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...Rob Wood, economist at the consultancy Pantheon Macroeconomics, predicted that the BoE would start cutting interest rates from their 16-year high of 5.25 per cent from June....
...Rob Wood, chief UK economist at the consultancy Pantheon Macroeconomics, said he thinks markets are “overreacting a bit” to the US inflation data and expects the BoE to cut rates in June, September and December...
.... £90 for 100ml, doverstreetmarket.com Buly 1803 Eau Triple Sumi Hinoki Favoured by celebrated fire chef Francis Mallmann, this perfume is inspired by the smell of Kyoto’s charred wood houses....
...The waiting staff notice Francis Spufford before I do. Not for his three-decade-long career as a writer. No, not that. It’s his headgear....
...“It’s lovely, it took me back to my roots of being a traveller, with a wood-burning stove and the challenges of the weather . . . the sink just goes straight into the river.”...
...Lord Stewart Wood, who was a Downing Street adviser under Brown, said Darling was a “wise, calm and clever politician, an extremely funny and generous man”....
...And the FT’s political editor, George Parker. George ParkerHello, Lucy. Lucy FisherHi, George. Also here is the FT’s Rafe Uddin....
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...Who Strutt & Parker Manor house, Ickleton, £5mn Where Near Ickleton village on the Essex-Cambridgeshire border....
...More here from Sally Hickey, Laura Noonan and George Parker....
...There is something both dreamy, reminiscent of Marc Chagall, and menacing, more like Francis Bacon. For Castelli, inspiration often starts not with art, but with a book....
...But, as far as the IMF was concerned, the US political scientist Francis Fukuyama’s promised end of history never arrived....
...Who Savills and Strutt & Parker House, Brooklyn, NY, US, $8.75mn Where In the Bay Ridge district of Brooklyn. The nearest subway station is 86th Street, which is a 15 to 20-minute walk....
...Materials span from wood and clay to textiles, metal and glass....
...Sir Paul Nurse, director of the Francis Crick Institute, who led an independent review of science and innovation for the UK government which urged rejoining Horizon, said any deal would be celebrated by...
...Nobel laureate Sir Paul Nurse, head of the Francis Crick Institute in London, urged the politicians to stop quibbling over relatively small sums of money and get a deal done....
...The new look is contemporary-cosy: colourful shabby-chic linens and natural woods in the common areas, spare style in the 30 rooms and suites....
...Simon Francis, who was Emea head of debt financing, has left the bank, among other changes. Carlyle has appointed two leaders of its Asia team to new roles....
...Financial markets closed Senegal: presidential election Vatican City: Pope Francis attends a Palm Sunday service in St Peter’s Square...
...Wood did not....
...The motion calling on the company to join the OGMP at this year’s annual meeting, proposed by the Sisters of St Francis, was defeated....
...Schreiner Parker, analyst at Rystad Energy, a consultancy, said: “There is an idea in the investor community that the troubles of the past have cleared up . . . and that there is much more regulation and...
...Whereas the big perfumes of the 1980s often overdosed on big florals, these new perfumes have a sleeker feel; the woods and spices impress themselves firmly but gently....
...If he is right, we’re not out of the woods — because we haven’t tackled the biggest cause: since the 1970s, wealth has been funnelled from the poor to the rich....
...Robert Wood, UK economist at Bank of America, said: “All indicators of persistent inflation pressure that the Bank of England said it would monitor closely have surprised on the upside or printed in-line...
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