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...Odey’s generosity extended to MPs, including Johnson before he was prime minister, his brother Jo Johnson and former cabinet minister Jacob Rees-Mogg....
...At Hôtel van Eetvelde, a mini-exhibition is dedicated to the house’s original owner, who was “one of King Leopold II’s closest advisers”, says Hortense de Ghellinck, co-ordinator of the LAB·An....
...The skincare staple I’m never without is SK-II Facial Treatment Essence. I have changed creams, but the Essence has stuck around for a dozen years....
...Paul Jacobs, a co-owner of the 1902-founded Ernest Wright, is currently restoring the business from the inside out....
...In 1989, he was knighted for services to banking and finance by Queen Elizabeth II, for whom he had acted as financial adviser....
...Emma Jacobs delves into the range of free and paid-for offers (some costing nearly $8,000/£8,000 a year) and asks if they are worth it....
...Recent transactions included sales by Bruin E&P, a PE-backed company that went bankrupt in July, and Grenadier Energy Partners II, backed by EnCap and Kayne Anderson, two big private oil industry investors...
...“I’ve become very much a hermit,” she told David Tennant, her Broadchurch co-star, on his podcast. “Things have changed....
...Momentum on cutting plastic pollution has grown since the 2018 David Attenborough series, Blue Planet II, drew wider attention to the problem....
...And, having won an Oscar for playing Queen Anne in The Favourite, Olivia Colman takes on Queen Elizabeth II....
...PrettyLittleThing is run by Umar Kamani, the son of Boohoo co-founder and executive chairman Mahmud Kamani....
...(FT) Secrets of dual-career couples Open conversations and maintaining focus on long-term goals are fundamental to sustaining decades-long relationships and careers, Emma Jacobs writes....
...(ii) such a property wealth tax would lead to inefficiency in investment behaviour....
...I had it made by Le Débotté, a Parisian tailor. 52 Rue Jacob, 75006 Paris (+331-4296 1477)....
...Andrew Smithers , founder of economic consultancy Smithers and Co A bounce is likely due to fiscal stimulus....
...There are four main options: i) May’s deal, ii) another deal (eg. Norway for now), iii) no deal or iv) remain....
...At Hyde Park between 1727 and 1731 it made its first star appearance thanks to George II’s wife, Queen Caroline, who ordered the great landscaper Charles Bridgeman to dam the river and thus create the Serpentine...
...With safety paramount, repeatability is the watchword, explains Jacob Skov Larsen, an electronics expert....
...emma.jacobs@ft.com Twitter: @emmavj...
...Jonathan Carter, of dealership Carter Marsh & Co, who sold that collection, is bringing another landmark clock to Masterpiece this summer....
...In the Throne Room in Buckingham Palace, Queen Elizabeth II’s throne, designed by White, Allom & Co, is exactly the same colour, shape and size as her husband’s....
...Melanie Baker and Jacob Nell, UK economists, Morgan Stanley We expect growth to halve from 2 per cent in 2016 to 1 per cent in 2017 in a “slowburn slowdown”....
...There is no need to understand risk-weighted assets or the difference between Basel II and III. Banker pay, the biggest cost, rightly receives the most scrutiny....
...Andrew Smithers, Smithers & Co Yes. Nominal wages appear to be picking up and inflation is being temporarily held down by oil and other raw material prices, so real wages should rise....
...Andrew Smithers, Smithers and Co The OBR’s assumption that the current account needs to improve by 2.7 percentage points of GDP to make the deficit reduction plans feasible seems clear and sensible....
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