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...Last week, Avon International announced a leadership change that would see chief executive Angela Cretu step down, to be replaced by chief marketing officer Kristof Neirynck at the start of next year....
...Ministers should ask themselves how the scandal at P&O Ferries, when nearly 800 workers were forced out of their jobs at the drop of a hat, could happen in this day and age....
...Angela Eagle, Labour MP for Wallasey, said: “My constituents and many people that write to the committee feel that insurance is becoming more of a rip-off.”...
...Gas demand from Europe’s industrial sector was down 24 per cent last year from 2019 levels, according to S&P Global Commodity Insights....
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...Canadian virologist Angela Rasmussen worries that “we haven’t seen the end of this virus” as new Covid sub-variants emerge....
...“Investors are showing an increasing preference towards emerging markets and earlier stage VC investments,” says Angela Lai, senior research analyst at Preqin....
...Scholz is overseeing a €777mn expansion of the chancellery, a plan conceived under his predecessor Angela Merkel....
...And finally The Pippy Houldsworth Gallery in London is showing a collection by Angela Heisch, comprising a new body of paintings and works on paper....
...But Angela Rayner, Labour’s deputy leader, said the move was “too little, too late” and would not do enough to stop other unscrupulous employers following P&O’s lead....
...The S&P 500 closed 3.1 per cent higher yesterday, taking its gains last month to 5.4 per cent, while the Nasdaq Composite index added 4.4 per cent on the day....
...Apple’s change of direction is illustrated by the departure of senior product-oriented managers Angela Ahrendts and Jony Ive in 2019....
...The week will end with German chancellor Olaf Scholz welcoming his counterparts from the other G7 nations for a summit at Bavaria’s secluded Schloss Elmau castle, the same venue his predecessor Angela Merkel...
...The US benchmark S&P 500 plunged 15 per cent from its peak, while the Nasdaq Composite fell more than 20 per cent. Since then, US equity markets have rallied and even European indices have rebounded....
...Chart of the week Like vampires, Freddy Krueger and goldbugs posting dual axis charts of US M2 overlaid with the S&P 500 on Twitter, the Bloomberg Terminal refuses to die....
...Steven P citylights.com Daunt Books, Marylebone “What a treat to visit their shop in Marylebone....
...And we’ve seen that under Angela Merkel’s governance for the last 16 years....
...German chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday reversed course on a contentious Easter shutdown....
...The benchmark S&P 500 fell 2 per cent, its biggest loss since May, as more than 85 per cent of the stocks in the index declined....
...On Wednesday evening German chancellor Angela Merkel reversed course on a contentious Easter shutdown, in a move that underlined growing doubts about the country’s handling of the pandemic....
...Later that day the S&P 500 came to the brink of a bear market, defined as a 20 per cent drop from a peak, and the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly dipped into bear territory In a primetime...
...The brisk turnround shows credit rating agencies such as S&P Global, Moody’s and Fitch believe the economic recovery spurred by vaccine rollouts has made corporate debt piles more manageable....
...The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite was down 0.3 per cent in morning trading while the blue-chip S&P 500 dropped 0.4 per cent, also dragged lower by tech groups....
...Spot prices for steel have hit the highest level in more than nine years, outpacing a surge in those for iron ore, according to data from S&P Global Platts....
...“It is not out of the question that by the middle of next year or so you could see efforts to form some kinds of partnership, with a small ‘p’,” the official says....
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