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...Directing An Enemy of the People in English, he has discovered — with delight — that it is shorter....
...The broadcaster said it expected ITV Studios to increase revenues at least 5 per cent every year on average up to 2026 but that in the shorter term “the global content market has been impacted by lower demand...
...Hoevers cautioned that most countries’ emergency protocols were ill-suited for responding to a geopolitical crisis, because they were originally designed to cope with “shorter-term interruptions” such as...
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...“Given that many people are struggling in the current economic environment, it’s concerning to see such a significant rise in credit card complaints,” said FOS chief executive Abby Thomas....
...The Symphonic Music of Wayne Shorter The Philharmonia Orchestra tackle the oblique lines and shimmering harmonies of saxophonist Wayne Shorter’s late-life orchestral work, some of which he was working on...
...helen.thomas@ft.com Letter in response to this column: HS2 is a solution in search of a problem / From Sarah Flannery, Knutsford, Cheshire, UK...
...Groups including the British Chambers of Commerce have called for reforms so that shorter training programmes of less than a year qualify for funding....
...Flexible working: A year after the UK’s four-day workweek trial, employers are assessing the impact of shorter working hours....
...Citi’s Thomas Singlehurst points to price rises: platforms including Spotify and YouTube lifted costs for listeners in 2023, but the effects should still be felt this year....
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...That timeframe is much shorter than the 326 days it took for BioNTech/Pfizer’s jab to receive UK authorisation in December 2020....
...While interest rate swaps with shorter maturities had ample liquidity, he said, trading activity for swaps with maturities of between 5 and 10 years was thinner, which made it harder for offshore investors...
...Thomas Seitlinger bought the hotel, together with the nearby Chalet Hotel Senger, with bold plans for four-star refurbishments....
...For shorter-term projects, in particular, investment allowances introduced alongside the UK’s windfall tax often aren’t enough to outweigh the damage, according to analysts at Wood Mackenzie....
...The trial organised by 4 Day Week Global found shorter working hours improved employees’ wellbeing, with four in 10 staff saying they felt less stressed and close to three-quarters stating they had reduced...
...Samuel Pepys adopted little lifts for his shorter books so that the spines would all sit at the same height....
...(The poor seem to be shorter than their benefactors, perhaps because they bend in abject thanks.)...
...Elon Musk biography: Walter Isaacson’s much-hyped book is long on reporting detail but shorter on the meaning of the tech entrepreneur’s work, writes Rana Foroohar....
...This year marks the 400th anniversary of the deaths of two of the most eminent composers of that time, William Byrd and Thomas Weelkes....
...Columnist Helen Thomas says the financial problems of water companies are largely to do with private equity rather than private ownership....
...He added that the “front end” — or the bank’s shorter-dated debt prices — remained “meaningfully inverted” relative to the longer end, maintaining a higher dollar price....
...Data released since then has shown that the economy was more resilient than expected in January, with GDP growth of 0.3 per cent pointing to a shorter, shallower downturn than feared....
...“The rest of the board decided a shorter recovery period for energy costs was in the best interest of consumers in the long term by reducing the very real risk of suppliers going bust, which would heap yet...
...Other shorter-term measures include the reopening of Rough, Britain’s largest gas storage site that was effectively closed in 2017....
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