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...politics in the mid-transition (The Polycrisis) — SBF is going to talk himself right into jail (The Verge) — On the front lines of the water wars (Harper’s) — Zombie International Currency: The Pound Sterling...
...Esme Harwood, a director at Barclaycard, said research by the payments company in March found almost all shoppers were concerned about food price inflation and more than six in 10 were looking for ways to...
...Deakin & Francis has used this emblem for one of its eight designs for sterling silver commemorative cufflinks....
...“Here, the focus has mainly been on FMCG [fast moving consumer goods] products,” says Victoria Waugh, co-founder of V&V Sustainability Consultancy....
...As sterling hit all-time lows, Kwarteng walked on, stony-faced....
...Vintage gloves were appliquéd to elbows and the back of jackets — they flashed a V-sign, either for victory or peace. Simons achieved both....
...V Vaccination Pretty much the only thing that stood between Novak Djokovic and this year’s Australian Open title. Oops....
...The average price of a home sold by E&V last year was up 29 per cent on the year before. New buyers and existing owners are using their homes for longer....
...Cat Rutter PooleyThe trade off isn’t necessarily growth v fairness. Everyone agrees that we need to get Britain growing. The problem is that you need the broadest ability to be able to do it....
...The three-way wiring between media, crown and public that reshaped the modern monarchy did not, in fact, begin with Elizabeth II, but with her grandfather George V....
...Sterling dropped 0.7 per cent against the dollar to $1.3665, its lowest level since early February....
...Cars: Accelerating the Modern World Edited by Brendan Cormier and Elizabeth Bisley, Abrams, V&A, RRP£30/$45 The show at the V&A might have shut early, a victim of the lockdown, but the most fascinating...
...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....
...Shearman & Sterling has hired Philip Cheveley as an M&A partner in London. He joins from Travers Smith. Goodwin has hired Hugh O’Sullivan as a partner in its private equity practice....
...Markets Sterling reached $1.40 today, its highest level since 2018, as investors anticipated a strong economic recovery following the UK’s rapid vaccination campaign....
...Since it initiated a £200bn QE programme in March to buy up existing government bonds, the BoE has successfully halted a run on sterling and flight from the gilts market....
...The US dollar has tumbled the most in a decade this month, propelling sterling and the euro higher amid questions over the recovery of the world’s biggest economy and growing political uncertainty....
...But one caught our eye on sterling from Tory Ken doll Tom Harwood, a journalist at the notorious rightwing blog Guido Fawkes. Here’s his tweet: Ah yes!...
...Andy Haldane, the BoE’s chief economist, has argued that the recent pick-up in consumer spending suggests a V-shaped recovery, while others on the MPC have argued that health concerns and fears over job...
...“PMI numbers provide further evidence of what initially looks like a textbook V-shaped recovery,” said Carsten Brzeski, chief eurozone economist at ING....
...That means a rapidly developing V-shaped recovery under which one could go back to considering algo-generated combinations of stock and bond indices for the clients, so their long and comfortable retirements...
...Just 30% expect a V shaped recovery in the stock market....
...Conservatives hope leadership will confer maturity on Boris Johnson, as it did on Prince Hal in Henry V. Cynics think the UK’s new premier has more in common with the incorrigible Falstaff....
...Here’s the latest Deutsche Bank FX stress indicator, which is flashing a “pockets of systemic risk” warning as sterling slides below $1.19....
...Further, BAT has confirmed a dividend payout ratio of 65% of adjusted diluted EPS and growth in sterling terms....
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