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...When Vernon Kell co-founded MI6’s precursor in 1909, he identified as his ideal recruits men “who could make notes on their shirt cuff while riding on horseback”....
...Go deeper: The FT’s Paris bureau chief has followed Marine Le Pen’s “go local” election campaign and sends a dispatch from Vernon, north of Paris....
...That’s more than the S&P 500, more than global equities, more than houses and more than gold. No wonder everyone wants in....
...Alongside SFSH, Hickson has had integral roles in the Michelberger Music festival in 2016 and its follow-up, 2018’s People Festival, both held in Berlin, as well as in the wider People/37d03d....
...Unlike PCR tests, which look for Covid-19’s genetic material, lateral flow tests identify a protein antigen on the virus’s surface....
...Meanwhile Swift has pushed forward as a musician, first with 2019’s superbly expressive Lover, then with her impressive switch to introspection on this year’s Folklore....
...The title merely “recognise[s] Vernon's extraordinary contribution to Metro Bank”. Shareholders need not fear he is making a comeback — quite the opposite....
...When US entrepreneur Vernon W Hill opened the first branch of Metro Bank in London, he filled the street with jugglers, a Dixieland band, waitresses serving 5,000 ice creams, and dancers on stilts in red...
...Normandie Impressionniste 2020’s subtitle is “A New Day, A New Colour”....
...First is the ousting of senior mandarins who are judged to be out of step with No 10’s agenda — part of the ancien régime....
...I never got to gaff marlin with Hunter S Thompson. So when the invitation came to go cod fishing in Norway with the hell-raising DBC Pierre, there was no way I was about to pass it up....
...Nicholas Megaw has the full story on Vernon Hill’s efforts to create a new high street banking champion here....
...Markets speed-read Wall Street's S&P 500 set a new record high overnight, after a run of well-received earnings and more dovish signals on monetary policy from the Federal Reserve....
...Ruby’s label is named S.R. STUDIO. LA....
...“Perth”, from 2011’s Bon Iver, set Vernon’s graceful electric guitar riff against a military drumbeat and imposing brass; the riff finally buckled into loud feedback, more pronounced than on the album....
...Historian Vernon Bogdanor sees Brexit as a broader “constitutional moment” to correct years of tinkering such as the Fixed-term Parliaments Act....
...In addition to expanding its shipping capacity, Amazon may also be positioning itself for contract talks with carriers, said David Vernon, analyst at Bernstein Research....
...Over the past four years, director candidates for FTSE 350 and S&P 500 boards have won election with the approval of more than 97 per cent of the shares voted, according to statistics collected by Proxy...
...The S&P 500 healthcare sector edged 0.1 per cent higher, ahead of a contentious vote on Thursday for President Donald Trump’s reforms hitting the sector....
...Mr Gould — who presented Channel 5’s Major League Baseball show — was there to host a charity auction, the centrepiece of a secretive annual event, the Presidents Club Charity Dinner....
...Vernon Hill, chairman and founder, thanked the audience nonetheless: “The response of the British public to Metro Bank has exceeded our expectations,” he gushed....
...Vernon’s pool Revolutions are supposed to happen fast. The revolution in banking promised by Metro Bank founder Vernon Hill appears to be in slow motion....
...The basic Metro Bank playbook is the same as the one Metro’s chairman and founder Vernon Hill used in America with Commerce Bank....
...Commerce Bank was voted the best bank in America in 2006, 2007 and 2008 by JD Power for its absolute commitment to customers, and also produced exceptional shareholder returns. 2007’s Forbes Magazine 20/...
...The setting is a disused factory in Boston, where Irish gangster Chris is looking to buy automatic weapons from flamboyant South African gangster Vernon (Sharlto Copley)....
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