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...But there’s also a way, I think, in which sci-fi fantasy, it takes, just as you say, these kind of classic legends, stories, these kind of ur-themes, and it evokes them....
...I’m so upset, like oh my God.” It would be easy to scoff. And many did. “Recent college grad has breakdown over working a job....
...Think of him as an assistant “M”, in Whitehall and in the field, plotting to spirit Belgium’s gold reserves from Nazi-besieged Bordeaux or to seize German cipher machines....
...I’m transfixed by her complete ease in an environment of purest international luxe. Meanwhile, I’m chewing on pied paquets....
...“I’m not a protectionist, I’m a market guy, but this is a very special case,” said Köppel. “The way this takeover has been politically orchestrated is an attack on our rule and law-based order.”...
...I’m usually the oldest co-worker in the room by about 20 years. Then there’s the space, which is so crammed that it’s hard to get any work done....
...Late Tuesday, following a post about US politics, Musk appeared to make a joke about his troubled record trying to buy public companies when he tweeted: “I’m buying Manchester United ur welcome”....
...The bank apologised to Thiam in 2020 following a report in the New York Times that included details of a party to celebrate former chair Urs Rohner’s birthday where Thiam was present and a black performer...
...I’m trying to capture the world’s largest single-span vaulted arch of unreinforced brickwork, now a fragile ancient structure propped up with scaffolding....
...I’m addicted to psychological thrillers, and this one, which begins with the opening of a restored nature trail in a leafy London suburb, had me gripped....
...The 700sq m VIP suite on the 10th floor is a distillation of the city’s glamorous past and present....
...I’m saying Magnus is suspicious.” Ian Nepomniachtchi, a Russian grandmaster, called Niemann’s win “more than impressive”....
...Break-ups with dismal exes (“Loving You”, “Ur Mum”) and the awful vortex of smartphone addiction (“Oh No”) provide further markers of wasted time....
...“I’m not interested in talking about prices, I want to talk about values.”...
...The British Museum has an early example from 2600BC, from Ur, in southern Iraq....
...The one I’m working on now loops back several years to a time when I was living part-time on the Iron Range of northern Minnesota....
...Ben-Ur joins from CAM Capital, while Nigam joins from Appaloosa Management....
...Job moves John Foley is retiring as chief executive of UK savings and investment group M&G, which has struggled to find its feet since its demerger from insurer Prudential in 2019....
...Most of these restaurants I’m happy to have visited once or twice — but I don’t necessarily return to them. I’ve been, I’ve had the experience, but I don’t need to go back....
...I'm Axel Lehmann, chairman of the Credit Suisse Group since January this year....
...The centrepiece of every Christmas, as far as I’m concerned, is the family quiz....
...White & Case has hired Ferdinand Mason as a partner in its global M&A practice. He joins the London office from Jones Day....
...I’m optimistic.”...
...But, Aon chief executive Greg Case hasn’t given up on M&A....
...Urs Grob, former Credit Suisse chief of staff, has joined corporate communications firm Dynamics Group as a partner. Brunswick Group has hired Tamzin Booth as a partner in London....
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