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...Christine Lagarde hands over a small white paper bag with something surprisingly heavy inside after sweeping through the restaurant with her customary assured elegance....
...On Friday I bombed down the A303 to Taunton to watch Somerset thrash Middlesex in the T20 Vitality Blast....
...The Hinkley Point C project is likely to exceed the revised £32.7bn estimate EDF put on it earlier this year after its Chinese partner CGN halted payments to cover mounting cost overruns....
...Macro Cuts In which sport did Christine Lagarde represent France as a teenager?...
...It described its thinking in Box C of its latest monetary policy report....
...The music medley looks equally enticing: headliners include The Chemical Brothers, Christine and the Queens and Fatboy Slim. 3 to 6 August; non-camping adult tickets from £229.50, wildernessfestival.com...
...A Brussels summit in early February will provide leaders a first opportunity to thrash the dispute out face to face. Don’t expect it to be easily resolved....
...Is it A) 27 per cent, B) 48 per cent or C) 95 per cent? Robin Wigglesworth I know they’re up a lot this year, aren’t they, Alex? Alexandra Scaggs Yeah. Yeah, I think....
...Hollywood has been captivated this week by the stunning ousting of Bob Chapek — who, tellingly, had been referred to internally as “Bob C” — and the return of Bob Iger atop Disney....
...Then my mother, Marie-Christine, looks after administration, and I try to focus on a vision of the brand for the future. My 20-year-old nephew Matis, John’s son, is also now learning the trade.”...
...Ziad Hindo, chief investment officer of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, which holds assets of about C$250bn, warned that an improving economy might increase prices further....
...Weekly highlights If you read last week’s newsletter, you’ll know I asked whether the streak of C-suite crypto resignations would continue after Jesse Powell stepped down as Kraken’s chief executive....
...Regardless of who might be the C-suite, Disney will be entering leaner times across the board....
...Will plan B work or will plan C be required? What would that look like? And with the Bank of England raising rates for the first time in years, how will the economy cope?...
...She recently sent to Manchin a private message literally on a silver platter — one given to her by her good friend, the late West Virginia senator Robert C Byrd, a hero of Manchin’s....
...Using red hibiscus to soften hair and amino acids to strengthen, with amla — an Indian gooseberry antioxidant packed with vitamin C to nourish hair — this oil hydrates my hair in a ritualistic way....
...Separately, data from Statistics Canada are expected to show a trade surplus of C$2.50bn in December. That is down from a surplus of C$3.13bn a month earlier, close to June’s 13-year high of C$3.23bn....
...Ontario’s government announced on Monday it would spend another C$169m ($133m) to extend temporary wage rises for healthcare support workers....
...“You don’t get an attorney,” Burton C Bell roared on Fear Factory’s magnum opus, 1995’s Demanufacture....
...L’Europe, c’est moi Emmanuel Macron has left no doubt that he wants to lead a Europe with more swagger in its step as he takes over the EU’s rotating presidency, writes Sam Fleming in Paris....
...Even in Europe, where rates are already lower anyway, the ECB’s Christine Lagarde conceded that they would look at data again in the new year....
...— Osiris Parikh, Beaverton, Oregon “In 1979, C West Churchman’s The Systems Approach and its Enemies was published....
...Greening the Financial System, includes Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell, pictured, Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey, IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva and European Central Bank president Christine...
...“We are giving skilled and motivated women the opportunities they deserve,” said Christine Lambrecht, justice minister....
...Negotiators from the German EU presidency and the European Parliament have in recent weeks been attempting to thrash out a deal on the expanded EU budget....
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