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...One writer who knew that very well was Philip Larkin – his description of a G&T in “Sympathy in White Major” (1974) is so euphonious it deserves a trigger warning: When I drop four cubes of iceChimingly...
...“Kim Kardashian, that was huge. And when Rosie Huntington-Whiteley wore it and tagged the brand the website crashed for two days.”...
...You saw that it is bromance, self-described bromance with Kim Jong Un. He was similarly fascinated with Xi Jinping. He and the Republican right greatly adulate Viktor Orbán in Hungary....
...That one I learnt the hard way, after a missent email to the CEO of Pearson, then the FT’s parent company. Pearson’s tagline at the time was “always learning”. I certainly did....
...The vote is one of only 13 such rejections at an FTSE 100 group since 2000 and follows a similar revolt at UK education group Pearson after it was revealed that chief executive Andy Bird took home $8.5mn...
...Glencore, British American Tobacco, DS Smith, National Grid, London Stock Exchange Group and Pearson declined to respond to the FT’s survey. A further 29 failed to respond....
...With only a single bar and a handful of chairs, The C&G has the feel of a private living room....
...US-based buyout groups such as Apollo Global have abandoned a string of deals in London like pharmacy chain Boots and Pearson, underscoring the challenges of getting deals in the UK done....
...Job moves John Foley is retiring as chief executive of UK savings and investment group M&G, which has struggled to find its feet since its demerger from insurer Prudential in 2019....
...Givenchy’s version of the signet ring just has a chunky “G” logo, while Los Angeles-based unisex brand M Cohen did a sculptural take with a stacked setting and band inlaid with a lapis lazuli slice....
...and Kim Kardashian....
...The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has appointed Suyi Kim as global head of private equity, effective from September. She replaces Shane Feeney who is leaving for Northleaf Capital Partners....
...Main reports Monday Pearson; Direct Line Insurance Tuesday Continental; Standard Life Aberdeen; M&G; ITV; TP ICAP Wednesday Franco Nevada; Oracle; Adidas; Lukoil; Cathay Pacific Airways; Pirelli; Legal...
...But WPP and M&G, the fund manager owned by Prudential, entered into early talks with the vendor, Pearson, for more than the planned £90m asking price, according to multiple people briefed on the discussions...
...This person then paid Mr Shahmammadli’s invoice f) the true beneficiary was acting in his own interests and not as a “front” for Mr Kulibayev g) the FT’s reporting is flawed because of its “mistaken identity...
...M&G, in our view, now screens as the next most likely defer its dividend given the reported poor flow picture YTD and that includes a de-merger special of 3.9p (M&G under pressure as investors flee flagship...
...In non-events sellside, Pearson’s down to “sell” at Berenberg, 400p target....
...Kim Brown will join Legal & General Investment Management in February as pension scheme director for the L&G Mastertrust, which oversees close to £10bn in assets for nearly 1m members....
...“L&G offers a 6.3% 2020E dividend yield, 1.2% above the sector average. Pre-2016 L&G's yield averaged 0.4% above the sector.”...
...: Terry Lavell, London Christmas Crossword: Steve Pattison, Pinehurst, North Carolina; Catherine Innes, Norfolk; Lindsay Sinclair, Berkshire Polymath 1,001: Hitesh Gupta, Abu Dhabi Crossword 16,042: Kim...
...L&G stock is up 140 per cent since Mr Wilson took over....
...The IPO follows similar moves from UK insurance group Prudential, which hived off its investment business, M&G, and Deutsche Bank, which spun out DWS....
...Do take the time to read Kim Stanley Robinson’s New Yorker essay about how coronavirus is rewriting our imaginations....
...M&G isn’t raising new money — Prudential shareholders will in effect get an M&G share for each group share they hold....
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