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...“Every episode [has] to be about something new and presented in an exciting way,” pronounced story editor Richard Bates ambitiously, buoyed by the era’s lust for novelty....
...One of Mr Bäte’s priorities is to simplify the group, which operates across 79 countries....
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...This de-bate goes to the core of the discontent society feels when our food gets manipulated. We feel like our autonomy is being threatened.”...
...But Mr Bäte’s comments reopen hostilities between financiers, particularly those from Germany and other parts of northern Europe, and the ECB....
...Among the most aggressive critics of negative rates was Oliver Bäte, the chief executive of Europe’s biggest insurer Allianz, who accused Mr Draghi of politicising monetary policy....
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