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...Only 16 out of 1,802 companies listed on the Tokyo Prime Market are headed by women, according to Tokyo Shoko Research — less than 1 per cent. But there are some glimmers of hope....
...You can reach me at sid.v@ft.com. Happy reading!...
...Against the general trend, yesterday Ferrari confidently guided to a V-shaped recovery in its P&L from H2/20....
...The V-shaped recovery in consumer spending feels too bullish in our view....
...Staley’s predecessor, Antony Jenkins, tried to shrink the investment bank during his tenure, but Barclays’ directors got cold feet and Jenkins lost out in a boardroom showdown, which led to his firing in...
...What you’ve been saying Letter from Michael V Sternberg in response to Eyes down and history books open for Brexit bingo Gideon Rachman’s excellent article lists a number of historical parallels to where...
...(FT) Warren v Wall Street? Elizabeth Warren is one of the country’s most prominent critics of Wall Street firms and big banks....
...Its return on equity — a key measure of profitability — stood at 6.6 per cent in the third quarter versus 20.1 per cent at the UK consumer bank division....
...(Annals of Family Medicine) Podcast of the week Criminal treatment Nearly 50 per cent of US prison inmates are mentally ill yet many receive very limited therapy, says Alisa Roth, author of a new book...
...A coffee in the centre costs as little as €1.80 whereas in Cannes it is €5-€6. The Old Town is still the most sought after area, says Jenkins. “People want to feel like they are in Palma....
...Or 2 become 1....
...Under the name Uzi Katz, the Telit founder was allegedly indicted alongside Ruth V. Katz, his wife. The couple fled the US before a plea hearing....
...The body has agreed to advance the US city $1.8bn for agreeing to wait....
...Inmates dropped these things there as anonymous charity donations....
...Rather than being put through cold turkey on the floor of a cell, inmates were sent to a 1,500-bed facility in Lexington, Kentucky, where they were slowly weaned off drugs....
...(FT, Reuters) Mass executions in Syria The Syrian government has hanged up to 13,000 inmates at the Saydnaya military prison and caused the deaths of thousands of others through disease, malnutrition and...
...In 2016, he won a significant case contesting a death sentence in Hurst v Florida....
...And, finally, RELX – the FTSE 100 scientific data and publishing group – is again in debt to whoever invented the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V....
...(FT) Food for thought Bye bye Bernie Bernie Ecclestone’s departure from motor racing’s Formula 1 has the new owners building a model to attract more fans to the sport....
...But the FT’s financial editor Patrick Jenkins is sceptical. Here’s what he had to say: Commerzbank is not only unprofitable right now but seems intrinsically unable to make a decent return....
...(Ms Gadot first appeared in the Wonder Woman role last year as part of the ensemble cast of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)....
...(FT) Food for thought The hidden costs of crime JPMorgan Chase this week settled a class-action lawsuit brought by former inmates who were stung with a string of unusual fees for using debit cards supplied...
...(WSJ) Hotels v Airbnb The battle has truly begun. Already popular with uber-connected millennials, Airbnb is now targeting business travellers and the results are starting to stack up....
...(FT) City v reserve in Canada Indigenous Canadians are the fastest growing segment of the country’s urban population as they move off reservations and reclaim their cities....
...And if he wants to unlock something, he can do that with a key on December 1 in his office in Canary Wharf....
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