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...The Soul of the Party in the Age of Extremesby John B Judis and Ruy TeixeiraA rigorous dissection of how and why the once formidable Democratic coalition — forged almost a century ago in the New Deal era...
...I reached out to each of the eight firms with Coinbase, and asked them what their Plan B was, as a back up. Only two responded....
...“I had a dual plan: plan A involved transforming the family home into a guest house and restaurant; and plan B was to sustain a livelihood as a chef, regardless.”...
...He was taken under the wing of Joe Glaser, Louis Armstrong’s longtime manager, and became the agent for many jazz and R&B musicians, including Little Willie John and Sarah Vaughan....
...[‘TEXAS HOLD ’EM PLAYING] Lilah RaptopoulosThe album features country greats from Dolly Parton to Willie Nelson. It features a duet with Miley Cyrus....
...“The Battle of the Spies”, the latest episode of Anita Anand and Willie Dalrymple’s Empire podcast....
...Mainstream stars have helped stoke the trend, with Beyoncé namechecking the site in an April song and others, including rapper Cardi B, signing up....
...World jet fuel and kerosene demand was 7.9m b/d before the pandemic in 2019, according to the International Energy Agency....
...This morning Kingfisher, owner of hardware stores B&Q and Screwfix, showed just how handy we’ve all become since lockdown started....
...IAG’s Willie Walsh and others have followed suit. But when pilots are asked to take 50 per cent pay cuts, their bosses should make sacrifices that are the same or bigger....
...Pets at Home has joined B&M, Aldi and Asda in the rush among retailers to repay business rates relief granted by the UK government during the pandemic....
...Willie Walsh walks away with £883,000, half of it cash, for his final full-year stint in charge of IAG — more than his salary....
...S&P underscored the perilous state of the industry on Monday by downgrading its credit rating on Australia’s second-largest carrier, Virgin Australia, to B- from B+....
...Here are my picks for Biden’s cabinet, to be announced one at a time — tantalisingly — to ensure maximum TV coverage:Vice-president: Oprah WinfreyAttorney-general: Tom HanksAgriculture: Willie NelsonCommerce...
...Willie Walsh, IAG chief executive, has long criticised plans to spend significantly on early construction costs before planning permission is granted or the scheme’s final costs are known....
...You may have seen some mention in the popular press this morning of results from Marks & Spencer, a UK-based apparel and ready-meal vendor that’s smaller by market cap than B&M European Retail....
...Scottish Liberal Democrats leader Willie Rennie accused the SNP of giving up on efforts to stop the UK leaving the EU....
...(FT) The real M.B.Z Mohammed bin Zayed, the leader of the United Arab Emirates, lurks behind the scenes but is arguably one of the most powerful figures in the Arab world....
...(b. 1961), an artist who Ooi showed when she was at Valentine Willie gallery....
...Deutsche Bank’s dismantling resembles Lehman Brothers’ meltdown — following a decade of bull markets, Tom Braithwaite writes....
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...Dropbox Class B shares — which are mainly owned by Drew Houston, co-founder and chief executive; Arash Ferdowski, co-founder and director; and investors Sequoia Capital and Accel Partners — will hold 10...
...Tom Braithwaite laments the inability of Silicon Valley chief executives to keep their eyes on the job....
...The success of US dollar stores, which we ruminated on in December, was echoed in the UK this week with strong numbers from discount retailer B&M....
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