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...The eight-time British champion Michael Adams had a peak of 2761 back in 2013, but is currently 2671 at age 52....
...Michael Adams has been a leading English player for more than three decades....
...The morning rush hour may not be as bad as before: “in many cities, people are not driving at the peak of the peaks,” says David Schrank of Texas A&M University’s Transportation Institute....
...The other news out of Hong Kong is that the dynamic Patti Wong is leaving Sotheby’s after more than 30 years, most recently as its senior international chair....
...Gilt yields jumped again on Thursday, as traders bet interest rates would peak at 5.5 per cent by the end of the year....
...Michael Adams, now 51, and Nigel Short, now 57, challenged for world titles in their peak years, and both legends were key performers in June when England fought off a strong US challenge to win the world...
...The interiors and insouciant outfits in David Lynch’s 1990 TV series Twin Peaks inspired the show’s “slapped-on” lipstick, lumberjack-check jackets and crushed satin dresses, she said....
...It was designed by a friend of my father’s, Sir Michael Hopkins, and it’s a brilliant piece of architecture. I think it’s won around 15 awards over its time....
...Share your ideas with us at imani.moise@ft.com and sid.v@ft.com. Happy reading!...
...Puzzle 2441 Maxim Rodshtein v Michael Adams, Bundesliga 2016. Black to move and win. The England No1’s raging rooks found the fastest way to end the game. Click here for solution...
...Across the continent, fintech fundraising hit new records in the first quarter of the year — up 9 per cent from its previous peak, according to Dealroom data....
...He is currently at 2865, with an official peak of 2882 and an unofficial daily high of 2889. 2451 Carlos Palermo v Predrag Todorcevic, Novi Sad 2017. Black to move and win....
...Let us know at Imani.Moise@ft.com or Sid.V@ft.com. Is crypto a risk to sanction enforcement?...
...As ever, drop Imani (Imani.Moise@ft.com) or myself (Sid.V@ft.com) your emails with thoughts and suggested topics for coverage. Have a great week!...
...The electric car marker’s shares rose 19.6 per cent on Tuesday after suffering a 36 per cent drop from its peak in late January....
...The country has slashed expenditure on scientific research from a peak of almost R$14bn (US$2.6bn) in 2015 to R$5bn last year, according to Senate figures....
...“The bumper sticker would say, we’re past the V,” says Michael Gapen, chief US economist at Barclays, referring to the shape of the recovery since the shocking collapse last year....
...The US Nasdaq market also slid into a technical correction on Monday, down more than 10 per cent from recent peaks....
...This new title collects the best features from each of its 26 issues into one book, along with the work of Nest-affiliated writers and photographers such as Michael Cunningham, Patti Smith, Nan Goldin and...
...Michael Ledzion, Cambridge, UK...
...A year after the hashtag was born, a white police officer killed black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and BLM took to the streets....
...patti.waldmeir@ft.com Letter in response to this column: Divisions could affect health outcomes in US / From Matthew Josefy, Regan Stevenson and Michael Withers...
...And now a fifth expect a “V-shaped” economic recovery, up from a 10th in the previous month....
...Even searches on Google for “beach” and “lake” have failed to register their usual early July peak as shown below and courtesy of DataTrek....
...And true enough, a V-shaped recovery is expected in earnings over the next four quarters when looking at what analysts expect for the S&P 500....
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