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...The construction company is one of the leading businesses contracted to build the mega-projects that have been a hallmark of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s regime....
...They followed the Pinault family of Ch Latour et al, who, in 2013, bought what is now called The Eisele Vineyard from the Araujos, and were so confident of their savoir-faire that they didn’t even impose...
...Some use it as a platform to promote good works — like Al Whitney, who has donated blood in all 50 states, twice. My threshold was having a meal in the state, ideally something local to the area....
...If you owned rate-sensitive, high-risk stocks yesterday you have Unhedged’s permission to sell and take the rest of the year off (Carvana, Zillow, SoFi, et al rose 10 per cent or more)....
...Two hours from Manhattan, Fire Island can feel like a state of exception....
...The World of Work “Workcations” — doing your job from a holiday destination — are gaining in popularity, especially among the young, with some companies offering their staff “work from anywhere” weeks....
...But one of the vice-president’s key interventions came in April, when Republican lawmakers in Tennessee expelled two Democrats from the state house for protesting its pro-gun laws, and she scrambled to Nashville...
...Al Gore, the former Democratic vice-president and climate advocate, said Republican-led anti-ESG bills were part of a “new wave of climate denial”. “The weight of the absurdity is impressive . . ....
...the timeless problem of doing creative work vs. getting paid....
...Instead, “bureaucracy”, laziness, an excessively comfortable welfare state, lack of ambition and lack of appetite for hard work interact to produce a country that is stuck in decline....
...Woman, Life, Freedom by Marjane Satrapi et al (Seven Stories Press) The much-feted author of the graphic novel Persepolis leads a collection of vivid, “visually stunning” accounts of the current unrest gripping...
...Aesthetically and intellectually it fits into a no-nonsense box with St John, Labour and Wait, Ercol, Jasper Morrison et al....
...Eurostar narrowly dodged bankruptcy in 2021 after being bailed out by shareholders including French state railway SNCF, Canadian institutional fund manager Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and Hermes...
...In an analysis of results from the European Working Conditions Surveys for 15 countries, Mariann Rigó of Düsseldorf University et al found “that work stress generally increased from 1995 to 2015, and that...
...Need to know: Global economy Sultan Al Jaber, the president-designate of COP28 and head of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, promised to “supercharge” global climate finance, finalise a $100bn fund to...
...And of course, south of the border, where the tactical voting works or not is really crucial, right?...
...Further reading: The Restructuring Process — Buchheit et al. (2019)Government bonds since Waterloo — Meyer et al. (2021)The aftermath of sovereign debt crises: a narrative approach — Esteves et al. (2021...
...Now see the many state attorneys-general (acolytes, no doubt of Alito et. al.) who want to sanction corporations that adopt ESG....
...In “Dwindling rates of fertility test child strategies across the globe” (FT Series, April 21) Federica Cocco et al cite work by demographers and economists for various regions of the world....
...Barclays’ economist Philippe Gudin de Vallerin et al explain the evolution of public debt as . . . ... the sum of the primary balance as a percentage of GDP and the debt-to-GDP ratio for the previous period...
...The EU is also facing questions about its package of aid for households and businesses, funded by a €140bn windfall tax on energy companies, as member states demand more flexibility on how the plans are...
...al) wouldn’t bring globalisation to a halt....
...In the dying days of Boris Johnson’s government, he even held one of the great offices of state, serving as chancellor of the exchequer for two months....
...It comes iced, nitro (cold brew made with nitrogen gas for an ultra-smooth texture) or hot, with all of the usual suspects represented: macchiato, cappuccino, cortadito et al....
...They look at Facebook’s past five years and its attempts — frequently belated, often ambiguous — to deal with the way that state actors (Russia et al), hoodlums (such as the Proud Boys), politicians (a list...
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