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...Additional reporting by Ian Smith and Cynthia O’Murchu in London...
...Take a break from the news V-necks have been verboten for as long as most of us can remember, writes Teo van den Broeke....
...Paul Smith cotton shirt, £250. Gianvito Rossi leather Harris loafers, £514....
...and Serbia 200th day of the Hamas-Israel conflict after Hamas launched an attack on Israel on October 7 last year UK: 100th anniversary of both the first radio broadcast by a British monarch, George V...
...Greensill was able to provide these loans because it won approval from the British Business Bank in 2020....
...Nicholas Malins-Smith Cambridge, UK...
...June 20 to September 8; further information and tickets here ‘Naomi’, V&A South Kensington An ode to the life and work of supermodel Naomi Campbell....
...The firm has made a number of well-timed and well-priced acquisitions like those of Smith Barney and the E*Trade broker network. But it’s also been acquiring brokers team by team....
...One grandfather had been governor of the central bank, his signature appearing on Iraq’s banknotes. Aged nine, he watched his father Hareth flee Baghdad....
...Arrival’s deal with Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp V values the company at $524mn....
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...As ever, drop me a note at sid.v@ft.com if you’ve got thoughts and ideas for upcoming Future of Money newsletters....
...If you’ve got thoughts about this or a topic that would suit a future installment of the Future of Money, email me at sid.v@ft.com....
...Until then, you can reach Sid and I at imani.moise@ft.com and sid.v@ft.com. Happy reading!...
...Let us know what fintech predictions you have for the rest of the year at imani.moise@ft.com and sid.v@ft.com....
...V for Victory. With the Bank of England set to raise rates, the sooner the government gets its act together the better. Disagree? Thoughts in the usual place....
...You can reach the fintechFT team at Imani.Moise@ft.com or Sid.V@ft.com. Your thoughts and suggested topics for coverage are always welcome. Thanks for reading....
...“The bumper sticker would say, we’re past the V,” says Michael Gapen, chief US economist at Barclays, referring to the shape of the recovery since the shocking collapse last year....
...Our editor is Jess Smith. We had help this week from Joanna Kao, George Drake Jr., Gregory Meyer, Gavin Kallmann and Michael Bruning....
...Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine has an efficacy rate of 97.6 per cent, its developers said, based on data from almost 4m people....
...Liberty Steel also announced that V Ashok, currently chief financial officer of GFG, would be stepping down “for personal reasons” at the end of May....
...The EU drug regulator will launch an investigation next week into whether clinical trials of Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine contravened ethical and scientific standards....
...Almost two-thirds of Russians are unwilling to receive the Sputnik V vaccine and about the same number believe Covid-19 was created as a biological weapon, a pollster said on Monday....
...The EU financial services commissioner is due to meet Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey on Monday....
...series hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas....
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