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...The heroic Lukas B Brændsrød partnered superbly, suspending Cuthbertson aloft like an angel peeling away from a Pozzo ceiling....
...In the UK, it pays to seek out one of the Rhône specialists, such as A&B Vintners, Goedhuis Waddesdon, Haynes Hanson & Clark, Justerini & Brooks, Lea & Sandeman, The Wine Society and Yapp Bros, as most wines...
...I was introduced to his work by the late Joseph Ettedgui, for whom he used to make leather coats, jackets, parkas, gilets and — yes — blousons....
...I was there with friends on the promise of transgressive S&M....
...“This is a point of minimum — rather than maximum — confidence,” as Joseph Gagnon of the Peterson Institute told the FT last week....
...Broader equity markets in the US were mixed, with the blue-chip S&P 500 up 0.4 per cent and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite down 0.3 per cent....
.... £16 M&S Maturana San Francisco 2021 Maule, Chile 13%A thoroughly artisanal red to drink without food....
...Joseph Wang (aka the Fed Guy) noted to me that corporate treasurers tend to keep excess cash in Treasuries or money markets funds, because of the risk of bank failure....
...to $60/b. 4....
...As of January 1, US crude oil refining capacity averaged 17.9mn b/d, the lowest since 2014, according to the US Energy Information Administration....
...While all Covid-19 vaccines so far have largely held up against the B.1.1.7 variant that emerged in the UK, the strain that originated in South Africa has been more worrying....
...Smart reads Family matters Until recently, Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried were well-respected Stanford law professors, philanthropists, and supportive parents of their son’s fast-growing crypto empire...
...The movement doesn’t just happen, it detonates: a feeling consolidated by Ryan Joseph Stafford’s epic lighting effects....
...Pilita Clark Yeah, absolutely....
...As the American politician Joseph P Kennedy is reported to have said, “If shoeshine boys are giving stock tips, then it’s time to get out of the market.”...
...The slow recovery in the Bakken has weighed on broader US output, which remains about 2m barrels per day below 2019’s 13m b/d peak even as consumption has surged back to pre-crisis levels....
...FT Money’s investment panel discuss 2022’s stock picking opportunities....
...The full impact of 2022’s tightening of monetary policy is still to be seen, and we expect another 50bp of rate hikes in early-2023....
...Of the 434 colleges whose credit are rated by S&P Global Ratings, 31 per cent are triple B plus or lower. Two-fifths have a negative outlook. At the start of the year, the figure was just 9 per cent....
...Oil and gas has been the S&P 500’s worst-performing sector since 2010 and has lost 46 per cent of its value since the start of 2020, compared with a near-5 per cent rise for the main board....
...Crossword 16,254: Richard Heaton, London; Hector Langfeldt, Birmingham; Saira Kamaly, London Polymath 1,036: Eamonn O’Riordan, Ireland Crossword 16,248: Nicholas JP Weaver, Manchester, England; Steve Clark...
...Nuits-St-Georges £35 Berry Bros & Rudd An unusually charming 2014 with a warm, fully evolved nose and very comforting palate, delivering a good balance of sweet fruit, firm structure and refreshing acidity. 13% S...
...But here are a few more interesting titbits from WeWork’s S-1 filing, spotted by ex-Alphavillain Joseph Cotterill. First, under the “Charitable Giving” section on page 199....
...At $29bn so far this year, issuance of subprime auto ABS is on track to surpass 2018’s record haul of $32bn, according to data from Finsight, despite softer sales of new cars and trucks this year....
...You therefore need a Plan B: how to fill your life and maintain self-esteem after being canned? I hope to write books, and have time again for friends. But only the lucky reach that stage....
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