And why didn’t Ollie Chessum (who was essentially unchallenged in the run in from the intercept) run it in under the posts? Would have been another two points -- and meant France would have needed a try to win
Perhaps. I hope so. Really need to beat Italy
Robbed again 😢
Best try of the tournament! #irevwal
Thank god I decided to start drinking early
To mark 4 years since the full invasion, @ifrsteves.bsky.social talked to the guy who runs Citi in #Ukraine. He has to decide who to protect from the draft.
https://www.ifre.com/people-and-markets/2386962/missiles-mobilisation-and-cold-citi-ukraine-chief-juggles-risks-after-four-years-of-war
If you have any interest in the City or its history, read this - one of @johngapper.bsky.social’s best columns: on the sale of Schroders and the denouement to an era when German-born bankers drove the City’s postwar growth. Gift link here as.ft.com/r/bd49bd14-0...
Alphabet to sell US dollar, Swiss franc and sterling bonds. Including century bond in sterling! Have to tap every source of liquidity to pay for all them data centres. Story to follow
NEW: Electronic revolution hits banks’ credit trading revenues
Banks' corporate bond trading revenues have halved since 2021 to their lowest level in over a decade
E-trading is changing the face of these markets for good - and eroding trading profits
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This could be us, Neil!
Blimey. Nessun Dorma AND Franco Baresi ... There's not a dry eye in this house
Although I do have questions about the groundsman's ability to paint perpendicular lines and I can't help wondering if one of the players is playing a concertina
My view is: lawful throw-in, play on
Referenced in a JP Morgan KYC check of Ghislaine Maxwell
Including, it seems, ‘train Jesus’
Greetings from the first battery-powered train in service in the UK. Where there is a scattering of bemused people who simply want to go from West Ealing to Greenford among the railway geeks
Yeah. So peculiar. And talking of embarrassed ... hard not to wonder what Fratto is feeling
I'm hardly the first to say it, and possibly it's a class thing, but what's with rich people being so keen on getting things for free? I'd be embarrassed if someone offered to buy me an expensive gift -- not, 'oh yes, please, here's the specific one I want'
You, Duncan, if you don't mind me saying so, are a gluten for punishment. In a good way, obvs
Just spotted this bit of #localhistory. Mad Sir Arthur Conan Doyle laid the foundation stone of the Kingston Spiritualist Church
OpenAI faces a $20bn black hole in its accounts this year, as a series of buy now, pay later deals with suppliers start to come due
It makes 2026 a make-or-break moment for the company, raising questions about whether it could buckle under the weight of its commitments
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Top deck, front seat, driver’s side. The only way to travel. 472 to Abbey Wood
NEW: No prop, no problem: bank trading revenues hit record high
Banks generated $271bn of global markets revenues last year, says BCG Expand
That’s $11bn above their previous record haul from 2009 when looking at comparable client-focused, marketmaking revenues
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Jamie Dimon is about to build his new JP Morgan office right nextdoor. You have to imagine he’ll be on a Canals & River Trust tour some point soon
A quick peek inside the West India Dock impounding station. Just one pump currently keeping enough water in the Canary Wharf docks, apparently (and therefore keeping the foundations of the many skyscrapers stable)
NEW: Ardagh controversy exposes CDS flaws
A contentious saga over the treatment of credit default swaps on packaging firm Ardagh has exposed longstanding flaws in these controversial derivatives, legal experts say
Some are now calling for reforms to the $11trn market🧵
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Personally think it is time for @dcfc.co.uk to start posting on #Bluesky Who agrees? #wwrams #dcfc #dcfcfans
It's getting to the point where I chose which #rugby game to watch based on whether Luke Pearce is reffing. So good #clegla
Top deck, front seat, driver’s side. The only way to travel. Number 2 to Marylebone
It's only Lady Mountbatten's underwear made of silk escape maps (at the British Library)
