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...In 2016, Estonia’s national bank issued coins with Keres’s name and portrait to commemorate his centenary. Puzzle 2552 Keres v Laszlo Szabo, Budapest 1955. White to move and win....
...The US markets take a break on Monday for Martin Luther King Day, but then we’re back into the thick of earnings season with the tail-end of the big US bank reports and a clutch of results from non-financial...
...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....
...But after a spectacularly good breakfast at the Rise N Shine diner we did admire another Art Deco gem, built as the headquarters of the Niagara Mohawk power company, as well as the world’s only upside-down...
...“This may not be the right time for the government to go to the market to raise money, as there is so much vulnerability in stock markets,” said V Upadhyay, adjunct professor of economics at the Indian Institute...
...The first are Modi’s many supporters, who see him as a leader capable of ushering India into a new period of national greatness....
...The EU tensions with Austria have also come as Vienna negotiates with Russia to purchase 1m doses of its Sputnik V vaccine by April....
...UK considers creating central bank digital currency The UK Treasury and Bank of England announced on Monday a joint task force to evaluate the creation of a central bank digital currency to future-proof...
...The dramatic effect of the lockdown supercharged the use of digital technologies. As a result, the prospects for a V-shaped recovery have brightened....
...CTRL-C CTRL-V the General Data Protection Regulation, there’s going to be a problem with building a tech alliance with the US....
...“With public market values falling so much, a buyer needs to determine whether the valuation represents the new normal or whether there is going to be a V-shaped recovery in terms of earnings or valuation...
...is really a vote of no confidence from the bond market in the idea of a V shaped economic recovery....
...This baseline view of a “V” shaped recovery is based importantly on clear signs that economic activity in China is quickly returning to normal even as Q1 is drawing to a close....
...The group did not declare an interim dividend, as expected, in line with the Bank of England’s requirement that the large UK banks should not make any distributions to shareholders during calendar 2020....
...For S&N it all boils down to 2020 adjusted trading profit of $1,218bn to US$1.241bn versus a consensus of $1.243bn, so hardly a warning at all....
...As our economists have explained, on a sequential quarter-on-quarter annualised basis their US forecast shows -34% in Q2, +19% in Q3 and +12% in Q4, which looks rather V-shaped....
...The plans mean that Mr Draghi’s successor will be stalked by his legacy after he leaves the European Central Bank this autumn....
...Ah well, I have commissioned a new sketch show from Lenny Henry and a summer bank holiday of Proust, which I bequeath to my successor — that can only help....
...But as Europe’s top money maestro prepares to step down in October, there are growing concerns over whether his successor will be able to cope with a long-term slowdown....
...He’s returning to those roots as the lead investor in the group that has been granted an expansion franchise in the National Hockey League....
...Targeting US products such as Harley-Davidson motorcycles relies on what experts say is at best a creative interpretation of WTO law, by rejecting the US’s argument that it is acting in the name of national...
...The choice of a successor will still be subject to the usual EU political horse-trading, but one name comes to the fore in our poll — Erkki Liikanen, the former head of the Finnish central bank....
...With the launch of the offer for all preference shares in Unilever N.V. we are also taking important steps to simplify our capital structure and improve corporate governance....
...An assessment from the wonks at the European Systemic Risk Board has concluded the ‘Esbie’ could be a good way to help banks reduce their exposure to national government debt and push forward a real fiscal...
...With the launch of the offer for all preference shares in Unilever N.V. we are also taking important steps to simplify our capital structure and improve corporate governance.”...
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