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...is wrong about the ‘profitability’ of FTX US and FTX Trading (The Dig $) — ‘I feel hopeless’: Living in Laos on the brink (BBC) — Black swans from Mars (The Bulletin)...
...The absence of new money alongside an unfunded increase in the national minimum wage has left authorities financially in an “even worse position than they were before”, said Cllr Barry Lewis, Conservative...
...a contemporary 20-minute twist on Swan Lake in this Canadian premiere....
...Freshfields has named Alastair Chapman, managing partner of its antitrust, competition and trade unit, as head of the practice group....
...This year’s programme includes excerpts from Nureyev’s Swan Lake, La Sylphide and Maurice Béjart’s La Luna, as well as newer pieces beyond the company’s traditional repertoire....
...The chain, which is backed by British racing driver Lewis Hamilton, raised $18mn from new investors including boutique bank LionTree and Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, as part of a series B round...
...On our own pages, check out recent commentary by my colleagues Robin Harding, James Kynge, and Leo Lewis, as well as all the great reporting on the (bad) economic news from China....
...With gruelling melodramas such as Requiem for a Dream, The Wrestler and Black Swan the American director has won numerous awards and admirers but has also been vilified for his graphic depictions of human...
...In early 2020, it sent a memo called “Coronavirus: The Black Swan of 2020”. The Information has obtained a copy of its latest slide deck, with the less catchy title: “Adapting to Endure”....
...Catherine Lewis La Torre, chief executive of the state-backed British Business Bank, says: “We’ve seen record growth in equity investment across the UK over the past 12 months, with particularly strong growth...
...Chris Chapman, partner at Mayer Brown, another law firm, added that the development showed HMRC’s “willingness and ability to seize crypto assets”....
...And the frustration is decades going by and never getting the opportunity to emulate the actors I love, Daniel Day-Lewis or Denzel Washington.”...
...(Leo Lewis) Chart of the day Why should financial regulators care about climate risk?...
...Blue, made in 1993 when Aids was rendering Jarman blind, was his shocking, exquisite swan song....
...There’s a swan-inhabited lake, with a small opening at which delighted toddlers can be seen feeding the ducks. There’s a wood that provides shelter from noisy traffic....
...restored vintage beauties (Altair III, the Jon Bannenberg-refitted 1974 expedition yacht owned by Tod’s chairman Diego Della Valle, is a habitual presence), to the sleek maxi sailing yachts – the Oysters, the Swan...
...(Chapman believes that traditional jars, which can encourage cross-contamination, are on the way out completely.)...
...leo.lewis@ft.com...
...‘Green Swan’ conference Many of the world’s top central bankers, including Jay Powell of the US Federal Reserve, the People’s Bank of China’s Yi Gang and president of the European Central Bank Christine...
...And as its fanbase has grown, so has the standing of its collaborators – from the Chapman brothers and Marc Quinn to Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang and American conceptualist Jenny Holzer....
...He joins the firm’s Washington, DC office from Chapman and Cutler. Sidley Austin elected 28 new partners....
...According to CS Lewis, who was educated at Malvern College, the priory was the first beautiful building he ever saw....
...Leo Lewis is the FT’s Tokyo correspondent Follow @FTMag on Twitter to find out about our latest stories first....
...John Lewis and Debenhams have quietly withdrawn cover just ahead of this year’s wedding season....
...Just think about the models that told banks that a corporate credit pull down of, say, 15 per cent in a week would be a black swan event....
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