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...Bunzl, Howdens et al are generally smaller than the household names, and smaller companies can grow faster. Bunzl’s revenues, for example, have increased from £2.7bn to £11.8bn over the past 20 years....
...They followed the Pinault family of Ch Latour et al, who, in 2013, bought what is now called The Eisele Vineyard from the Araujos, and were so confident of their savoir-faire that they didn’t even impose...
...They reliably hit the sweet spot between high end and high street, drawing on a smart mix of £1,000-a-night luxury resorts and wallet-friendly boutique stays, Uniqlo basics and expensive vintage denim....
...As Wachowiak et al correctly note, the recent pressures militating in favour of greater cooperation (Ukraine, a second Trump presidency, fiscal constraints), “have not, to date, proven sufficient to overcome...
...The Spanish star is a seasoned hand in channelling Sophia Loren, Anna Magnani et al (in several Italian films, as well as Almodóvar’s Volver), and here she exudes both playful and tragic magnificence....
...Setting aside the threat of ChatGPT et al to those of us who write for a living, I feel moved to defend wine professionals in general and the need to retain the personal touch in much of what we do....
...john.reed@ft.com, farhan.bokhari@ft.com...
...It retells the established adventures of Odin, Thor, Loki et al, alongside brand-new ones set in the present day....
...Saudi Arabia is far from hanging up its jersey Yasir al-Rumayyan has had a busy few seasons....
...The point is to be a convening place that can contribute by offering “le gîte et le couvert” — “a place to eat and a place to sleep” — she added....
...The biggest motor insurers in the UK, for example, are the same ones that were around a decade or two ago — Aviva, Admiral, Direct Line et al. It is a similar story in the US....
...And for all the flaws of the current approach to equity and inclusion, Edmans et al say it does seem to be bearing some fruit: the average DEI score from their calculations has risen from 4.1 out of 5 in...
...We stayed in a smart hotel, the Babylon Rotana, close to the new Zaha Hadid-designed Central Bank of Iraq....
...And they’re gonna be cautious about their identities being known, about being quoted on the record, et cetera, et cetera. So who do we speak to? We speak to people who watch the market....
...Now see the many state attorneys-general (acolytes, no doubt of Alito et. al.) who want to sanction corporations that adopt ESG....
...Smart reads Fake it ‘til you make it Charlie Javice pulled off a deal most young founders could only dream of: selling her fintech start-up to JPMorgan for $175mn....
...Let’s say you commute on a warm day in a sleeveless cotton top, a light cotton trouser and smart sandals, you can then add a simple crew or V-neck merino to protect you from that ice cold blast in the office...
...Prosecute fraud, maybe regulate crypto exchanges like casinos, and keep the SEC et al out of it. This is a disagreement about how to cordon off crypto so that when crypto burns, it is controlled....
...She is working on a Darwin Initiative-backed project to integrate traditional knowledge into national policy in Guyana....
...Surely Zuck et al can make money — serious money — out of messaging software with two billion users. I disagree on the Metaverse, though. It is not “free”....
...However, Bebchuk et al conclude that this throws the ball into the government’s court....
...Once they’ve mastered new methods, they’ll pass some of them on to Chanel et al. “The Barrie brand is a shop window so people can see what we can actually do,” he says....
...Trump et al v....
...The Syria operation was launched after it became clear that the Obama administration would not intervene to topple Bashar al-Assad....
...The same, of course, applies to Le Pen et al in Europe. I don’t know Israel nearly well enough to prescribe a solution to the deep-seated Palestinian-Israeli crisis....
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