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...Pat McFadden, another prominent Blairite, has taken over Angela Rayner’s previous role as shadow Cabinet Office secretary, responsible for machinery of government issues....
...Those promoted on Tuesday include veteran former ministers Pat McFadden and Hilary Benn, as well as Liz Kendall, Darren Jones and Peter Kyle....
...The writer is a Soho resident Earlier this month, I visited the Colony Rooms, the notorious Soho artists’ club, which closed in 2008 and has been revived by the artist Darren Coffield in a nearby basement...
...publishes its monthly card-spending statistics US: NAHB Housing Market Index Conference: S&P Global’s CERAWeek energy industry gathering, with speakers including ExxonMobil’s chair and chief executive Darren...
...A new survey found the UK’s estate agents at their most gloomy since 2009, with many houses being sold for below their asking price.The head of L&G, one of Britain’s largest insurers, bemoaned the “perpetual...
...the science and technology brief; Liz Kendall entered the shadow cabinet for the first time as shadow work and pensions secretary, while Darren Jones became the new shadow chief secretary to the Treasury...
...Covid-19 has upended traditional economic theory, writes Lena Komileva, chief economist of G+ Economics....
...Profits at M&G plunged 57 per cent in the first half of the year as nervous investors withdrew from the asset manager’s funds during the pandemic sell-off....
...“Despite the projected recovery, we estimate a sharper peak-to-trough contraction for the UK than for any other G-20 economy,” she said....
...Large shareholders in the trust include UK asset managers Rathbones, Charles Stanley, M&G and Liontrust....
...(Access to Medicine Foundation, Guardian, AMR Industry Alliance, FT) Disease R&D The annual G-Finder report showed record funding for research into HIV/aids, malaria, TB and other “neglected” diseases,...
...In New York, meanwhile, Darren Woods, ExxonMobil chief executive, will present his investment priorities and turnround plans to analysts....
...But the G-Finder data highlighted the continued reliance on the US government and the Gates Foundation for the largest share of support....
...This followed the “G-series” made by Germany in the 1930s and the “V-series” made by the UK in the 1950s. (New Scientist) Don't worry . . ....
...From the Financial Times in London, I'm Darren Dodd, and this is FT News. Can music make you sick?...
...Obituary — Douglas G Altman: statistician, researcher and driving force behind global initiatives to improve the reliability of health research (BMJ)....
...(FT) Video of the day The P&G/Peltz battle explained Activist investor Nelson Peltz and changing consumer habits are shaking up century-old company Procter & Gamble. (FT)...
...L&G was the most active provider in the de-risking market in 2016, completing 16 deals with combined assets of £3.3bn, followed by Scottish Widows, which completed four transfers with total assets of £1.5bn...
...Darren Woods, chief executive, said in a statement the company was supporting the new initiative because it “aligns closely with our longstanding principles”....
...“Given that Macron’s election win was fully expected by markets, early price movements show a small degree of profit-taking,” said Darren Ruane, head of fixed Interest at Investec Wealth & Investment....
...Groups such as Unilever, which makes Dove soap, and P&G, which owns Gillette razors, have slashed advertising budgets, as ecommerce giants change the way goods are bought, sold and distributed....
...Darren Ruane, director of fixed income at Investec Wealth says: We have twice reduced exposure to risk assets (Dec 2015 and March 2016), mainly through selling equities and buying bonds (government, investment...
...Exodus Gods and Kings is not quite as cuckoo/inspired in its re-constructivism as Darren Aronofsky’s Noah....
...Waistcoated and jacketed, they looked like the house band of the Bloomsbury group, down to Darren Berry’s tartan three-piece suit and Oli Langford’s Byronic haircut. The music was full of sly jokes....
...“Debt has been rising around the world,” says Darren Ruane, head of fixed interest at Investec....
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