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...Fresh from an anthropology degree at Stanford, Peter Kerkar’s first task when he arrived at Cox & Kings’ London office was to fire most of its 50-odd staff....
...Business Black cab drivers in London are the latest victims of the pandemic-induced downturn in international travel....
...The formula is far from a sure-fire success: large Chinese travel agencies selling foreign trips have already emerged, Thomas Cook’s brand enjoys very little recognition in China and its growth at its joint...
...The country has no unemployment insurance, very limited unemployment benefits or in-work benefits for low wage earners, little state support for pensions....
...He has been with Hartford Funds, the US asset manager. • Liz Wright has moved to Vanguard as a senior ETF sales specialist based in London....
...Companies House shows that Aeneas Shield Ltd was dissolved in July 2017. The company had been founded two years earlier by a man called Benjamin Auerbach....
...Meanwhile, US company IHS agreed to combine in a $13bn all-stock deal with UK-based financial information provider Markit in a deal that would create a corporate information powerhouse based in London —...
...On the contrary, there is an incentive to migrate pre-Brexit to earn an active national insurance number....
...But it’s a useful insurance policy if the economy were to take a sudden cyclical lurch downwards....
...Todd Ruppert, founder and chief executive of holding company Ruppert International. Other backers include UK hedge fund manager Christian Levett....
...From 2018, they will also attract employer national insurance....
...Its shares have fallen by almost two-thirds amid increasing competition in the UK and the travails of international expansion. A fire at its Barnsley warehouse added to the company’s woes....
...However, shares in London-listed Catlin rallied 4.7 per cent to 509p as it brushed aside widespread concerns about competitive conditions in the specialist insurance industry....
...(FT’s Global Markets Overview) Israel and the Palestinian factions, including Gaza’s ruling Islamist Hamas movement, have accepted an Egyptian proposal to cease fire from 0500 GMT on August 5 for at least...
...The largesse of Lomas Company morticians specialise in telling creditors how few pence in the pound they will receive....
...Just 12 months after claiming that the chancellor was “playing with fire” with his deficit reduction programme, the IMF raised its forecast for UK growth to 2.9 per cent this year – the fastest of any country...
...According to Burton-Taylor International Consulting, which tracks financial data companies, its data unit grew 10 per cent in 2013 to $258.8m, below its five year growth average of 15 per cent....
...“All reflect London’s international trade networks in an age of global conquest and exploration.”...
...The special items included an income tax credit, mark-to-market gains on some energy contracts, and insurance payments after a fire, but were offset by restructuring costs....
...American International Group, the insurer bailed out by the US government at the height of the financial crisis, is buying a network of financial advisers from its rival Hartford Financial for up to $90m...
...I’m obsessive …I run fire escapes …Whenever I travel, I find the fire escape in the hotel.”...
...(A daughter-in-law has responsibility for the group’s St James’s Hotel in London.)...
...The London insurance market has had the costliest first six months on record for big disasters, with claims hitting £2.7bn ($4.2bn) following catastrophes in Australia, Japan and New Zealand....
...It said: “The AMF is aware that different haircut rates on Greek debt have been observed in the financial statements of European banks and insurance companies and is holding discussions with its counterparts...
...’s fire engines - Goldman Sachs is trying to generate an auction for Charter International by flushing out a rival bid From The Independent on Sunday, - Rank investors accept Guoco’s unwilling...
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