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...Readers, including me, seize upon them for Christmas shopping, or browse for the pleasure of noting that the writers we loved, from Zadie Smith to RF Kuang to Salman Rushdie, are cherished by others....
...He is also close to outside advisers, such as Wall Street dealmaker Michael Klein. “It’s typical Saudi leadership,” said one former senior official at the fund....
...A businessman, Salman Dawood Salman al-Ameri, was the majority shareholder in BPGIC Holdings....
...Ahead of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s potential visit to the UK later this year, Ellis said he would be comfortable attending a meeting between business leaders and the Crown Prince if one were convened...
...The Saudi edict, dubbed Programme HQ, came into force this year as Riyadh continued to pour money into its ambitious development plans under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman....
...[MUSIC PLAYING] The UK wants Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman to come to London this autumn. A visit from MBS shows that Britain wants to bring in more investment from the oil rich Gulf....
...Michael Metcalfe, head of global market strategy at State Street, custodian to $40tn of assets, said fund managers had been adding to their yen positions over the past fortnight on speculation that the BoJ...
...Additional help from Monica Lopez, Katie McMurran, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer....
...Exclusive: Saudi Arabia shelved plans for Mohammed bin Salman to visit London in recent days, shortly before the crown prince hosted Vladimir Putin in Riyadh, according to UK officials....
...In Rio de Janeiro, the FT’s Michael Pooler details Petrobras’ plan to transform Brazil into global energy power....
...Salman Rushdie, Bruce Chatwin, Germaine Greer, Michael Herr, Ryszard Kapuściński, Clive James . . . Sonny listens to his guests, Gita talks to them.”...
...Unfinished Business by Michael Bracewell (White Rabbit) Martin is a middle-aged, middle-class Londoner who hates his job and spends his evenings drunkenly raking over the embers of his misspent life....
...July 6-January 14 2024, tate.org.uk Michael Rakowitz (Baltic, Gateshead) The Iraqi-American artist Michael Rakowitz continues his mission to resurrect the “ghosts” of lost or looted art with a new commission...
...Digging for treasure Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman wants to turn the kingdom into a mining hub for copper and other resources....
...FEBRUARY Victory City by Salman Rushdie (Jonathan Cape/Random House)Rushdie’s first novel since the horrific attack he suffered last August is a century-spanning epic set in southern India....
...Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan called it “the most ambitious pollution standards ever for cars and trucks”. Read more on the proposed rule change....
...Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie (Jonathan Cape)Rushdie’s account of surviving an attempt on his life is billed as an “ultimately uplifting meditation on life, loss, love, the...
...Watch Chris Grimes with Jamie Lee Curtis, Rana with Chris Miller (of Chips War fame), Roula Khalaf’s leader conference, and my own fireside with Salman Rushdie. Watch them all on demand here....
...Additional help by Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley....
...We had help this week from Katie McMurran, David da Silva, Michael Lello and Gavin Kallmann. Our executive producer is Topher Forhecz....
...When Credit Suisse asked its board member Michael Klein to find capital to help its painful restructuring push, the former Citibank executive with ties in the Middle East ended up in a series of meetings...
...Additional help by Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer....
...He’ll be succeeded by Michael Glover, finance chief of the group’s Americas division and group head of commercial finance....
...Clean energy investments are part of an ambitious plan by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to modernise the conservative country....
...It said director Michael Klein would leave the board to advise Korner on spinning out the CS First Boston business, which he would later lead as chief executive....
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