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...Additional reporting by Daniel Thomas in London...
...Other potential bidders include DMGT, which is also lining up external financial partners for its bid; the former Telegraph editor Sir William Lewis; and Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský....
...But in hushed tones, investors and advisers have been increasingly warning DD’s Antoine Gara, Eric Platt and William Louch of trouble ahead. So how much of a bind is private equity in, really?...
...William Mansfield, Credit Suisse’s head of M&A for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, is departing for a new role at Deutsche Bank....
...The V&A wisely acquired Thomas Thwaites’s “Toaster Project” — a physical record of his doomed attempts to build himself a working toaster, starting with the search for raw materials....
...“Some people are expecting pots,” says Wood, but she highlights this year’s contribution by deaf artist Nina Thomas. “She’s responding to the experience of former deaf workers in the ceramics industry....
...The writer William Gibson’s famous line about the “future”, that it “is already here — it’s just not evenly distributed”, certainly applies to London....
...Elliott’s power has grown in recent years as Cohn has built an internal private equity unit and cultivated relationships with buyout giants such as Thoma Bravo, Vista Equity and Veritas Capital....
...In 1967 the US’s X-15 hit a speed of 4,520mph — 6.7 times the speed of sound — when Major William Knight piloted the rocket-powered experimental aircraft....
...The colour of Greenough’s V-neck stripe has gone from green to blue. “Going to plan?” I ask. “Errr no,” comes the reply. Mike Thomas, the race director, has a distant look in his eyes....
Chinese offshore oil and gas producer completes China’s biggest IPO this year
...Thoma Bravo isn’t alone in putting its money to work....
...Jeffrey Toobin, another Supreme Court reporter, provided a further reason for Thomas’s quiet profile: “The truth is that [former chief justice William] Rehnquist and Roberts never trusted Thomas to write...
...“They can see how rough Turner was,” says Thomas....
...He loves it,” says Strong, the former head of the V&A and author of some waspish diaries in which few of the rich, famous and powerful are spared....
...This exhibition at the V&A invites us into the opulent world of master goldsmith Carl Fabergé and his London clientele....
...You can reach the fintechFT team at Imani.Moise@ft.com or Sid.V@ft.com. Your thoughts and suggested topics for coverage are always welcome. Thanks for reading....
...The King continues to dispute claims that he ordered the killing of the rightful monarch Edward V and his younger brother Richard, then imprisoned in the Tower of London....
...She is often known as Perdita for her portrayal of that character in William Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale....
...SitwellRestaurant Critic Ed ThawFounder, Leroy Alun ThomasSenior Partner, Thomas and Thomas Partners Simon ThomasChief Executive, Hippodrome Casino Simon ThomasHead Concierge, Lanesborough Hotel; Honorary...
...In March, Artists at the Center invites leading dancers to create a programme of their choice: Tiler Peck, a principal at New York City Ballet, starts off with works by William Forsythe, Alonzo King and...
...William Tyndale printed his epoch-making translations of the Bible here. In 1535, a spy lured him out of the secure “English House”....
...Tristram Hunt is director of the V&A and a former MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central....
...It is based on “Manchester from Kersal Moor”, an 1852 watercolour by William Wyld — a forest of distant, smoking factories marching toward a bucolic idyll....
...Antoine GodinUniversité Sorbonne Paris Nord, France Michael JacobsProfessor of Political Economy, University of Sheffield Ronan PalmerDirector Clean Economy, E3G Dirk EhntsPufendorf-Gesellschaft Berlin e.V....
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