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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....
...The Menzies scandal is a welcome distraction for Starmer after days of relentless media and political pressure over a police investigation into his deputy, Angela Rayner....
...Walt Hart, a lead chemicals researcher at S&P, said ethylene use rates, the amount converted to new materials such as plastic, had fallen to their lowest level in four decades because of “a gross overbuild...
...Tech M&A spending fell to a decade low last year, according to data from S&P Global....
...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....
...“I would say they probably represent the best opportunity to ramp up by inventory with a deal with a private,” said Raoul LeBlanc, an analyst at S&P Global....
...Janine P.S....
...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....
...China relies on coal for 65 per cent of power generation, according to S&P Global Platts Analytics. In India, coal fuels 71 per cent of electricity....
...In its most recent report, the Divest Invest network compared the S&P 500 index with and without the inclusion of fossil fuel companies....
...And we’ve seen that under Angela Merkel’s governance for the last 16 years....
...In the fourth-quarter earnings calls for 2020, more than one in four S&P 500 companies discussed environmental, social and governance (ESG) objectives....
...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....
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