Hints and tips:
...“I can write my own narrative as I’m playing.”...
...“I’m not going to put a date on when I expect the UK to start the process of loosening monetary policy, but it is clearly the case that will be the direction of travel,” she added....
...Bailey hinted the idea was under consideration but suggested he was not convinced whether it was the right way for the BoE to go. “I’m certainly in two minds about the dot plot,” he said....
...But he said market expectations that the BoE was going to cut rates during this year were not “unreasonable”, adding: “I’m comfortable with a profile that has cuts in it, but that is not to say when or how...
...“It’s important to say that we’re always looking,” chief financial officer Kathy Mikells told the Financial Times....
...But I’m afraid we have got to continue to do the work to make it happen.”...
...I’m very much in the gradualist camp.” Even if headline inflation fell sharply in the coming months, he said, “I am trying to find out what the underlying, persistent measures are . . ....
...I’m not suggesting it will be much lower, but there have been many surprises recently....
...I’m the last person on earth to discover these books but I am very much enjoying making my way through them....
...[but] in the most recent period, we’ve started regaining overall market share, so that pendulum has swung,” said James Bailey, who runs Waitrose, on Thursday....
...Mike, Kathy, Andrew and Melissa are old friends. The men and women separate to each side. “Aw,” says Kathy. “Australian barbecue rules, is it?” One afternoon, I ask to be dropped off on the island....
...“I’m not sure how much equity he will have left to get the collateral,” Leitman Bailey said. There is also Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s club in Palm Beach, Florida....
...“I’m not sure what else they have left,” he said....
...(I’m hoping it’s not a Boeing.) As it happens, the first ever Inside Politics was about the UK’s Rwanda scheme. So is this one....
...I’m a benign dictator. I’m not good at anybody telling me what to do.” King will turn 70 in June. Does that make him think about legacy?...
...Chevron announced its own mega-deal this week: a $53bn takeover of Hess that accelerates the pace of M&A activity in the sector....
...“I’m sure the bitcoin [bulls] will say the world is waking up to the reality of bitcoin, but given how nebulous the bitcoin ecosystem is, it’s hard to tell who’s buying and why,” said Jim Angel, faculty...
...You have moments of crisis, I guess, and I’m not sure I’ve ever really thought I’m good at it, just that I’ve got something different to offer. Some people like what you do and some don’t....
...I guess I’m short. I guess I’m short. All right, Katie, it’s good to have you here. We’ll have you back soon....
...I’m aware people routinely lie about their age, height and weight — so why should debts or credit scores be any different?...
...The grooming staple I’m never without is highly scented Floris soap. When I’m working, I’m often washing my hands, and I like to smell the perfume immediately....
...This, as far as I’m concerned, should come with a trigger warning....
...I said don’t bring anything, but he’s wielding a burrata and I’m thrilled. This one-on-one Tucci time isn’t purely me being selfish....
...“I’m trying to reach out to other cultures so we don’t get left behind!” he frowns, one of many variations on the theme....
...Here’s what else I’m keeping tabs on today and over the weekend: Mexico’s economy: Mexico’s national statistics agency INEGI reports inflation data for the first half of the month....
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