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...The Secret Heart John le Carré: An Intimate Memoir by Suleika Dawson, Mudlark £25, 352 pages A Private Spy: The Letters of John le Carré edited by Tim Cornwell, Viking £30/$40, 752 pages Mark Mazower directs...
...Some of the optimism even extends to the UK’s underperforming stock market, which has risen just 0.1 per cent in 2024, compared with an 8.7 per cent gain for France’s luxury-heavy CAC 40 and a 7.4 per cent...
...And one thing to start: Citigroup has lifted chief executive Jane Fraser’s pay by 6 per cent in 2023 to $26mn, despite the bank’s profits falling almost 40 per cent amid a sweeping reorganisation....
...Bank of America’s Brian Moynihan sold $1.9mn before becoming chief executive but none since; Citi chief executive Jane Fraser has also not sold since taking the top job....
...“Moreover, it took us nine months [to capture Mosul] and Israel does not have that time . . ....
...But that does not mean it ignores exchange traded funds. Far from it....
...— who also took home t-shirts — and Jane Streeters Vesey St. Tuna Trading Ltd. with a very respectable 44.5 and 42 points each....
...Chief financial officer Ethan Tandowsky defended the hiring, which came after the group added more than 1,000 employees last year....
...Cost for construction in China and India, meanwhile, are more than 40 per cent cheaper, according to data from the International Energy Agency....
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...Wilm, chief legal and administrative officer at Liberty Media....
...John Kamoto My name is John Kamoto and I work as a policy and research officer at Age UK, and I lead on the charity’s policy on scams and fraud....
...Co-founder and chief operating officer John Gallemore bought £448,000-worth of shares in joint names with his wife on the same day as the AGM....
...Job moves Luigi Pigorini, Citigroup’s head of private banking for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, is leaving early next year after 40 years at the US lender, according to a memo seen by DD....
...Now, the OBR expects the economy to grow by 0.8% this year and 1.9% next year — 0.5% higher than their autumn forecast. After that growth rises to 2%, 1.8%, and 1.7% in 2028....
...The US government could run out of money as soon as June 1 if Congress does not raise or suspend the debt limit before then, Treasury secretary Janet Yellen warned yesterday....
...It falls from 4.5% of GDP in 2023-24, to 3.0%, 2.7%, 2.3%, 1.6% and 1.1% in 2028-29....
...Kilmartin Castle (kilmartincastle.com) sleeps 10 and costs from £1,000 per night....
...At the upper end of its potential, more than 40 per cent of tasks in administration and the legal profession could be automated....
...Odey’s secretary responded: “I’m afraid he does not wish to invest in the company. He sends his regrets and wishes you well.”...
...John Micklethwait, the former Economist editor who runs Bloomberg News, is not considered a contender and does not sit on the management board....
...Ericka Leslie, the bank’s chief administrative officer, has emerged as a central figure in the spending review under the direction of Goldman president John Waldron, according to multiple people briefed...
...“What that does to asset allocation could be pretty profound,” says John Graham, chief executive of CPP Investments....
...Job moves FTX has hired a new chief financial officer, head of human resources and administration, and head of information technology, according to court testimony by CEO John Ray on Tuesday....
...And . . . Pilita ClarkWell, does that mean that flights have to become more expensive? Leo MurrayIt does, fundamentally....
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