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...Diageo boss Debra Crew has vowed to get the drinks business back on track after a “perfect storm” in Latin America and customers trading down to cheaper spirits in the US pushed down profits....
...In total the region accounts for roughly 11 per cent of the value of the group’s sales, the majority of which are driven by its Scotch brands Johnnie Walker Black Label, Johnnie Walker Red Label and Old...
...The appointment of Crew makes the producer of Johnnie Walker whisky and Smirnoff vodka one of a handful of FTSE 100 companies with a woman at the helm....
...Diageo and Debra will be in the penalty box until the second half of next year.”...
...In a widely anticipated succession, the company said on Tuesday that Debra Crew — who was recently appointed chief operating officer — would replace Menezes at the maker of Johnnie Walker whisky and Smirnoff...
...This was inspired by the performances of the experimental theatre group Taiwan Walker. “It’s all from my memories,” he says....
...A public trial will be an unwelcome distraction for Diageo’s new chief executive, Debra Crew, who stepped into the role earlier than planned following the death of Ivan Menezes in June....
...Menezes was due to step down at the end of this month, but on Monday Diageo said his successor, Debra Crew, would start the role immediately....
...The results are the first for Diageo with new chief executive Debra Crew in place, who took over earlier than scheduled after the recent death of Sir Ivan Menezes....
...In the restaurant is Justin Cogley, who won Best New Chef laurels from Food & Wine, American’s culinary bible, for his delicious work at Aubergine, the restaurant in Fink’s other hotel, L’Auberge Carmel....
...In the Fourth of July scene, the arrangement of young bodies on the riverbank soon gels into a mash-up of Manet’s “Déjeuner sur l’herbe” and Seurat’s “Île de la Grande Jatte”....
...After 10 years as bar captain, Sir Ivan Menezes will hand the keys to Debra Crew, currently chief operating officer....
...Among his highlights for next week are Design Miami, which opens its first edition in the French capital (October 18-22, L’hôtel de Maisons)....
...This sordid affair closed a chapter on Monday, the FT’s Joseph Cotterill and Owen Walker report, after UBS settled with Mozambique....
...(The FT’s Owen Walker live tweeted the event.) CS’s shares were once nearly SFr80 each, Daniel Engler, one shareholder noted. “The price of a chateaubriand.”...
...Things I enjoyed this week Laura Noonan and Owen Walker wrote an engaging FT Magazine piece on UBS chair Colm Kelleher....
...Additional reporting by Tom Wilson, Owen Walker and Peter Campbell...
...Everywhere Grant’s style is visible — simplified forms, flat planes, bold colours — whether in two statuesque naked women holding a trompe l’oeil mirror above the fireplace or an acrobat on a door panel...
...Luke Walker, the designer and founder of fashion label LEJ, says he grew a moustache as soon as he could, although he can’t recall what prompted it....
...Meanwhile, Lasry’s compositions lure the listener with tantalising rhythms and an ingenious synthesis of musical styles infused with ’70s pop, memories of cinematic scores and echoes of Scott Walker....
...“We are busy all the time,” says manager Nathan Walker-Unwin. “The demand for this kind of place is amazing.”...
...Enel seeks to slash debt with €21bn asset sale (FT) Exonerated trader sues Deutsche Bank over Libor rigging allegations (FT) Tiger Global’s now-worthless FTX bet had Bain’s due diligence (Bloomberg) L&...
...For walkers like me, it is irresistible. Hardly anyone I know has ever visited....
...We even met a “bank walker”, Adam, one of an endangered breed employed to patrol the banks looking for weak spots. In winter the canal is drained for maintenance....
...Next week marks the opening of 52 Walker, a Tribeca gallery owned by David Zwirner, but operating in a different way to the norm....
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