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...criticism last year when it emerged that in the early months of the pandemic it had awarded two contracts — for £80mn and £122mn — to PPE Medpro after Mone lobbied then ministers Michael Gove and Lord Theodore...
...Malaga has also attracted other multinational companies in recent years such as Google, which located a new cyber security centre there last year, and Vodafone, which is opening a new €225mn, 600 person R&...
...Cheung, who has been researching China’s defence-industrial complex and military procurement for many years, said that after extensive R&D over the past three decades, production of a number of systems such...
...The anti-fraud minister Lord Theodore Agnew on Monday resigned in frustration at the lack of oversight and errors that led to large-scale fraud in the government’s bounce back scheme, which lent £47bn to...
...International Q1, RWS Holdings HY, Seagate Q3, Shimano Q1, Spotify Q1, Taylor Wimpey AGM & trading update, Tesla Q1, Texas Instruments Q1, United Parcel Service Q1, Visa Q2, W R Berkley Q1 Wednesday Germany...
...Weiss left for rival Universal in 2011, and Stringer took over from Doug Morris as boss of the group in 2017....
...CMC Markets trading update and revised outlook for 2024, ConocoPhillips Q4, Compass Group Q1 trading update and AGM, Crédit Agricole FY, Honda Q3, Kering FY, L’Oreal FY, Mediobanca HY, Nissan Q3, Philip Morris...
...“If anything, the Russian government will probably adopt an even more hardline approach, with asset seizures likely — notably for companies that brought R&D or high-tech knowhow to Russia.”...
...Philip Morris International, the maker of Marlboro cigarettes, triumphed in tit-for-tat bidding against private equity group Carlyle to buy Vectura, a UK-listed maker of inhaled medicines, including treatments...
...Now, about 1,000 scientists, engineers and technicians at PMI’s vast R&D facility in Neuchâtel, work solely on development of reduced-risk products....
...Ariat leather Heritage R Toe Western boots, £160. Vintage necklace, stylist’s own Lila wears Stella McCartney FSC-certified viscose waistcoat, £790....
...Critics say that planning permissions and R&D funding allocations take too long and that the UKRI, the primary funder of research and innovation, is “ponderous” and “bureaucratic”....
...Lord Theodore Agnew, who in January resigned as minister for efficiency after criticising the government’s record in tackling fraud on its loan schemes, raised fresh concerns on Thursday....
...Robert Ainsley, Glimmerglass’s 2023 programme looks safe but solid — La bohème, Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet, Handel’s Rinaldo and Bernstein’s Candide, plus the premiere of a new opera for young people, Ben Morris...
...“There are three R words right now: It’s Russia, it’s recession and it’s [interest] rates,” said Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser....
...Lord Theodore Agnew, who resigned from his post as anti-fraud minister in January in protest at the scheme’s losses, has spearheaded efforts to encourage banks, officials and the British Business Bank to...
...That is a rather different story from the one that CD&R, Bridgepoint and other buyout firms use the “value bridge” to tell. Peter Morris London N5, UK...
...Lewis R Gordon is an American philosopher whose book Fear of Black Consciousness was published earlier this year....
...Another $11bn is set aside for R&D, with $2bn for projects considered important by the Pentagon....
...Morris Chang, founder of TSMC and godfather to Taiwan’s world-leading chip manufacturing sector, says $52bn is simply “not enough”....
...After hours of interrogation, the Apple engineer will get the company to commit to building a custom part, in massive quantities, effectively taking control of the supplier’s R&D road map....
...“CD&R . . . helped us professionalise things like governance and risk management,” said Arora. “But they always left us alone to get on with the trading”....
...Letter in response to this article: Asda deal highlights need for more scrutiny of PE valuations / From Peter Morris, London N5, UK...
...The title USS was awarded to US Navy ships by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1907. These are titles that have earned honour and respect over the years....
...Letter in response to this article: Why a ‘value bridge’ is an imperfect measure of buyout returns / From Peter Morris, London N5, UK...
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