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...Dave Lee and Elaine Moore in San Francisco report....
...One senior Tory MP said: “Boris is getting his vengeance on Dave.” Another former Conservative minister said: “Boris will love nothing more than throwing Dave under the bus.”...
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...If that still seems a shockingly low proportion, at least there are now more women than Daves at the helm of British blue-chips. One day Alisons might even challenge for the most popular name....
...“We need just three more to match the number of Daves running FTSE100 companies,” noted McCall in a wry snipe at the male dominance of big chief exec roles. “That has to be progress.”...
...Patrick Jenkins The great global deregulation has begun....
...The two mountain guides, Nick Jenkins, 29, and Nickolai Windahl, 27, took my fellow three guests and me through the activity options....
...Fellow DG Dave Ramsden might have joined him, but for a (possibly apocryphal) BoE directive that it would be too risky for both men to be exposed to mortal danger at the same time....
...City Insider’s man in Naples duly did so, only to be stonewalled when he asked about the mayhem back home (“No, no, no, no,” blurted a red-faced Dave) and manhandled out of reach of the great man....
...However, Bernard Jenkin, a Conservative MP and ERG member, takes a more nuanced view....
...Additional reporting by Patrick Jenkins...
...This article has been corrected to remove the reference to chief BoE cashier Victoria Cleland as sitting next Ben Broadbent, Sir Jon Cunliffe and Sir Dave Ramsden...
...Green finance rises up banks’ agendas When 2019 began, risk factors filled the horizon for many of the world’s banks, writes Patrick Jenkins....
...Dave Penman, head of the FDA, the trade union for senior civil servants, was even more forthright....
...Marcus Jenkins, founder and managing director, said repowering diesel engines as hybrids “will add decades to their lifespan, offering long-term commercial benefits for operators”....
...This morning, however, investors have been told about Tesco’s seventh consecutive quarter of recovering sales growth under new boss Dave Lewis, and a near eight-fold increase in half year pre-tax profit...
...Dave Lewis may actually have taken three years to get a simple strategy of volume efficiency, margin mix, and cost savings working....
...Dave Ramsden: euro file Dave Ramsden might be feeling a bit sore. On the face of it, he’s got plenty of cause to be pleased with himself....
...The FT's Patrick Jenkins considers the two groups from five perspectives....
...Dave Lewis, Tesco chief executive, said: In tough market conditions, we have stayed true to our commitment to helping customers – working closely with our supplier partners to keep prices low....
...How should we assess Jamie Dimon’s extended tenure at JPMorgan Chase, asks Patrick Jenkins in his column this week....
...Mr Ashley took over as chief executive in September after the departure of Dave Forsey, his longtime associate, declaring: “I feel like I have lost my right arm.”...
...Patrick Jenkins is the FT’s financial editor....
...Dave Lewis, Tesco’s chief executive, said: Tesco has made significant progress in turning around our UK retail business....
...One suspects that if Mr Cousins would not tolerate any nonsense from Tesco boss Dave Lewis last month, he won’t tolerate it in future, either....
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