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...Brent crude, the international benchmark, traded as high as $92 a barrel on Friday after breaking above $90/b last week for the first time since October....
...“On factory floors across the nation, our autoworkers are making cars and trucks that give American drivers a choice — a way to get from point A to point B without having to fuel up at a gas station,” said...
...William Woods, a retail analyst at AllianceBernstein, said that “food inflation remains supportive and the food first strategy is working”, but the performance of the other divisions that include Argos and...
...According to the title of a 1961 William Burroughs novel, what kind of machine is the human body? What was the title of David Bowie’s 1973 album of cover versions?...
...It was essentially a new-sheriff-in-town Western retooled as a pumped-up B-movie — in this case, B for brawn, booze and breasts. It has now been remade in a more sophisticated variant....
...It is too soon to say a) whether the reformed bus system introduced in September will be deemed a success in the long run or b) what a sustainable funding model might look like.)...
...They need a plan B and a plan C,” said Patricia Lenkov, an expert on corporate governance and succession.No company wants to deal with the ramifications of disaster successions such as Microsoft’s in 2013...
...William Wade, a credit analyst at JPMorgan, warned earlier this month that haircuts of 15-25 per cent on the ringfenced debt were now a “plausible” outcome that investors should be wary of....
...His witness William Pitt (then prime minister) became too emotional to sign the register....
...Sunak quickly moved in with a plan B, but will it work? The FT’s William Wallis has been following the case. Hello, William. William WallisHello, Lucy....
...Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday it would keep its 1mn barrels a day reduction in place until the end of the year, while Russian deputy prime minister Alexander Novak said the country’s 300,000 b/d export reduction...
...business . . . has also seen a decline,” said Michael Lu, president of gift box producer Brothersbox, which employs 240 people at a factory in Dongguan and supplies brands including Nestlé and Marks and Spencer...
...UK companies news will be peppered with trading updates, notably supermarket chains Marks and Spencer, J Sainsbury and Tesco, discount retailer B&M and Greggs, purveyor of hot pastry snacks such as the vegan...
...Patterson points to a pewter beaker from the 1690s engraved with wrigglework portraits of William III and Mary II that sold at Christie’s for £14,400....
...Following the recent collapse of the Wilko general store chain, discount retailer B&M will acquire some of its stores out of administration....
...its 1mn-barrels-a-day production cut for July into August, state media said, while Russia’s deputy prime minister Alexander Novak said Moscow would make a “voluntary” supply cut of an additional 500,000 b/...
...Asked if ministers were preparing a Plan B in the event that the government’s scheme to remove asylum seekers to Rwanda was struck down in the courts, Downing Street said: “We consider all options to stop...
...The Varna gold medallist Fumi Kaneko set the bar chasteningly high, partnered by an elegant and attentive William Bracewell....
...Its expanded, slightly posher “Finest” range is also luring shoppers normally loyal to Marks and Spencer or Waitrose....
...Additional reporting by Amanda Chu in New York and Aime Williams in Dubai...
...There had been amazing black designers, a thousand per cent, but there hadn’t been musicians, and specifically the R&B, rap world, being able to come in and not just wear something, not just use something...
...CPI and producer price index (PPI) inflation rate data EU: European Central Bank Economic Bulletin UK: Rics House Price Balance Results: 3i Group H1, ArcelorMittal FY, AstraZeneca Q3, Auto Trader H1, B&...
...British Land has appointed William Rucker as chair designate. He was most recently chair of Lazard in the UK....
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