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...Exclusive: French hotel group Accor is in talks with Dubai Holding to fund the €800mn development of two upmarket cruise liners under the Orient Express brand, in the latest example of Middle Eastern investor...
...Even credit card companies are jumping in, with American Express offering $250 to new current account customers....
...JPMorgan said it was facing a 25 per cent jump in capital requirements, while analysts at Autonomous predicted American Express might need 40 per cent more capital....
...“CEOs have to ensure AI is trustworthy,” says Ken Chenault, former chief executive of American Express and co-chair of the Data & Trust Alliance, a non-profit consortium of large corporations that is developing...
...Nationwide, the average rate on a traditional savings account stands at 0.39 per cent, up from 0.06 per cent a year ago, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation....
...A belated happy new year to all readers of the weekend edition of Europe Express. I’m at tony.barber@ft.com....
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...“I will . . . express myself in a way that makes sense to me and as I find necessary,” he said of becoming co-owner alongside the Yoovidhya family of Thailand....
...and Stanley Ho’s Shun Tak Holdings....
...It means we have not just the lowest headline corporation tax rate in the G7 but its most generous capital allowances....
...The AFL-CIO and 11 unions wrote to the SEC last week — two months after the initial deadline for comments — to “clear up any misunderstandings” and express their strong support for the regulator’s plans....
...He told me: “The life expectancy of a corporation is much shorter than a human being, so you have to reinvent it every 30 years or so.”...
...“I love holding something that has touched the writer’s hand.” Jones doesn’t look like your typical antiquarian....
...Many express growing frustration at inaction in the higher echelons of government and business....
...Good morning and welcome to Europe Express....
...On the eastern front, Bulgaria and Moldova are holding parliamentary elections on Sunday....
...It’s a novel way for big corporations to buy chunks of companies that would otherwise need to be purchased as a whole, drawing on the bounty of private capital sloshing around the world....
...You know, reducing national insurance, not raising corporation tax. That was already agreed....
...The IOC said she was “safe and well” after holding two calls with the athlete, prompting human rights groups to accuse it of facilitating Chinese censorship....
...While speaking out is risky, so is holding back....
...With Petershill gearing up to raise $750m in London, it’s reasonable to ask if either Blackstone’s Strategic Capital Holdings or AlpInvest Partners will be the next in line....
...The size of these holdings, and how much each party paid for them, remain a mystery (get in touch with us if you have details)....
...Reach, which owns the Daily Mirror and the Daily Express papers, said it was “performing materially ahead of market expectations” for the year to December....
...One way this is expressed is through the longevity of holdings....
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