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...Essential comment before you go Lombard The delay again of the latest Bond movie No Time To Die, following Wonder Woman 1984 and Marvel’s Black Widow, sounds suspiciously like a death knell for Cineworld...
...And in an effort to “rally support” from other like-minded donors, this time last year it seeded the Ocean Academy Fund, managed by the privately owned Swiss bank Lombard Odier’s Fondation Philanthropia....
...Marine life is returning to the lagoons around tourist-free Venice. The skies are clearer. Pooches are being pampered at home....
...UK prime minister Boris Johnson has also freed up £3bn for marine and forest conservation. For all the world leaders who participated on Monday, there was another menace lurking: Greta Thunberg....
...For Wärtsilä, the exposure is concentrated on LNG ships and Offshore vessels is 7% and Gas Carriers 14% of last year’s equipment order intake in Marine....
...RPC plastic not fantastic Lombard’s Kate Burgess played word association with a colleague. “Plastic,” she said. “Whales” was the instant reply....
...BAE: Tanks vs Typhoons BAE Systems’ $198m contract to supply 30 amphibious tanks to the US Marines raises many questions. Could it rise to $1.2bn if the Americans order more?...
...Increased support in the polls for Mr Haddad would “exacerbate market jitters, especially because the PT’s current economic platform denies the need for reform”, said research group TS Lombard in a note....
...The pro-European Mr Macron is now seen as a strong favourite to defeat Marine Le Pen, the rightwing populist who has campaigned for France to leave the euro, in the final round of voting for the presidency...
...To read more on the Melrose bid and the 1980s playbook, DD recommends checking out the analysis in Matthew Vincent’s Lombard column....
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...Windswept villagers charm and outsmart the dealmaker, and the film ends with the tycoon constructing a marine research centre instead....
...In Aix en Provence, there was a hint of disenchantment among France’s business and finance elite only two months after Mr Macron’s presidential victory over far-right leader Marine Le Pen....
...Jonathan Fenby Director, European Political Research, TS Lombard London EC4, UK...
...Jonathan Fenby Director, European Political Research, TS Lombard, London EC4, UK...
...Dario Perkins, Chief European Economist, TS Lombard Adds to uncertainty but no immediate impact. Problems start with potential referendums....
...Sir, Sudhir Hazareesingh rightly points to the weaknesses of the various candidates in the French presidential election and how this benefits Marine Le Pen (“Le Pen has a better chance than you might think...
...Europe is back on the radar today, with growing concerns that Marine Le Pen, the anti-euro, far-right leader, could claim victory in France’s presidential elections later this year....
...To find out more, see Matthew’s Lombard column. Have a relaxing weekend....
...For commentary on executive pay and Jim Ratcliffe’s love of the Defender see the FT’s Lombard column . Have a productive day....
...BP abandons exploration in Australian marine park BP abandoned a controversial multibillion-dollar plan to drill for oil and gas in the deep waters of an Australian marine park, writes Jamie Smyth in Sydney...
...It is, we must surmise, a military team as low-profile as the lilo detachment of the Royal Marines....
...Dario Perkins, Chief European Economist, TS Lombard Sudden tightening in financial conditions (higher euro and bond yields) as ECB tries to back out of its QE programme....
...Lombard’s old dad has been a stalwart on Unilever’s share register since the 1970s, resisting financial advisers’ efforts to push him into collective funds, technology, banks and more recently miners....
...A predilection for nautical gents extends to Japanese insurer Mitsui Sumitomo, which is paying an eye-watering £3.5bn for Lloyd’s insurer Amlin, whose specialities include marine cover....
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