RT @FTLifeArts: June 2013: “‘I’ve been practising playing the piano,’ Putin says. Would the guests like to hear him play? Well, who’s brave enough to say no?” 
 
--Barber attends a dinner with Russian president Vladimir Putin ahead of a G8 summit https://t.co/51caDIG08e https://t.co/agUTI4JDok

Rightwing poll ‘watchers’ plan to police US election https://t.co/b8Rryars1J

RT @FTLifeArts: In the course of 15 years as editor of the Financial Times @LionelBarber covered the global financial crisis, the tech boom, Brexit – and much more. The Powerful and the Damned is his private account of that time. Read on for some exclusive extracts https://t.co/51caDIG08e

McDonald’s calls for dismissal of lawsuit from black ex-franchisees https://t.co/4Hdo0JgUAv

Emerging-market currencies diverge on expectations of Biden win https://t.co/SVLaPXOaIA

AstraZeneca and J&J get go-ahead to resume Covid-19 vaccine trials https://t.co/r5JMVnaJ2Y

Covent Garden restaurants make a meal of Sunak’s latest support https://t.co/JKJVh18bjP

UK banks raise rates to stifle home loan boom https://t.co/2pxSS0teM7

Decisiveness held back the pandemic in Africa https://t.co/9HnHECJZXM

Pandemic makes world’s billionaires — and their advisers — richer https://t.co/m84iejLlA1

Lionel Barber’s diaries — encounters with Merkel, Fuld and a piano-playing Putin https://t.co/BtG8Emby4o

Teachers on frontline of France’s fight to defend secularism https://t.co/LbrEndALYC

Vaccine deal allows AstraZeneca to make 20% above costs https://t.co/sHgN76OR7B

Permira-backed debt collector Lowell pays up in £1.6bn junk bond sale https://t.co/zrQwcgU6e5

Google lawsuit: the opening salvo in a battle to restrain Big Tech https://t.co/QgylnJXBHG

Julius Baer to withhold millions in bonuses from two former CEOs https://t.co/hoFoyxufSz

Can corporate Europe catch the US? https://t.co/DB7qgAGc80

Companies and councils respond to plea to help feed hungry children https://t.co/FEdQP04GDp

Emotions cost investors dear, research finds https://t.co/TPKGhTAmDO

Nicola Sturgeon hails Covid progress as she introduces 5-level alert system https://t.co/mREV3Rgd1c