Hints and tips:
...Few western leaders are as ideologically aligned with Trump as Scott Morrison, Australia’s prime minister. Early into the epidemic, Morrison created a national cabinet that meets at least once a week....
...And, as lockdown measures are softened, the return of the likes of Gregg's, Starbucks et al to the UK FtG market will increase competition....
...“[South Korea et al] probably don’t belong in an emerging market index, particularly on the debt side,” added Mr Huebler, who said EM investors generally think they are targeting “countries that have a risk...
...(FT) NRA v San Francisco The National Rifle Association sued San Francisco on Monday over the city’s recent declaration that the gun-rights lobby was a “domestic terrorist organisation.”...
...Addison Lee, the mini cab company that was bought by Carlyle just months before Uber et al made it on to the scene....
...Now it’s much more al desko.”...
...Don’t You Leave Me Here: My Life, by Wilko Johnson, Little, Brown, RRP£18.99 Wilko Johnson writes like he plays guitar, one moment staccato, the next chugging....
...“We were out of financial institutions and insurance companies because their leverage was too high. That has helped our performance in the past few years, although it can work against us....
...The European Union’s Solvency II directive, due to come into force in 2013, has made it less attractive for insurance companies to invest in hedge funds by raising the capital buffer they need to maintain...
...Shi Cheng: Short Stories from Urban China, edited by Liu Deng, Carol Yinghua Lu and Ra Page, translated by Eric Abrahamsen, Nicky Harman, Julia Lovell, et al, Comma Press, RRP£9.99, 224 pages An anthology...
...While I have little time for Cameron et al, I have to admit that Osborne has done a brilliant job of (just about) keeping the markets onside....
...Schooled at Eton, he studied history at Oxford, where he drove a blue Porsche and partied with future chancellor George Osborne et al as a member of the Bullingdon Club....
...Nice idea, but China, the US, Germany, Japan, South Korea et al can probably sleep soundly at the top of the rankings for a bit longer yet....
...What really happened at Northern Rock, Royal Bank of Scotland et al? This gives you a clearer idea....
...Henry V holds special significance for the NYT, it having been the company’s first production in 1956, and the present account is one to be equally proud of....
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...On the big screen in the middle, not surprisingly, was Chelsea v Everton....
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