Hints and tips:
...And I’m slightly sceptical that anyone else knows how to do it, either. But I’m open to suggestions....
...That’s not going to touch the sides when I’m cooking.”...
...DD readers may remember Prateek Gupta, the Dubai-based businessman at the centre of the scandal....
...“I’m just closing terms for a large reduction,” he wrote, referring to a cut in the size of Trafigura’s nickel exposure with his companies....
...They’d just been awarded a $1.7bn payout as profits boomed at the Swiss-based commodities group during the energy crisis. But something disastrous was brewing in the background....
...“I’m not going to sit around and not take action because the responsible adults think there might be geopolitical consequences.”...
...Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has hired Justin Rosenberg as an M&A partner in New York. He joins from Paul Weiss....
...But few in the crowd looked like they’d be causing trouble. Two women stood to one side of the entrance holding a banner: “Reparations for Mozambique Now!”...
...They said they were the victim of a fraud that was perpetrated by Indian businessman, Prateek Gupta, who had used a network of companies....
...“I’m told it was toss-of-coin which one they tested first. They didn’t test ours, because by the time they’d done the trial there wasn’t any Ebola left.”...
...I’m going to play right now....
...Private equity firm Carlyle has appointed Ryan Selwood as its chief development officer, to work on growth initiatives and corporate M&A....
...He'd been in charge of the Universal Bank here, which I guess is the most boring and stable part....
...But first he has opened up its entire 1,500 sq m to show more than 300 works from his extensive collection to the public....
...We’ve curated 10 of the year’s biggest moments in M&A, private equity, corporate finance and more. We’ll be back on Tuesday, January 11....
...I’m Marc Filippino, and here’s the news you need to start your day. [MUSIC PLAYING] French authorities are investigating the business operations of Sanjeev Gupta....
...“Certainly immunity is helpful but I’d prefer to accumulate it through vaccination,” he added....
...We can see why Aon’s lawyers said they’d be in a “world of hurt” if they lost — the company has to pay a $1bn break fee to Willis....
...He'd talk about the red soil of Bundaberg. That's the place he's from. And he'd say, they'd rather be on a tractor than in a suit. It got him into the corridors of power in UK government....
...“It was so big, we used to joke there’d be a disco room onboard,” said one former employee....
...“The number of cases I’m seeing is devastating....
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...“I’m obsessed with eradicating so many of these diseases, [such as] malaria, HIV and tuberculosis.”...
...But another crisis was building in the backdrop to smudge up whichever parts of the slate he’d managed to polish off....
...But we’d just like to take a moment to thank all of you who have been reading the newsletter, attending our events and subscribing to the FT over the past four years since we created this briefing — Arash...
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