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...US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen admitted this week that Iran “clearly” continued to export its oil and that there was “more to do” to curb the trade....
...Newcomer Giorgio Bulgari used coral cabochons in his Giorgio B collection that launched in 2023. “It’s a deep red Mediterranean coral,” he says....
...Konstantine Arkoudas There was just one business professor who tested ChatGPT on five exam questions from his course and concluded that the answers would get a B minus to be great....
...If you look at the so-called Taylor rule — named after the legendary American economist John B Taylor — the answer is a definite “yes”....
...Namely, does his administration need an economic plan B? Property and trade are two indicators that have been flashing red....
...US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen met on Wednesday with China’s central bank governor, two days after presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping agreed to restart working-level communications between their two...
...Joni Mitchell once said, “I’m a painter first, and musician second”. Do your music and art coexist or are they independent partners? They coexist for sure....
...follows a Chinese government charm offensive aimed at foreign governments and businesses, culminating in the resumption of dialogue with Washington after a long hiatus, with US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen...
...Musician Joni Mitchell turns 80 on Tuesday. As someone who felt the loss when she pulled her songs from Spotify, it’s time to enjoy her latest album, reviewed here by the FT’s Ludovic Hunter-Tilney....
...Or at least it is for DIY retail group Kingfisher, owner of brands including B&Q, Screwfix and Tradepoint....
...M&B’s share price was down 5.1 per cent to just above 128p in early morning trading in London....
...Take Mitchells & Butlers, owner of chains including Toby Carvery and All Bar One. Net debt — borrowings minus cash — has reached an ugly £1.7bn including leases. Its shares are worth £800mn less....
...British opera director Katie Mitchell is at the helm....
...Spoken word, folk, hip hop and R&B are placed alongside traditional opera....
...Bloomsbury Publishing, B&M European Value Retail, Nordstrom and Salesforce report results. Five more top stories 1....
...About 300 Wilko stores and distribution centres are expected to shut in the coming weeks although administrators have sold 51 sites to discounter B&M....
...It takes the framework from Joni Mitchell’s album Blue and it’s beautifully written....
...Imports from Iraq averaged 806,000 b/d in September and 918,000 b/d in October, Kpler’s data show, while imports from Saudi Arabia plunged from 860,000 b/d in September to 617,000 b/d in October — their...
...July 7-9, northseajazz.com Wireless, London This London weekender brings the best in hip-hop, grime and R&B from both sides of the Atlantic to Finsbury Park....
...Additional reporting by Tom Mitchell in Singapore and Yuan Yang in London...
...M&B, which operates 1,482 pubs nationwide, reported a 0.9 per cent increase in like-for-like sales in the 13 weeks to July 16. Drink sales were down 1.3 per cent over the period....
...Mitchells & Butlers, the UK’s largest listed pub group, said on Thursday that cost pressures presented a “major challenge” to the business and the wider hospitality sector....
...US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen this week warned the embargo “could cause a spike in oil prices”....
...Two of the UK’s largest pub groups have warned that cost pressures are a “major challenge” to the industry and have forced them to axe discounts, reduce energy use and simplify their menus.Mitchells & Butlers...
...And more than half of working-age adults are estimated to have low basic numeracy. 5 is going to be B. Good....
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