Hints and tips:
...Occasionally the influence is clear, as in J Robert Lennon’s 2021 novel Subdivision, in which a woman checks into a mysterious small-town guesthouse....
...The strong performance from Tesco and M&S comes a day after rival J Sainsbury disappointed investors with weak general merchandise sales....
...A baffled Google offered Notorious BIG’s “Hustler’s Story” as a match when I had a go. “Idol” must be one of the most unhummably frantic hits ever....
...Now try this Although I am distraught about the end of Radio 3’s weekend jazz programme, J to Z, I am very happy indeed that its new schedule moves the wonderful Night Tracks an hour earlier....
...appear that S&C may have some problems,” he added....
...J Richard FinlayFounder, The Finlay Centre for Corporate & Public GovernanceToronto, ON, Canada...
...For years, I have heard people pronounce it with one and often two soft Gs, like the sound of the ‘s’ in measure, as in Zhore-zhee-ay-vah....
...I think it’s an overrated concept,” he said. S&P said its ESG credit indicators were not sustainability ratings or a standalone assessment of a company’s ESG performance....
.../ From J F Siebert, Shetland, UK...
...If I missed one — and I missed plenty — another always came along. Those days are long behind us.”...
...“I don’t have to tell you what I’ve changed,” she sings at the start of the album....
...This year is (as I and many others have mentioned before) a record year for democracy, and my colleagues on the FT video team have produced a series of short films, presented by four renowned artists, on...
...“I think that Elliott will continue talking with management and trying to amicably work with them to get the change they want — whether it’s board seats or whether it’s a new CEO,” said Ken Squire, president...
...Who are the shareholder(s) behind the suit? The lead plaintiff is an individual, Richard J....
...His paintings answer TS Eliot’s call to modernism in “The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock”, writes Jackie: “It is impossible to say just what I mean!...
...Co-founders “J” and “T” turned out to be Josh Lloyd-Watson and Tom McFarland, originally pals from a west London public school....
...“I’m more positive on the technological transformation and now you have a chief executive who understands technology,” says the shareholder. Hargreaves is also facing a demographic crunch....
...I am not calling for show trials, quite, though it is striking what gets scrutinised and what doesn’t....
...On the equity side, small-cap stocks continue to be the story: while the S&P 500 has shrugged, the Russell 2000 is up 6 per cent since Jay Powell started talking....
...“But I must admit the inflation number this week makes us at least think about alternative scenarios.”...
...So, let’s say you go to an Airbnb property [listing] and you can’t read all 200 reviews but GPT4’s really good at summarising what they say....
...In a choppy session for equity markets, Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 closed 0.9 per cent lower and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite dropped 1.5 per cent....
...A fashion insider recommended the M&S Collection Tummy Control padded square neck swimsuit (£29.50, marksandspencer.com), which I bought in the copper colour....
...I recently started covering US energy full time at the Financial Times and will be taking the helm of the newsletter on Thursdays — expect more data-driven bits and charts in this edition....
...W.J....
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