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...Laing labours to “understand the pattern he’d intended, and then to recover it, stitch by stitch, as an embroiderer might.”...
Proposed deal would create group with total assets of £366bn
Chief CS Venkatakrishnan sets out ambitious plan to boost revenue and revive bank’s depressed valuation
Penalty is second-largest imposed by Prudential Regulation Authority
Central bank’s exercise aimed at understanding how ‘severe stress scenario’ could affect financial sector
...So if you decide to write anything, I’d rather it wasn’t about me.”...
UK challenger bank’s shares fall almost 30% after reports it is seeking to raise up to £600mn from investors
...From the UK selection, I’d pick out Bunzl, chiefly because of my colleague Oliver Ralph’s inclusion of the packaging and distribution business in his wry analysis of the “magnificently unglamorous” seven...
UK central bank says facility is needed as risks from financial institutions such as insurers and pension funds rise
...Earnings: Philip Morris, ConocoPhillips, Apollo Global Management, Kenvue, Hershey, T Rowe Price, Spirit Airlines and Ralph Lauren will report their latest quarterly earnings before Wall Street’s opening...
...About 10bn cu ft/d of LNG capacity is due to come online in the US over the next 36 months, according to consultancy Enverus....
...“I’d never actually designed a watch before, but as soon as I started, I couldn’t stop,” recalls Ralph. “I ended up with around 50 sketches. We didn’t know which ones to choose.”...
...Rolls-Royce Phantom or Morris Minor Convertible, helicopter or Piaggio?...
...A style such as the Morris would be as welcome on your coat rack at work as it would be on a Saturday afternoon ramble....
...Ralph Mathekga, an independent political analyst, described the advert as a “very risky” political strategy....
...“We’d like to see the majority of that go to share buybacks — their power when you’re trading this cheaply is enormous.”...
...Ralph Hamers, the recently departed chief executive of UBS, was at one point considered a potential replacement for Davies, but is no longer in contention, the people said....
...Public research, R&D tax incentives and research grants were the most cost-effective tools for governments to use, the research found....
...On travels overseas, I’d pop into Hermès and pick up a duty-free tie to add to the collection....
...UBS chair Kelleher had spent much of last year working with Ralph Hamers, Ermotti’s predecessor, trying to convince large US active fund managers to become big shareholders in the group, as they attempted...
...Paul De’Ath, head of market intelligence at consultancy Oxbow Partners, said: “It’s a bit of a surprise, I would have thought they’d be very careful about making sure they weren’t doing anything outside...
...Ralph Lauren Modern Driver Collection Ralph Lauren opens the doors to its Via San Barnaba palazzo for Design Week, which is rather like gliding through a film set, traversing marble floors under the twinkle...
...The person who gives Diégane his copy of The Labyrinth is Marème Siga D, a mother figure with irresistible erotic charms....
...Napoleon, inspecting the factory in 1806 ,was so impressed that he awarded him the Légion d’honneur....
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