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...September’s planned launch of futures trading on FMX will mark a third attempt by the Cantor Fitzgerald chair to break the stranglehold of Chicago’s CME Group over the vast Treasury futures market....
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...The IMF and the World Bank kick off their joint spring meeting on Monday in Washington....
...As it is spring, we decided to host a spring feast featuring spring vegetables: white asparagus, cardoons, beans and green garlic, steamed artichoke with aioli, grated carrots and a big leafy salad....
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...The flashes of pink at greengrocers are the first signs of spring in the fruit section. Forced rhubarb is a clandestine version of normal rhubarb....
...Most of the world’s economic policymakers are in Washington this week for the IMF/World Bank spring meetings....
...Activist investor Jeff Ubben is set to join Bayer’s supervisory board as the struggling German aspirin-to-glyphosate conglomerate prepares to update investors about a potential break-up early next week....
...But in my view, a lot of this is mischaracterisation of contract practices as some kind of big structural offence [requiring a break-up]. We don’t usually break up firms for things like price fixing....
...Speaking to Bloomberg TV in Davos on Monday, he added: “Maybe we can wait for the summer break or whatever [to decide whether to cut rates].”...
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...Engineered Garments’ collection for spring is a mix of utility with preppy tropes....
...It was a fun performance with some magic-show special effects and, stepping outside at around 8.30pm, Madrid was basking in the warmth of a late spring evening....
...The government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is seeking re-election to a third five-year term this spring, has been trying to create jobs in manufacturing, including of EVs, an area in which India...
...Raising shrubs and trees demands a lot of patience and some seeds require rather complex treatments to break their dormancy....
...The defeats will prolong parliamentary debate over the legislation, pushing it back into the House of Commons and potentially delaying until after the spring the first flights that Sunak had hoped to send...
...“It’s a highly risky bet that a foreign firm can break into the competitive and highly political Chinese market,” said Andrew Collier, managing director of Orient Capital Research in Hong Kong....
...But not before a short break: Unhedged is off Monday for US presidents’ day. In the meantime, email me: ethan.wu@ft.com. Friday interview: Armen Panossian Credit markets are booming....
...In late spring, they burst into white flowers. The Retiro’s foundations lie in the gardens of a monastery, which served as a royal retreat for King Philip II in the 16th century....
...Teatro de la Zarzuela also begins a run of Madrid-based zarzuela this spring. By accident or design, both theatres will be staging competing versions of the classic Doña Francisquita in June....
...CS Venkatakrishnan, Barclays’ chief executive, is under pressure to win round investors to a strategic overhaul he is planning to reveal next spring....
...While it doesn’t spring any surprises, Nunn’s quietly moving, naturalistic staging still reminds you what a radical play this is....
...The PM told ITV News the government was aiming “to get a flight off in the spring” but “everyone is trying to block us, including the Labour party”....
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