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...Later in the summer of 2009 Mandelson returned to Corfu as a guest of the Rothschild family where he once again courted controversy, this time by meeting the son of Libyan leader Muammer Gaddafi....
...Smart reads The go-between Former Barclays chief executive Jes Staley maintained contact with Jeffrey Epstein for longer than he has disclosed, Bloomberg writes....
...Episode one is about Epstein and his banker, Jes Staley, then at JPMorgan. Reporter David Taylor makes brilliant use of thousands of emails — released as part of court cases — as his source material....
...Pfizer’s price of $229 a share was far higher than Merck’s offer of $200 a share last summer, according to people familiar with the matter....
...Yannick hopes to have a final response from the EU on buying Lagardère by early summer....
...for Mr Staley following the arrest of Mr Epstein in the summer of 2019.”...
...And the latest in the Jes Staley saga, brought to you by our US banking editor: Staley pressed JPMorgan Chase to keep Jeffrey Epstein as a client, despite Epstein’s conviction for prostitution offences,...
...The fresh probe was launched in December after the FCA made initial inquiries about Mr Staley’s ties to Epstein last summer....
...That contributed to a sense that he was imperious and self-satisfied, particularly after he was knighted over the summer for his work at Lloyds....
...One big scoop to start: Jes Staley pressed JPMorgan Chase to keep Jeffrey Epstein as a client — despite the fact that the disgraced financier had been convicted of prostitution offences — before the bank...
...He also invited the economist Larry Summers and the then JPMorgan banker, Jes Staley....
...Intesa reported a €3.1bn profit for 2020 and benefited from an accounting gain after buying domestic rival UBI last summer....
...Pressure intensified this summer when rival Intesa Sanpaolo snapped up UBI Banca and replaced UniCredit as Italy’s largest bank by assets....
...The FCA made inquiries to the bank over the relationship in the summer of last year following a fresh round of media reports that identified Mr Staley as one of multiple executives and financiers with ties...
...Staley survived, albeit without a chunk of his pay package....
...The reshuffling foreshadows the impending departure of chief executive Jes Staley, whose successor has yet to be named. More here....
...Staley developed a professional relationship with Mr. Epstein. In the summer of 2019, in light of the renewed media interest in the relationship, Mr....
...Signed works range from $5,500 to $20,000, says Etheleen Staley, co-founder of Staley-Wise Gallery in New York, who worked with Aarons....
...Mr Sewing took over from Garth Ritchie in the summer, after the investment banking chief became one of the first casualties of a sweeping restructuring....
...Jes Staley, chief executive, was personally censured for his role in the scandal, which occurred in the summer of 2016, after he attempted to unmask the identity of someone who had written to the board accusing...
...But we cannot help admiring the rhino-like thickness of Mr Staley’s hide. Bill Winters should take a leaf out of Mr Staley’s book....
...Barclays: the bank that lived a little wants to live a little more Earlier this summer Deutsche Bank called time on its ambitions to compete among Wall Street’s global trading heavyweights....
...But the multibillion-dollar hedge fund — which had been a top-10 investor with a roughly 2.5 per cent stake — started reducing its position last summer before offloading it entirely earlier this year, the...
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