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...“There have been fewer LBOs and therefore less new loan volume,” said Michael Patterson, a governing partner at asset manager HPS Investment Partners....
...Other firms, including Blackstone and Hg, have sought cut-rate loans for new deals, with banks and the direct lenders being played against each other to whittle down interest costs....
...And if Blackstone executives get what they are after, it may help whittle down their borrowing costs while expanding the number of lenders it can potentially tap in the future....
...Following Truss’ abrupt resignation as party leader on Thursday afternoon, two other prominent Tories — chancellor Jeremy Hunt and former levelling up secretary Michael Gove — immediately ruled themselves...
...Earlier on Wednesday Johnson was told by senior cabinet minister Michael Gove that his premiership was over....
...Badenoch’s elimination from the contest sparked claims of skulduggery and tactical voting by some of the 357 Tory MPs eligible to whittle down the candidates to two....
...Which brings us on to “Super Monday”, a clutch of hustings and another vote to further whittle down the pack of Tory MP hopefuls seeking to be the new leader — and hence prime minister — after this weekend...
...The comments from Cori Bush, the lawmaker from Missouri, came on the eve of Joe Biden’s announcement of a new “framework” to whittle down the size of his Build Back Better spending plan from $3.5tn to about...
...As for Wolverhampton, it’s been earmarked for housing secretary Michael Gove’s “levelling-up” project....
...Nikola Motor has appointed Michael Lohscheller as president. He was previously chief executive of Stellantis-owned carmaker Opel....
...described as “shit”, and Michael Gove would be described as a “sadist”....
...And Michael Gove, you know, could be coming towards the latter stages of his career....
...“Workers in the UK are the primary beneficiaries of the very positive judgments of the European courts,” said an official at the Trades Union Congress, adding that any attempt to “whittle down and narrow...
...Michael Hatchard, a former partner at Skadden Arps, will also join the panel in May as a member of the hearings committee....
...“Curation is a needed service,” believes Michael Bhaskar, author of Curation: The Power of Selection In a World of Excess....
...Britain’s ruling party will later on Thursday whittle down the candidates to replace Theresa May, who will quit Downing Street in late July, to the last two....
...Tory MPs vote for the second time on Tuesday to whittle down the number of candidates to two by Thursday, after which the party’s 160,000 members will select the winner through a postal ballot....
...The two men will be joined in the next round of the contest by Jeremy Hunt, the foreign secretary who scored 46 votes, up just three votes on the first round, and Michael Gove, the environment secretary...
...On Tuesday and Thursday, MPs will whittle down the list again to hopefully produce the final two contenders....
...“The number shot up after Jacob's speech to 25 or so and the whips had to whittle it down to 21,” said one government insider....
...The parliamentary party then votes in a series of rounds to whittle down the field of leadership candidates....
...Foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt, environment secretary Michael Gove and home secretary Sajid Javid remain in the race, alongside clear frontrunner Boris Johnson....
...If several candidates put themselves forward, secret ballots are held by Tory MPs to whittle down the field....
...In the first few rounds of the contest, their fellow MPs will whittle down the candidates to two. Those are then put to party members to make the final decision....
...Party members will vote on July 5 to whittle down the field to two candidates. Regional delegates at a party congress on July 20 and 21 will make the final decision....
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