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...The deal is awkward for Downing Street given the government has endorsed Abu Dhabi funds flowing into the British economy via deals struck over key assets in the life sciences sector....
...It is easy for shoppers to switch supermarkets if one charges more than another, but it is awkward to move from an iPhone to an Android one if an app is too expensive....
...Like many well-educated moms who step off the fast track to raise kids, she craves an identity beyond being a wife and mother....
...“There are no awkward silences, no pressure to go to the bar and get a drink with the boss. It’s just very relaxed.”...
...Failing to hit even that reduced target would be awkward....
...This creates an awkward competition between analysts to get into the good books of the companies they cover with softball questions and statements on conference calls like “Great quarter, guys!”...
...The awkward truth for both Conservatives and Labourites is that there is no Starmerite equivalent to Blairism....
...Ethan WuIt’s an awkward place to be though, just intellectually speaking, right, Katie, because in good conscience, it’s hard to tell most people like, you should actually pick stocks....
...Looking back, she says her early attempt to make this connection was “awkward and I didn’t get it all right, but it was a first step”....
...“The fact that your supplier of a key service is also your competitor is an inherently awkward and tension-filled relationship.”...
...He jumped up, hugged me and said, ‘Mazel tov, you’re going to be a mom.’”...
...The founder of hedge fund Citadel and market maker Citadel Securities said increasing interest rates was an “awkward tool” to cool the economy but acknowledged the Fed was limited in what it could do to...
...With some of them, your head was tethered to a computer, things that were just awkward....
...We’ve watched her navigate being a mobster’s wife in The Godfather (1972), transition from power broker to stay-at-home mom in Baby Boom (1987), seek revenge with her gal pals in The First Wives Club (1996...
...“Mom-and-Pop” shareholders hold around 80 per cent of all locally listed stocks and account for nearly 90 per cent of daily trading volumes....
...(More here) Awkward meetings Britain’s national psychodrama moved to the Belgium’s capital yesterday with both the prime minister and the leader of the opposition in town to meet Nato secretary-general...
...It gets really awkward really fast. A bunch of guys can’t get together and just sit in a room for hours and have a conversation, right?...
...American Express Global Business Travel has therefore chosen an awkward time to announce a listing....
...“Everything coming from them is a bit awkward and hard to justify why we would include it in the legislation.”...
...“The awkward timezone means viewers will have seen the results on social media before the broadcast. And there’s also Olympics fatigue so closely on the heels of the Summer Olympics.”...
...“The labour market is hot and inflation is even hotter, which places the Federal Reserve in an awkward position with an interest rate hike over a month away....
...Murphy, fresh from Schitt’s Creek, presents Allison as awkward and flawed, as she wakes from her dream of domestic perfection....
...Barnier’s discussions with former colleagues in Brussels, however, were he to become president, would be awkward if he followed through on his campaign promises....
...You met my mom and brother. We’re big boned. You think I control any of this? Now, that’s hilarious. Nobody’s laughing. Lilah RaptopoulosThis spot talks about a lot....
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