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...David Solomon, Goldman chief executive, described the operating conditions in 2023 as “not a B+ or an A environment” but expressed optimism for this year....
...Plan A was to be a figure skater, Plan B was to join a bank on the way to becoming a lawyer....
...Smart reads The ‘jerk’ The deluge of bad press against Goldman Sachs boss David Solomon, an exodus of partners and tanking morale within the firm have reached a tipping point, New York Magazine writes....
...S&P Global, on Sunday, downgraded the bank’s credit rating from double B plus to B plus — its second cut in a week — saying the $30bn lifeline from large US banks “should ease near-term liquidity pressures...
...Government officials said the bill would include a “Section 19 (1) (b) statement” under the 1998 Human Rights Act, acknowledging there was a risk that the measure could be incompatible with the ECHR....
...Perhaps the most amusing piece this year was James B. Stewart’s examination of the apparently dodgy goings-on at high-end New York wine seller Sherry-Lehmann....
...Instead of 2mn b/d removed from the market the total is closer to 1mn b/d, say analysts — still substantial, but not enough to flush out the oil bears....
...Smart reads Plan B Rightwing tycoon Peter Thiel’s political donations have yet to spark the change he’d hoped for....
...“Water is the source of life,” says Yaqoob Al Abri, owner of Misfah Old House B&B. “The mountain is like a giant tank that gives us water even when it has not rained — thanks be to God!”...
...The high street is minuscule, but there has been a flourishing of B&Bs and guest houses to cater to the year-long calendar of events. New people keep moving to the area, too....
...The guest list includes Jamie Dimon, the head of JPMorgan Chase; Stephen Schwarzman, the co-founder of Blackstone; and David Solomon, head of Goldman Sachs....
...Additional reporting by Erika Solomon in Berlin and Myles McCormick in Houston...
...Additional reporting by Erika Solomon in Berlin and Sarah White in Paris.Data visualisation by Chris Campbell....
...There’s a much longer wait for planning permissions from the mayor’s office than usual, and my B&B will open in summer 2023 and not 2022,” she says....
...At Amberley air force base, he greeted a B-2 stealth bomber that had flown from the US in a move that was partly aimed at reminding China about the potency of American military force....
...A small study suggested the 2-dose vaccine was effective against the B.1.351 variant, first discovered in South Africa....
...Lab analysis of nine of the infections showed that six were from the B.1.351 strain....
...100 per cent efficacy in South Africa, where B.1351 was prevalent, the companies said....
...First recorded in a global database of viral genomes in early October, B.1.617 has circulated in India since and spread internationally....
...German biotech CureVac says a preclinical study on mice suggests its coronavirus vaccine candidate may be effective against the more infectious B.1.351, commonly known as the South African variant....
...seen in the adolescent studies suggest that children are particularly well protected by vaccination, which is very encouraging given the trends we have seen in recent weeks regarding the spread of the B.1.1.7...
...Earlier in the week, chancellor Angela Merkel had warned that infections in Germany were now dominated by the far more infectious B 1.1.7 strain and described it as “basically a new pandemic.”...
...Chancellor Angela Merkel said the approach was necessary to fight back as the coronavirus variant B.1.1.7 has begun to dominate cases in Germany....
...Experts attribute the new surge to the increasing dominance of the B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant, which is more contagious than other strains....
...European governments are struggling to contain a surge in new infections driven by the spread of the more transmissible and deadly B.1.1.7 strain, with the public increasingly fed up with coronavirus restrictions...
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