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...In this version of London, Soho House members club has turned Richard Rogers’ former Lloyds Insurance building into a multistorey, 24-hour nightclub....
...insurance and annuities subsidiary....
...Here’s the rest of the day’s news — Gordon....
...We have cut income tax and national insurance for millions of workers....
...Yet as Dominic Lieven points out, empire — where a metropolitan centre, home to a distinct people, rules over a multiplicity of different peoples — is the most common form of government over recorded history...
...In 2017, he starred in acclaimed comedy The Big Sick, co-written with his wife Emily V. Gordon, based on their experience of Gordon developing the rare Still’s disease....
...I think he was channelling Gordon Brown who said that into his premiership about the tax rate....
...(FT) Volunteering, such as at a vaccination centre, can make one happier, healthier and more satisfied with life. Purpose-seeking companies should take note, writes Pilita Clark....
...In the news Apollo to merge with Athene Apollo Global Management is to merge with Athene Holding, the life insurance company it created at the height of the financial crisis, transforming the alternative...
...Robert Hurt, a former coal miner, said Manchin “does things that are OK and things that are bad”....
...Russia is seeking to manufacture its Sputnik V vaccine in Italy to meet a surge in overseas contracts....
...Meanwhile, the shift to home working is creating new opportunities — not least in the insurance industry....
...(FT, Politico) In the news $30bn insurance broker deal Aon is to buy Willis Towers Watson for $30bn in an all-share deal that will combine the world’s second and third-largest insurance brokers....
...Pretty much any surplus income goes into pensions and life insurance. More than 100m such policies have been bought — more than there are people....
...Co-presidents Gordon Smith and Daniel Pinto are running the bank in the interim, but Mr Dimon’s second health scare has put the focus on succession at America’s largest bank....
...The pandemic is creating a new role for the US unemployment insurance system....
...If you missed it, this long read by our media correspondent Anna Nicolaou charts the drama of The People v Harvey Weinstein trial....
...(FT) Walmart v Amazon Few retailers are coping better with the relentless rise of Amazon than the country’s largest retailer Walmart....
...The FT’s Robert Armstrong says possible solutions may not be effective or easy to apply. (FT)...
...Successive infusions of capital from private investors, notably Japan’s SoftBank, WeWork and its co-founder and chief executive Adam Neumann (pictured), have made the shared office provider one of the most...
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...Forced technology transfers have been outlawed, ownership limits on pension management and life insurance enterprises have been relaxed....
...Yes, the numbers are bigger, but the shock, while not a V is shorter and sharper than that crash, and the pre-crisis fiscal situation was strong....
...Asia Life reported a 3% beat to consensus estimates, driven by strong growth outside of Hong Kong, US Life (3% beat) was driven by favourable DAC deceleration and Eastspring (4% beat) driven by strong revenue...
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