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...More recently, it featured in Francis Bacon: Man and Beast in London’s Royal Academy of Arts....
...But any barriers to M&A would make it harder for pharma giants to smooth their earnings and pay generous dividends....
...Khalaf added: “I’m delighted to welcome Schroders as partner . . . I’m also grateful to Nikkei for supporting this year’s prize.”...
...Francis deSouza, Illumina chief executive, and chair John Thompson were talking to Icahn over his board nominees, the company said....
...Two other Icahn nominees failed to win enough votes, paving the way for Illumina boss Francis deSouza and director Robert Epstein to be re-elected....
...Rather less delicious: the thumping club-music soundtrack, more suited to a 2am London bender than a seaside idyll, spun by a DJ in a dedicated booth....
...It is not the first time Illumina has been tripped up by its M&A strategy....
...Francis Breedon: The inflation outlook remains highly uncertain....
...A spate of M&A deals looms — in which the more sanguine and cash-rich operators such as Apple could clean up in a fire sale, acquiring, say, ESPN sports rights at bargain prices....
...In 1983, he founded Aristotle Inc, a technology consultancy that sold voter data to political campaigns....
...The work, now offered for €550,000, was tracked down by the gallery, which has made it the centre of its BIAF booth and is receiving much interest at the lively fair, says Francesca Antonacci, who runs the...
...From the booth of Philip Mould & Company, sales included a preparatory portrait of Diana, Princess of Wales, painted in a studio on Chelsea’s Tite Street by Nelson Shanks in 1994....
...The series is currently on hold – though that may change: “I’m debating whether or not to get another Vizsla.”...
...But while they’re here, I’m happy to explore — and enjoy. Join our online book group on Facebook at FT Books Café...
...Noble Francis: The second half of 2023 is expected to see a rise in UK GDP as inflation eases....
...Brunswick Group has hired Tamzin Booth as a partner in London. She will join on February 1 after spending 20 years at The Economist, where she was most recently technology and business editor....
...Adrian Hayday, professor at King's College London and group leader at the Francis Crick Institute, said: “I’m not asking for an immediate change but that people confront the ‘elephant in the room’: the fact...
...We are experiencing a minor downturn, but I’m not too worried, cycles come and go.”...
...Coronavirus anxiety has not yet consumed New York when Rachel Maddow slides into the corner booth of Keens with two bags packed for the weekend....
...Philip Booth: Fiscal consolidation is clearly needed immediately....
...CansPioneered in the US by film director Francis Ford Coppola for his less expensive California wines. M&S cans comprise 90 per cent recycled material. PouchesMade of polyethylene and aluminium....
...Sotheby’s has brought Francis Bacon’s unrelenting “Study for a Head” (1952), the head-and-shoulders portrait of a silently screaming Pope, that will be offered for between $20m and $30m on May 16....
...Even on the worst days, I love what I’m doing....
...Maybe because I’m Chinese, I’m used to every company having government ties.”...
...“Therefore, the most important conversations will be happening in the meeting rooms behind its booth, rather than at the booth itself.”...
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