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...“In the UK you’d get this polarisation — half the people say if it’s not from Scotland it’s not whisky, and the other half say if it’s not Irish, it’s not whiskey.” There were also risks, he added....
...“You’d imagine a lot of these subsidiaries on the mainland have their own creditors and bank debt, so a lot of them could themselves be insolvent and not really able to deliver any value up the structure...
...Mark Lashier, Phillips 66 chief executive, said the company had “engaged in discussions” with Elliott and “welcome[d] their perspectives and the perspectives of other shareholders on our strategy and the...
...“European businesses are becoming disillusioned as symbolic gestures take the place of tangible results needed to restore business confidence,” said D’Andrea....
...Phillip HawleyLa Jolla, CA, US...
...What’s gonna be different, Phillip? Phillip Ross The office becoming more like a members’ club....
...Riester said the company’s local R&D department — made up of Chinese staff — had gained an edge over the German headquarters in the field of electric vehicles, where China is now the world’s leading producer...
...Here to explain is the FT’s Shanghai correspondent Tom Hale. Hey, Tom. Thomas Hale Hi there. Marc FilippinoAll right, Tom, So what’s the latest on Evergrande?...
...The FT’s Shanghai correspondent Tom Hale explains why. Thomas Hale First of all, under the pandemic, a lot of consumption shifted towards goods....
...“Ideally they’d want to cut rates without renminbi depreciation, but given how strong the dollar is and how high US interest rates are, you can’t do that,” said Hui Shan, chief China economist at Goldman...
...Sahm: The way I’d frame it is that the stakes are higher and higher for doing spending in a responsible way....
...The Browetts’ last visit, on Sunday morning, was to Massolino in Serralunga d’Alba....
...“Ultimately Schofield’s affair is not very important . . . if you screwed up the handling of it, you’d be in trouble, but Carolyn hasn’t screwed it up,” said one senior industry figure....
...“If you’re a Chinese investor, you’d want to see foreigners investing. It would give you more comfort.”...
...“They should have come to Congress and said, ‘Well, we’d like to allow very limited gaming for research purposes.’”...
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...“We have a Kandissi sofa and an Ondoso table by Mendini in our design sale in London on May 2,” says Domenico Raimondo of Phillips auction house....
...Thomas Hale is the FT’s Shanghai correspondent Find out about our latest stories first — follow @ftweekend on Twitter...
...North Sea and using it at Phillips 66’s Humber refinery in the east of England, as well as selling it to other industries....
...He’d come with a new boat that he’d built as a tender for True North, one of the yachts the Canadian team had brought over for the 1987 America’s Cup, held off Fremantle....
...Even when I go to the office, if I have to do a presentation or to meet someone, I’ll wear a piece by her because it’s elegant – it’s in the image of who I’d like to be.”...
...ITV is looking into procedures around safeguarding in the wake of presenter Phillip Schofield’s departure after lying about an “unwise, but not illegal” affair with a younger colleague....
...They’d all been somewhere where someone had had Covid....
...In the past, I’d go to other places to celebrate holidays, and now we’re going to be hosting more. I don’t exactly know what that is going to look like, but I hope it’s very festive....
...Hi, I’m Katie Martin, the FT’s markets columnist, and I’m looking after this newsletter for a couple of weeks while Harriet Agnew is topping up her vitamin D levels on holiday, the lucky duck....
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