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Financial journalist at Bloomberg News in London.
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“His sentence on conviction sent shockwaves through the financial community.”

Ex-UBS Trader Hayes Asks UK’s Top Court to Overturn Libor Rigging Conviction
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Pic: Tom Hayes before entering the Supreme Court this morning.
March 25, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Interesting data shared by the Competition & Markets Authority.

2024
Of all considered mergers, only 0.2% were blocked or abandoned.

2023
Of all considered mergers, only 0.5% were blocked or abandoned.

Merger outcomes in 2022
Of all considered mergers, only 0.8% were blocked or abandoned.
January 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Was about to run a search on Keir Starmer's letter to regulators on ideas to boost growth a couple of weeks back.
But Google's next word prediction had other ideas:
January 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM