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...Cook was nominated alongside Philip Jefferson, the dean of faculty at Davidson College who is expected to be confirmed with bipartisan support....
...Now Cook is poised to become the first black woman to serve on the Federal Reserve’s board of governors, after she was nominated by President Joe Biden alongside Philip Jefferson, dean of faculty at Davidson...
...But Republicans, led by Pat Toomey, the top-ranking Republican on the committee, have raised concerns about Raskin’s previous statements that regulators should take a bigger role in policing climate risks...
...Nevertheless, Republican senators on the panel accused her of flip-flopping, and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania called her testimony “one of the most remarkable cases of confirmation conversion I have ever seen...
...Pat Toomey, a Republican senator from Pennsylvania, expressed reservations with Raskin’s stance on curbing lending to fossil-fuel intensive companies and Fed support for the industry in a crisis....
...In announcing his decision, he also tapped Lisa Cook, a professor of economics and international relations at Michigan State University, and Philip Jefferson, a professor of economics at Davidson College...
...Sister Pat Daly represents 40 Catholic institutions in the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility. Money saved to pay pensions and healthcare for nuns can be used now to do good, she says....
...Planet Word, by JP Davidson, Michael Joseph, RRP£25, 448 pages Is That a Fish in Your Ear?...
...He was happy to talk – his days have been quiet since Pat died last October. But Carlsson could not explain what Saab signified to him....
...at ArmsThe Rt Hon the Lord Grocott OTHER MINISTERS Law OfficersAttorney General - The Rt Hon the Baroness Scotland of Asthal QCSolicitor General - Vera Baird QC MPAdvocate General for Scotland - Lord Davidson...
...Life Class By Pat Barker Hamish Hamilton £16.99, 249 pages FT bookshop price: £13.59 The Booker-winning author of the “Regeneration” trilogy brings us a titillating love triangle at London’s Slade School...
...One of his illustrations was a Harley-Davidson ad showing a biker’s back emblazoned with the slogan “if you can read this the bitch fell off”. Um, yes. Crikey....
...The team should be afforded credit for their disciplined approach,” said analyst Roddy Davidson....
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