Peter Thal Larsen
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EMEA Editor @Breakingviews . Treating the UK as if it’s part of my own country since 1990. Usual disclaimers apply.
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The coronavirus pandemic proves that my long-held beliefs are all correct. Please see my latest column.
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If I were the Governor of the Bank of England I would simply make sure that inflation was between 1% and 2% at all times
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey tells
@CommonsTreasury
he is "not at all happy" about prospect of 10% inflation this year but rejects charge that he could have done anything different last year to stop it
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Turns out buying furniture online was something people did because they had no alternative
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Peter Thal Larsen Retweeted
Deal announcement Saturday - UAE telecoms group e& buys 9.8% stake in Vodafone for $4.4 billion
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"Bank investigators were suspicious, however, because all of the Shelegs’ personal bank accounts used in the transactions had a balance of zero before the money from Mr. Kopytov arrived, the report said. All returned to zero when the money left."
Scoop: One of the Conservative Party's biggest donors, and its former treasurer, is suspected of secretly funnelling hundreds of thousands of pounds to the party from a Russian bank account –– according to a report filed to the National Crime Agency.
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If you run a financial institution, having to say this out loud is never, ever a good sign
1/ There is some noise about a disclosure we made in our 10Q today about how we hold crypto assets. Tl;dr: Your funds are safe at Coinbase, just as they’ve always been.
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"While people all over Europe face their highest rates of inflation in decades and consumers are turning gloomy across developed economies, an outright collapse of confidence is an acutely British problem." by
@BruceReuters
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Peter Thal Larsen Retweeted
The Pulitzer Prize for feature photography is awarded to Adnan Abidi, Sanna Irshad Mattoo, Amit Dave and the late Danish Siddiqui of Reuters for the coverage of COVID in India
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Eight months ago
@dasha_reuters
explained to readers of
@Breakingviews
why this deal was likely.
Philip Morris International is in talks to buy smokeless-tobacco maker Swedish Match, said people familiar with the matter, in a deal that may be valued at $15 billion or more
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Seeking funding for my PhD thesis, working title: "From Cummings to curry: the role of Durham Police in British politics, 2020-2022"
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This is excellent
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