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...Still, Larsen, a former shipping executive, is striking out into aviation at a difficult time for the industry....
...Bjorn Tore Larsen, the chief executive of new Norwegian long-haul airline Norse Atlantic, said a recession would “of course” hit demand for travel, but that travelling was still “very high on people’s lists...
...“We strongly believe that there is a need for a new and innovative airline serving the low-cost intercontinental market,” chief executive Bjorn Tore Larsen said....
...“Our ambition is to fill the gap left behind by our predecessor,” Tore Larsen said....
...The Morris family, owners of Home Bargains, are worth more than retail tycoons Philip Green and Mike Ashley combined....
...Drawn in 1971 by the artist Philip Castle (who designed the poster for the film A Clockwork Orange and the cover of the once ubiquitous Complete Beatles songbook), it shows a psychedelic playground surrounded...
...There are some cracking performances here: Philip Arditti gives us a swashbuckling Uri Savir, director-general of the Israeli Foreign Ministry; Peter Polycarpou plays a wary and weary Ahmed Qurei, PLO finance...
...But a transition phase will create scope for Mrs May — or another prime minister — to make new concessions, writes Peter Thal Larsen in Breaking Views....
...“You see things quite differently from here,” says Colonel Jakob Sogard Larsen, the Danish commander of Nato’s “integration unit” in Lithuania....
...“We have the engineering worked out,” says Philip Kenchington, C-Fly operations manager. “We just need someone to invest in this proven technology,” he says....
...Philip Rush, an economist at Nomura, believes the fall in productivity was a reflection of structural changes in the economy, not the result of temporary “hoarding” of workers....
...“There’s pressure on the MPC to think of something new,” said Philip Shaw, an economist at Investec, an asset manager. “Our hunch is that something is going to happen. We just don’t know what.”...
...Jens Larsen of RBC Capital said: “He was rather clear that he would not be in favour of more radical policy approaches, and explicitly rejected helicopter money.”...
...Philip Shaw, an economist at Investec, said he still thought the majority would vote for more QE, though it could be a “marginal” decision....
...“The rise in tuition fees is likely to be treated as a one-off factor, which you would not expect monetary policy to react to,” said Jens Larsen, an economist at RBC Capital Markets....
...Philip Rush of Nomura said the effect of the consistent exhortation to increase capital “has been excessive and is contributing to the financial sector’s accelerated deleveraging”....
...Philip Booth, Institute of Economic Affairs: I think they probably have room to fall about 20 per cent on average in real terms on current planning policy....
...Jens Larsen, RBC Capital Markets: I think we will see a continuation of the relatively strong employment performance and relatively modest output growth....
...Philip Shaw, Investec: Very difficult question....
...Philip Thornton, Clarity Economics: Very little. 2013 will see an intermittent rather than patchy recovery....
...Philip Shaw, Investec: He will unless the economy tanks and a looser fiscal stance is the only way of averting something very nasty....
...Jens Larsen, RBC Capital Markets: The last thing we need right now is a change in the monetary policy regime....
...Philip Rush, UK economist at Nomura, expects the Bank will supplement the £75bn announced this month with another £25bn in February....
...Philip Booth, Institute of Economic Affairs: Another recapitalisation of the banks by taxpayers would be unacceptable....
...Jens Larsen, RBC Capital Markets: Credit easing is unlikely to be transformative....
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