Ayurvedic healing learnt from their Indian grandparents....
...Private jet spending rose 35 per cent, totalling $33.8mn among S&P 500 groups in 2021 — the highest since 2012, according to ISS Corporate Solutions....
...“This is a very tricky situation where three of our friends [the US, EU and Russia] are engaged in a serious conflict,” added Bhatia....
...With India’s equity markets climbing, private equity investments topped a record $40bn in 2021, sharply higher than 2020’s $35bn....
...Managers have underperformed the S&P 500 stock index every year since 2009, both in rising and falling markets....
...Ravi Bhatia, a director at S&P Global Ratings, said the demarcation between Sama’s reserves and PIF assets would be “something one will have to watch”, adding: “The question is are they going to get good...
...Merchant, a former primetime gameshow host and now an etiquette coach to Miss India, is selling Vasudeo S. Gaitonde’s “Untitled” (1974), estimated at $3m-$3.9m....
...“The economy is suffering, so to slap on another tax will not be very popular,” says Mr Bhatia at S&P. “Hence the reluctance in pushing it through....
...“But Brexit poses particular difficulties because there is such a tight deadline,” says Akash Paun of the Institute for Government....
...Akash Goel is a physician and journalist and a World Economic Forum Global Shaper....
...“There is no plan,” said Ravi Bhatia, director of sovereign ratings at S&P....
...However, Ravi Bhatia, S&P’s director of sovereign and international public finance, said close results could make it “harder to push through the austerity budget”....
...Recently, S&P has downgraded Uganda, Mozambique, Cape Verde and South Africa. International organisations are also warning the region against taking on heavy debts....
...“Africa rising has been a headline theme this year,” said Ravi Bhatia, director of sovereign ratings at S&P, one of the world’s largest credit rating agencies....
...“We see slippage on fiscal deficit and current account and that triggers the alarm,” says Ravi Bhatia, a regional expert on Africa at S&P in London....
...Kamlesh Bhatia, a telecoms analyst at Gartner, said: “It’s a trend that we see globally where telecom operators have been investing in media content.”...
...“The revenue growth in Africa reflects the inherent potential in the world‟s most promising continent,” Sunil Bharti Mittal, chairman of the group, said in a statement....
...He replaces S.M. Krishna, an 80-year-old Congress party stalwart, who resigned on Friday. Veerappa Moily takes control of petroleum and natural gas....
...As Ravi Bhatia, director of S&P’s sovereign ratings said: “Ratings are a view on the credit’s fundamentals....
...“It is almost a bit of relief that people didn’t get too carried [away],” said Arvind Bhatia, analyst at Sterne Agee....
...Compared with the embarrassment of the 2008 Indian 2G spectrum auction – which resulted in a scam that is alleged to have deprived the government of $39bn – 2010’s 3G spectrum auction was a wild, lucrative...
...As Bhatia wrote, agencies simply struggled to keep up with the collapse of currencies across the region....
...The Indian billionaire is open to selling his 33 per cent stake in the club after a bust-up with Formula 1’s Bernie Ecclestone, who has a 62 per cent share....
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