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...The former head of Shell, Ben van Beurden, told the Financial Times this month that the oil major was “massively undervalued” in London and could benefit from listing in the US....
...They were about to move into a major acquisition, very capital intensive, asking for a lot of long-term capital to develop the Xstrata merger,” said Vermersch....
...His father, a major in the British army, had commanded a tank regiment....
...Curbing exports from Tehran will be difficult: the country is exporting more oil than at any time in six years, our energy editor Malcolm Moore reports....
...Malcolm Moore (@malcolmmoore) Editor, FT Edit This week’s Lunch with the FT, our flagship weekly interview, was a classic of the genre....
...“So this is a major change to the thinking about global warming.”...
...But this week has felt longer than most, given the sheer volume of major news....
...city, if the Kremlin destroyed a major European city and the US retaliated by striking the USSR....
...The results of that dedication will be on show in a major exhibition at the Imperial War Museum in London, opening on April 20, the 13th anniversary of his death....
...The government and both major political parties still stand squarely behind the pact. But two influential former prime ministers — Paul Keating and Malcolm Turnbull — have made scathing criticisms....
...“It is the first time the national oil companies and the western majors have come together....
...Tom double-sourced it and called the oil major’s press office for confirmation, but they had yet to hear the news....
...Malcolm Moore (@malcolmmoore) Editor, FT Edit • In a wholly transparent bit of outrageous sycophancy, my favourite piece of the week was my boss Malcolm’s glorious read on all things pizza....
...GMF took Hughes’s bully and hilariously placed him in nearly every major and minor adventure/crisis during Queen Victoria’s reign....
...The result is that the UK’s commitment to net zero now looks in serious danger, since neither major political party will be able to hold to the policy as the cost of living rises....
...It’s not as easy a run as it was back then because there isn’t one major end customer driving it.”...
...World Cup games can be viewed free and live on major chess internet sites, starting daily at noon. Puzzle 2532 Artur Davtyan v Vladislav Kovalev, Dubai 2023. Black to move and win....
...Additional reporting by Maiqi Ding in Beijing Letter in response to this article: Don’t expect US-Sino relations to thaw quickly / From Malcolm Gooderham, London, W1, UK...
...There are only two major western suppliers of enrichment services, France’s Orano and Urenco, a UK, German and Dutch consortium. China has built enrichment capacity to meet its own needs....
...Malcolm Hudson, associate professor in environmental science at the University of Southampton, said Poole Harbour was “especially sensitive . . ....
...Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe: Male-Male Sexual Relations, 1400-1750 by Noel Malcolm (OUP)This deeply researched account of male-male sexual relations in Europe, the Ottoman Empire and the European...
...It reminded me of The Ketchup Conundrum, a long read by Malcolm Gladwell from 2004. Dan McCrum, man off the TV What sticks in the mind this year are a trio of stories about men creating worlds....
...We have drawn these guides on the best places to eat from FT Globetrotter, which is a great companion to some major destinations....
...It really does feel like the relationship has taken a major step up....
...Most significantly of all, Queen Elizabeth’s coronation was one of the first major world events to be televised....
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