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...No one dunks on someone called Staberdeen. Update: solid work by City AM: Further reading:— “Ditch standard life and drop three E’s, indeed a most commendable notion” (FT)...
...For decades the country’s financiers wore the term as a badge of honour, working in an industry that prided itself on its secrecy....
...“No rainbows, no knee-taking,” she said....
...Look out also for the decorative brass buckled officers’ belts (sadly mostly designed for the Giacometti-waisted), khaki torches, caps and badges — reminders of what an important role the army plays in this...
...“The world is moving towards electric mobility and there is no doubt about it. We will soon see all of us travelling electric in an urban environment in affluent cities....
...And there is no shortage of high-paying tenants....
...The Japanese tax on financial gains hovers at about 20 per cent, while Singapore has no such levy....
...Bloomberg also elevated Patti Roskill, then chief financial officer, to be the company’s new chief enterprise officer and put her in charge of co-ordinating the management committee that runs the company...
...“There was a presumption that no self-respecting target, such as a KGB officer or a terrorist, would ever agree to be a human source run by a woman....
...It helps no one....
...Vehicles bearing the tristar badge are unironically prized by truckers as well as by many car drivers....
...Panzeri, as a former MEP, had kept his access badge without needing to register....
...Older stock that is uneconomical to bring up to standard is already pinched, but no one can say how far up the scale pain will be felt....
...This new passion posed a problem: with no money, he had no way of buying art materials. But he stumbled on a clever solution: “Walking the streets I would see the crack addicts drop their matchboxes.”...
...Its investment bank, traditionally a hard-charging environment where punishing hours were worn as a badge of honour, recently opened a hub in Málaga to offer better work-life balance to junior bankers....
...Needlework was also a way to pass the hours for naval officers or soldiers posted abroad,” says Kay-Williams. Sometimes things get political....
...Her report detailed how the company held “captive audience meetings” with employees in small groups, logging their attendance and encouraging workers to pick up “vote no” badges and other items....
...“No, no, no . . . I’ve been up for a while, I have to just pay attention to the water boiling, that’s all.” She is cordial but brisk....
...Given the paltry number of American police officers convicted of using excessive force, there was a time when the odds in cases like this clearly favoured authority figures with badges....
...“Some coaches will tell you they are more attuned to a client [virtually] as there’s no other distractions.”...
...Prosecutor Jerry Blackwell said Chauvin betrayed his badge when he used excessive force to subdue Floyd. “You can believe your eyes,” he said. “It’s homicide. It’s murder.”...
...He emphasised that Chauvin should be judged based on what a reasonable officer would have known during the incident. “No crime is committed if it was an authorised used of force,” he said. “Period....
...with gun, badge and full arrest powers....
...Lawyers on Monday laid out their cases on day one of the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is charged with killing George Floyd....
...A badge would ensure you are not confronted by train staff. It would be no different to a parking blue badge. I don’t want to live in a society of busybodies....
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