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...The opposite happened in 2017 when May’s manifesto, overseen by her former joint chief of staff Nick Timothy, included a self-destructing social care reform plan, dubbed “the dementia tax”....
...Business and consumer confidence also expanded with the closely watched S&P PMI survey indicating private sector activity grew at the fastest pace in eight months in January....
...That euphoria has yet to be duplicated, though the IPOs in 2020 saw an average of 50 per cent first-day returns relative to the S&P 500....
...Both Timothy and Harrison are already being talked up in Westminster circles as potential future Conservative leadership candidates....
...S&P rates EDF as BBB compared with AA for French government bonds....
...And Robert is holding Nick Timothy and Julian Smith, although I think he probably does get some kudos for having sold Nadine Dorries early....
...We do get involved in small ‘p’ political strategy and implementation.” Blair’s regular advice is simple. “One of the first things I say to any prime minister or president is ‘do you have a plan?’...
...P&O did not respond to requests for comment....
...Chief executives of companies on the US S&P 500 index are paid far more than their UK counterparts, receiving a median of $14.1mn in 2022, according to an annual study published this month by labour union...
...One friend of Wilson said: “He has always been quite ‘political’ with a small ‘p’ and I encourage that — too few business people feel able to speak out and frankly the system needs more people like him.”...
...[MUSIC PLAYING] Well, we’re joined in the studio now by George Parker, the FT’s political editor. Hi, George. George Parker Hi Lucy....
...A tune released by Charlie Parker in the same year Ghana gained independence went on to become a standard: “Now’s the Time”. To December 12, gallery1957.com...
...Pre-salt oil costs roughly $35/barrel to produce, according to Schreiner Parker at consultancy Rystad Energy, well below current international benchmark prices of about $90....
...“We are well into the adverse effects in many countries, and they are only growing,” Parker added....
...Timothy and his co-writer Karl Williams say Britain might have to leave the ECHR to allow detention and offshoring....
...“I would say they probably represent the best opportunity to ramp up by inventory with a deal with a private,” said Raoul LeBlanc, an analyst at S&P Global....
...Chart of the day The S&P 500 rose 3.1 per cent in July after closing up 0.2 per cent yesterday at 4,588.96....
...“I think we get the balance right,” Reeves insisted, citing Labour’s criticism of the labour practices of the P&O ferry company or the party’s advocacy of a windfall tax on energy firms, subsequently taken...
...Perlman replaces former US Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner, who will become chair....
...“Nvidia is the clear leader, but two-thirds of [the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index’s] components are outperforming the S&P 500 year-to-date and more than a third are up triple the rate of the S&P 500,”...
...The strong performance is broad-based: of the 75 stocks in the S&P 500 industrials sub-index, 45 have returned 20 per cent or more, and only eight have posted negative returns....
...But Disney insiders say his experience at those consumer companies such as P&G has no relevance....
...Nick Timothy, former adviser to Theresa May as prime minister, said: “If any Tory MPs are labouring under the impression that the PM might listen, learn or change, amending the ministerial code so he’s not...
...Separately, the S&P Global manufacturing PMI also slowed to a reading of 52 in August from 51.8 in July. They were the lowest readings for the two gauges since the first half of 2020....
...Turkey, March consumer price index (CPI) and retail price index (RPI) inflation rate data Mark Parker becomes chair of Walt Disney, succeeding Susan Arnold, whose leadership was called into question last...
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