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...Johnson told ministers at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday that they could cut financial burdens on the general public by improving quangos’ efficiency....
...voters, big C-Conservative voters and Leave voters....
...The challenge facing Johnson’s party in Esher and Walton is equally troubling. Are richer voters from the managerial classes abandoning the party which traditionally backed their financial interests?...
...Extracts from his discussion with Alix Steel and Guy Johnson: AS: Were you aware of this risk when using the platform?...
...I think the extent to which, really, Putin has become the state, it's like maybe - I might be getting the French king wrong, but I think it's Louis XIV who said, l'etat c'est moi - I am the state....
...Kingston Polymath 1,011: Dr S Bailey, Swindon Crossword 16,099: Suzanne P Wilson, Windermere; D Barter, Cumbria; Jean-Marc Sellier, California Polymath 1,010: Robert Jelly, Warwickshire Crossword 16,093: V...
...“My friends, I am not a communist,” said Boris Johnson....
...With its ultra-low costs and the benefit of lower fuel prices, we expect Wizz to return to robust double-digit margins in the next financial year....
...(WSJ) What else we’re reading Just one in 10 fund managers expect V-shaped recovery V, U, W, L — just a handful of the letter-shaped recoveries that investors have put forward as possible paths for the...
...at the ‘C-suite’....
...Rate relief drops away in FY22 so the recovery profile, in EPS at least, is not V-shaped....
...The power to launch investigations into companies’ financial reporting would then be handed to BaFin, Germany’s financial regulator, the officials said. Great stuff....
...Here’s Investec (sell) to summarise: [L]ockdowns are impacting consumption in North America (c. 30% of sales), Europe (c. 20% of sales), India (c. 10% of sales), Africa (12% of sales) and many countries...
...Against the general trend, yesterday Ferrari confidently guided to a V-shaped recovery in its P&L from H2/20....
...V, U, or L? The nature of Covid-19 growth impact means that some elements – e.g., production resumption, inventory restocking, and travel normalisation – would lend a natural rebound to growth....
...HSBC has some discussion about V and W shaped recoveries; its own model resembling “the Nike swoosh” is made by combining a proper V in mainland China forms and more of an L among Western European and American...
..., particularly hygiene disinfection services....
...And GTA V’s publisher Rockstar has a history of delaying titles in the name of quality; GTA V, Red Dead Redemption, RDR2, Max Payne and L.A. Noire were all delayed....
...As a result, Ashtead now sees PBT for the financial year ending Apr-20 to be c£1,050m (-10% vs. previous consensus c£1,170m)....
...As our economists have explained, on a sequential quarter-on-quarter annualised basis their US forecast shows -34% in Q2, +19% in Q3 and +12% in Q4, which looks rather V-shaped....
...We forecast c.10-15% FY20 earnings decline in Construction, but Support Services should be more resilient....
...My own feeling is that this will not be a V or even a U-shaped recovery, but a downwardly trending W that has a high risk of turning into a L....
...Press Ctrl+C. Press Crtl+V. Add share-price forecast: “Market perform”. OK, so that is being rather unfair. And perhaps a tad hypocritical coming from a journalist....
...To include Johnson or Farage. So what chance is there that GKN’s full-year results statement this morning is free from spin?...
...L Brands itself has posted consecutive quarters of slowing sales, pushing its shares down by a third for the year....
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