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...In A&E, they rushed me to an endoscopy, where a bolt of glorious general anaesthetic shut everything down: the flock of beautiful blue birds I’d been hallucinating during delirium tremens, the bleeding stomach...
...I’m not trying to defend all the practices, some of which are illegal or should be illegal....
...E.g. “Great work on X and Y, I’ve been impressed with how you’re progressing....
...Luckily I’m the same shape and the same weight for my shoes and my suits – I’m still wearing them, so it’s been a long-term relationship. The best car I’ve ever owned was a red ’60s E-type Jaguar....
...Additional reporting by Tabby Kinder Data visualisation by Dan Clark...
...It’s like having a child, but not realising how it was conceived.” — Mike Clark...
...I’d recommend this book to anyone in their 50s and beyond....
...I mean, again, thinking about those four E’s, there isn’t a formal industry strategy at the moment....
...Now, about 1,000 scientists, engineers and technicians at PMI’s vast R&D facility in Neuchâtel, work solely on development of reduced-risk products....
...Mingqi, I hope Prof E gives you an A. I’ve moved Grow the Pie to the top of the pile and will report back....
...“Pfizer is very good at selling but historically not renowned as having the R&D engine of a Merck or Lilly....
...“Before that, I’d look at a tag and I’d think, How has anyone done that with all the CCTV? Whereas nowadays, I’d knock that out at 3 o’clock in the afternoon on a Thursday....
...When Clara first arrived back at LaunchSquad, she received an email with a list of people who’d left the company, people who’d joined, and everyone who’d been promoted, along with a list of other big updates...
...And I noticed that one of the winning trophy winners was from this company, Djuce — D-J-U-C-E — I think, based in Germany....
...If only I’d listened more!...
...Both are floored, but I’m not moving yet....
...The vegan 39-year-old Clark Kent lookalike cuts a very different figure from his rival Elon Musk, writes William D Cohan....
...I’d like to ask you about your ambitions for the future....
...And I think you'd have an uproar if you did that....
...I’m Pilita Clark, an FT columnist based in London, filling in for Rana Foroohar, who is taking a well-deserved break. Admirably, Rana will be using part of her leave to finish her next book....
...To potentially mitigate any legal messiness later, Wachtell became the party to hire Teneo so there’d be an attorney-client privilege over the PR firm’s work....
...“But if I felt that R&D was lacking, I wouldn’t have taken that bet. I’m not suicidal.” Our mains long since finished, lunch extends into a third hour and we each order an espresso....
...If I had to choose, I’d suggest that Switch Inc and CyrusOne sometimes look a bit unloved, particularly by comparison with the giants such as CrownCastle....
...“If it was perfect, we’d have it in production today.”...
...We’d love to hear your feedback on DD as we keep thinking of ways to expand this community. Drop us a line Due.Diligence@ft.com. Thanks for reading! 1....
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