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...Chief executives at AbbVie, Eli Lilly, and Johnson & Johnson all earned more than Soriot in 2023....
...By contrast, suspected paedophile MPs including Cyril Smith and Clement Freud flourished unpunished. When sexual and financial rules changed, so did the nature of scandals....
...From the UK selection, I’d pick out Bunzl, chiefly because of my colleague Oliver Ralph’s inclusion of the packaging and distribution business in his wry analysis of the “magnificently unglamorous” seven...
...Blackstone Q4, Capital One Financial Q4, Comcast Q4, CVS Group trading update, Dow Q4, Dr Martens Q3 trading update, Fever-Tree Drinks trading update, Foxtons FY trading update, Fujitsu General Q3, Fuller, Smith...
...This being the season of redemption and resurrection, I thought I’d start with a couple of cheerier Brexit stories for once....
...But she lost the argument with hard Brexiters, led by Boris Johnson, who then implemented a hard Brexit that created a border he spent years denying....
...“I always thought there’d be a moment when we would make a bigger impact. I didn’t quite think it’d be courtesy of the Metropolitan Police,” adds Smith, his ginger cat now sitting on his lap....
...The idea was that as new leases pass into the CPI, which also includes existing leases, you’d see convergence....
...US economics editor Colby Smith joins Edward Luce on The Mall in Washington. On the San Francisco waterfront is our West Coast finance editor Tabby Kinder....
...They point out that this is the round that was last contested in 2021, when Boris Johnson enjoyed a real vaccine bounce in the middle of the pandemic....
...Cabinet Office chides Boris Johnson over WhatsApp disclosure | Johnson has been warned by Whitehall that he could lose publicly funded legal support if he undermines the government’s position on the Covid...
...Nasa: The US space agency will introduce the four astronauts at the Johnson Space Center in Houston for its Artemis II lunar fly-by mission....
...“If you were to think of medicines as a regional security issue, you’d want the whole of Europe, including the UK, to be resilient. The world has changed....
...“My love of hats started in the ’80s when I spent a lot of time in St James and became beguiled by hatmakers like Lock & Co, Bates and Herbert Johnson,” King tells me on Zoom....
...Liam Booth-Smith, his longstanding chief of staff, and James Forsyth, his political secretary and an old friend from Winchester College days, have urged him to become more political....
...So in a sense, if it was just a numbers game, you’d think that Sunak would pay more attention to their concerns....
...HOLD: Smith & Nephew (SN.) The medical device manufacturer has increased its ambition in the hope of shaking its reputation as an underperformer, writes Jennifer Johnson....
...“But I still want to race at Le Mans in the future – I love that team atmosphere that comes with endurance racing – and I’d like to race in the States as well....
...Labour leaders promise to “fix” Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal while sticking to his red lines....
...But the Boris Johnson era, in particular, hangs over Whitehall like a pall....
...Lucy FisherWell, seems to me he’s quite clearly blaming Boris Johnson. Very thinly veiled. Robert ShrimsleyHe’s Boris Johnson’s chancellor....
...Britain after Brexit is edited by Gordon Smith. Premium subscribers can sign up here to have it delivered straight to their inbox every Thursday afternoon....
...Joe Biden’s claim to presidential greatness Like Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson, Joe Biden is an underestimated former vice-president who is excelling in the Oval Office....
...And to be honest, the plotters themselves typically are also a little bit of a rabble as well, I think we’d have to agree. I mean, I’d just say that there’ve been different parts of this....
...So yeah, that’s why you’d do it if you’re Rishi Sunak. Lucy FisherYeah....
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