Hints and tips:
...Brussels is hoping that a last-minute offer, revealed this morning by the FT, will resolve the impasse ahead of tomorrow’s EU leaders’ summit....
...being undermined by the leadership of United Arab Emirates oil executive Sultan al-Jaber....
...board....
...Her son was completing his education at a $40,000-a-year high school....
...He was sanctioned by the US in 2015 and barred from entering the country for his financial support of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria....
...During the last days of the US pullout, jihadi group Isis-K claimed responsibility for a suicide attack that killed at least 170 people, including 13 American troops....
...She began working part time at the age of 17 in the family store in Franca, a shoemaking city in São Paulo state, and built the business into one of Latin America’s retail powerhouses....
...This being a Rocco Forte hotel, wellness was always going to feature prominently; Forte’s daughter Irene, who sits on the board of the Global Wellness Summit (and masterminds all the hotels’ wellness programmes...
...UK and India agree ‘2030 road map’ to strengthen ties The countries outlined a plan to strengthen bilateral ties in crucial areas such as trade, education and defence following a virtual summit between UK...
...We write in response to James E Hansen et al’s letter (“EU must include nuclear power in its list of sustainable sources”, December 17), which mistakenly advocates nuclear energy to address climate change...
...“What you’re seeing is an expectation of a V-shaped recovery and that may prove to be too optimistic,” said one equity analyst....
...(SCMP, FT) Royal summit The Queen has summoned Prince Charles and his sons Prince William and Prince Harry for an emergency summit on Monday at the Sandringham estate, after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex...
...Supreme Court ruled to end the separation of students by race in the landmark Brown v Board of Education case in 1954....
...But the shift would threaten the personality-led investment culture that is the DNA of the City....
...When sages speak Here is a thumping research report from Jonathan Woetzel, Jeongmin Seong et al from the McKinsey Global Institute....
...(Guardian) Tips for female MBA graduates seeking mentors A director from the MIT Sloan School of Management says there are three types of mentors: coaches, sounding boards and champions....
...the City of London....
...G7 summit in Canada La Malbaie, a small picturesque town north-east of Quebec City, plays host to the G7 summit, where leaders of the seven richest economies in the world — Canada, France, Germany, Italy...
...Gerard Lyons, chief economic strategist at Netwealth Investments, still sees many opportunities from Brexit especially in the City of London....
...“The impact of the war bleeds into all of our nations,” said John Kerry, US secretary of state, at a diplomatic summit in Vienna to explore a transition out of the Syrian conflict....
...Lady K’abel, a Holy Snake Lord of the Maya, whose body had been excavated (thus disturbing her energy) by archaeologists a few years before....
...chart from Cap Econ attempting to summarise China’s current position from a purely economic standpoint: And an extra large chart covering RMB promotion from Xi et al from Deutsche for those who can be bothered...
...cost of higher education....
...One segment of the market (Open U, U of Phoenix, et al) specialise in delivering online courses for large audiences....
...Sturrock et al also finish high in the league relative to their clubs’ wage bills. Yet their overachievement mostly goes unnoticed. Beck and Moore currently don’t even have clubs....
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