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...Belgium has tasked former Italian prime minister Enrico Letta to write a report on the state of the single market, while commission president Ursula von der Leyen has asked Mario Draghi, also a former Italian...
...Fisher, London, England Polymath 1,047: Nicholas Hartley, Belgium Crossword 16,314: A Dixon, Richmond, England; Chris Bennette, Oxfordshire, England; Mark Rushworth, Woking, England Polymath 1,046: C...
...There is growing optimism that a “V-shaped” rebound — which had been widely dismissed only a month ago — could be on the horizon....
...The next test for the euro looms when Mario Draghi helms his final European Central Bank meeting on Thursday....
...Given that almost 40 per cent of S&P 500 revenues are international, a weaker dollar is a welcome tailwind for Wall Street....
...In 2012, ECB president Mario Draghi had promised to do “whatever it takes” to save the euro....
...Liikanen remains a probable alternative and would also be a good leader for the ECB for many of the same reasons as V. de Galhau....
...Fresh money to bring Balotelli to America “Could Mario Balotelli be on the verge of a long-anticipated move to Major League Soccer?”...
...Antonio Garcia-Martinez, a Facebook employee at the time, tells how Mr Zuckerberg and his committed employees put the firm into lockdown when news of Google’s assault broke....
...“People focus on hardware way too much — it’s a content business, not a technology business,” he continues. “You can’t put Grand Theft Auto V on an iPhone, it’s not the same experience....
...This is a repeat of 2012's final, which Spain won 4-0....
...Successful signings such as the Brazilian Dante, the Croatian Mario Mandzukic or the Spaniard Javi Martínez ensured that the team’s fighting spirit was such that no player could get away with a slipshod...
...- Felix Salmon on DeMarco v Geithner - Finance must escape the shadows. - ECB Q&A: will we see a big bazooka or pea-shooter on Thursday? - Fed in the dark on jobs....
...At the same time Ben Bernanke of the Federal Reserve and Mario Draghi of the European Central Bank are pulling out the stops – a boost for Mr Obama with seven weeks to go....
...Masterpieces of Chinese Painting: 700-1900, edited by Zhang Hongxing, V&A Publishing, RRP£40/$60 The world’s oldest painting tradition explored in the glorious catalogue to the V&A’s current, once-in-a-lifetime...
..., a component A/V cable, an Ethernet networking cable and, most importantly, an add-on 20GB hard drive....
...To them, the case is known under a different name: Microsoft v The European Commission. The fight between Brussels and the software giant from Redmond, Washington, has already been long and bitter....
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