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...“Rachel Reeves and Jeremy Hunt are in the same situation now as Gordon Brown and Ken Clarke in 1997,” he said, adding that in both cases, Labour wanted to build on foundations laid by Tory chancellors....
...Lord Ken Clarke, former Tory chancellor, is said by Hunt’s allies to be a particular hero: Clarke oversaw an economic revival in the 1990s which ultimately was inherited by the incoming Labour chancellor...
...Ken Clarke, former Tory chancellor, said: “Choosing inheritance tax at the present time might appeal to the Conservative right, but it leaves them open to the most appalling criticisms.”...
...Ahead of Labour’s 1997 election victory, Brown said he would adhere to the eye-wateringly tight public spending plans set down by Tory chancellor Ken Clarke for two years....
...Over the past five years, the multi-manager model pioneered by the likes of Ken Griffin’s Citadel and Izzy Englander’s Millennium Management has emerged as the fastest-growing and most profitable corner...
...But Sunak and Hunt recognise that more pain lies ahead....
...In 1997, Brown did not immediately announce an increase in public spending, sticking instead to the very tight spending plans of his predecessor Ken Clarke for two years....
...Other advisers in Tokyo said the rest of corporate Japan was on the hunt for assets, with the end of pandemic travel curbs allowing up-close due diligence of potential targets again....
...Yes, Ken Clarke later commented that there was no prospect that the Conservatives would have themselves kept to their “eye-wateringly tight” spending plans, and Cameron ultimately had to abandon his pledge...
...However, while systemic risks of deposit flight seem low, analysts are on the hunt for outliers....
...Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said this week that “hopefully” consumers were starting to see the effects of falling energy prices in their shopping baskets....
...Ken Griffin seems convinced. We’re not. Who will be the biggest dealmaker, Saudi Arabia or Abu Dhabi? Sheikh Tahnoon is giving Saudi Arabia a run for its money....
...Camp Citadel Hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin has spared no expense in fostering the next generation of highly specialised traders, Bloomberg writes, opening math boot camps across the world to gain an...
...Ken Smith moved to the Lincolnshire coast to see out his retirement, writing crime novels while surrounded by beaches, arcades, holiday parks and nature reserves....
...The Big Read Led by pioneers such as Ken Griffin’s Citadel, the multi-manager model has generated years of exceptional returns for funds, even after fees....
..., the Japanese group’s mercurial founder Masayoshi Son has been emboldened to spend big once again, according to people familiar with his thinking, dipping into his multibillion-dollar war chest in the hunt...
...Ken Griffin, founder of Citadel, said the rescue package for SVB unveiled by US regulators shows American capitalism is “breaking down before our eyes”....
...This has been the attitude Jeremy Hunt has adopted since being appointed chancellor four weeks ago....
...In the 1990s, Norman Lamont and Ken Clarke consulted the so-called Treasury wise men for advice and economic forecasting until the group was scrapped by Gordon Brown when he became chancellor in 1997....
...The chancellors who came immediately after him — John Major, Norman Lamont and Ken Clarke — were all in a sense destroyed by his failures....
...Ken Towle, Asda’s retail director, said: “The retail sector is evolving at pace and it is vital we review changing customer preferences, along with our own ways of working.”...
...But of course, politically, it puts Rachel Reeves very much in the same box as Jeremy Hunt....
...Billionaire investor Ken Griffin, founder of US hedge fund Citadel, said China could prop up the global economy this year, helping avert an “ugly” slowdown in growth if the US suffers a recession....
...Last month, chancellor Jeremy Hunt told a conference it was “important all our regulators understand their wider responsibilities for economic growth.” But the CMA has put on a sceptical front....
...Argentina diary: the hunt for inflation-proof dollars All dollars are equal, but some dollars are more equal than others....
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