Peter Thal Larsen
@peter_tl
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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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A kilo of steak per person? Surely not @DanielThomasLDN https://t.co/Ggu4X6mSFm https://t.co/x9RsfbF3J7
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A heartbreaking tribute. RIP. https://t.co/dWUQdAcCKR
The most important and personal story I've ever documented, and the one I most wish I never had to. The first photo I ever took of my daughter, and the last via @reuterspictures https://t.co/AsP20ZkXZL
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I know it seems the entire UK government was on the Greensill payroll. But some ministers just run departments that handed a contract to companies owned by their family.
https://t.co/xshF1hqXBH
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A year ago, JPMorgan set aside $6.8 billion to cover potential bad debts from the pandemic. Today it's releasing $5.2 billion it reckons is no longer needed.
https://t.co/Y4pQ06ww18 https://t.co/vSLMs4EzsF
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Hong Kong's growing influence on the UK property market includes a derelict Royal Navy base in Deptford. Interesting read by @KarenKKwok. https://t.co/LtdLCQxRYu
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I went to work in Canary Wharf today for the first time in over a year. The reduced number of people vastly increases its appeal. https://t.co/XOYChqOhTA
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When first-world bureaucracy meets third-world cronyism
https://t.co/Fv62xi6nBG via @PickardJE https://t.co/T2O8aDGrV7
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So honored to lead the best newsroom in the world! https://t.co/BoaNp7RWkG
Reuters News will name one of its top editors, Alessandra Galloni, as its next editor-in-chief, making her the first woman to lead the news agency in its 170-year history https://t.co/YcVZNbdlt1 https://t.co/Tqh7McXFVi
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Baffling that a 3,000-word article about the Wall Street Journal’s journalism doesn’t mention, even in passing, its groundbreaking coverage of corporate scandals like 1MDB and Theranos.
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“The eternal quest to “rebalance” the UK should always provoke a wince. One is the prefix “re-”. It implies a recent and recoverable parity between cities. The truth is that London’s monstrously superior scale holds across time; only the runners-up change” https://t.co/GHuqd1oG3d
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Scoop!! Scandal-hit @CreditSuisse is in the early stages of a strategic review of its asset management arm and has drawn interest from industry heavyweights and SPACs @Reuters @OCHirt @davidj_french https://t.co/qivOAizQHV
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The real scandal is not that he was being paid handsomely to lobby his former colleagues, but that he still has no idea how to do it.
https://t.co/wBxJGBbOFY https://t.co/vI1AZLzWbT
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Almost every initial take on this, published while a televised press conference to explain the change is still underway, is missing the key words "where available". https://t.co/G0ig24JwBt
Chaotic release of vaccine information this afternoon.
A major public health announcement briefed to selected journalists, who ran with the story before the press conference which was called to announce the change.
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Chaotic release of vaccine information this afternoon.
A major public health announcement briefed to selected journalists, who ran with the story before the press conference which was called to announce the change.
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"Around 70% of the bank’s 1,800 call centre staff based across England, Wales and Scotland had volunteered to never return to the office." https://t.co/DPb5NhNfgs
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Tencent's largest shareholder, Prosus, is selling another 2% chunk. Worth roughly $15.5 billion at the current market price.
https://t.co/YBiTxcch95 https://t.co/7T0pvOeo7U
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