Good afternoon everyone and thank you for participating in Heidrick and Struggles 2021 second quarter conference call. Joining me on today's call is our President and CEO, Krishnan Rajagopalan; and Chief Financial Officer, Mark Harris.
China's space agency is making final preparations to send the Shenzhou-18 crew into low-Earth orbit on Thursday as part of its ambitious space program that aims to put people on the moon by 2030. In a press conference on Wednesday, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) introduced the three astronauts; Commander Ye Guangfu, 43, a veteran astronaut who was part of the Shenzhou-13 mission in 2021; and astronauts Li Cong, 34, and Li Guangsu, 36, who will go to space for the first time. The three-member crew’s spacecraft is set for lift-off at 8:59 p.m. (1259 GMT) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on the edge of the Gobi Desert in the country’s northwest.
Kering's shares slumped on Wednesday, after the French luxury goods company warned it expected a 40% to 45% plunge in first-half operating profit. Kering shares were down 8.5 percent in early session trading, dragging down slightly the shares of its French rivals LVMH and Hermes. Late on Tuesday, Kering warned of the likely drop in first-half operating profit as it also reported that first-quarter sales had declined as wealthy shoppers curbed spending on products from its star label Gucci.
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Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has said he wants the new NATO target for defence spending to increase from the current 2% of gross domestic product to 2.5%. Mr Shapps said it would make a "real difference" if the countries signed up to the military alliance met his proposed target. "I will be arguing that, and I know that the prime minister feels strongly about it, when we go to the NATO 75th anniversary summit which is in Washington DC."
Lord Field of Birkenhead died in a London care home on Tuesday night following a period of illness.
Ronnie O’Sullivan is gunning for a record eighth world title at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre with Luca Brecel entering as defending champion and the likes of Judd Trump, Mark Selby and Mark Allen all in contention
Radio 2 presenter Zoe Ball has confirmed that her mother Julia has passed away.
The rejuvenated FTSE 100 index touched a new record today in a session when the focus turned to UK banking stocks. Lloyds Banking Group kicked off the sector’s reporting season by posting a 28% fall in first quarter profits alongside unchanged full-year guidance. Other companies in the spotlight today included Reckitt Benckiser, Jet2 and the Carex business PZ Cussons.
Swift's new song, "thanK you aIMee," was released on 'The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology'. Swifties were quick to point out that the capitalized letters in the song title spell the word "KIM". The track "is about a 'bronze, spray-tanned' high school bully," according to 'Page Six'. "All that time you were throwin' punches, I was buildin' somethin' / And I can't forgive the way you made me feel... Screamed, 'F--- you, Aimee' to the night sky as the blood was gushin' / But I can't forget the way you made me heal.", Taylor Swift, via "thanK you aIMee".
Pennsylvanians voted in Republican and Democratic primaries on Tuesday with 17 House seats up for election in November.
The US Senate has passed £49bn in military aid for Ukraine which can be delivered ‘within days’
Britain’s biggest bank predicts three rate cuts this year
The rally attempt is gaining steam. Tesla soared as Elon Musk said "affordable" EVs will come in 2025 and touted robotaxis.
A club spokesman said the team will not be making further comment at this stage
Emergency services are responding to reports a person has been struck by a train between Kingston and Teddington. National Rail says the following services are affected: Waterloo to Teddington via Richmond; Waterloo to Strawberry Hill via Kingston, and Waterloo to Shepperton services. The Jubilee line has returned to running a good service.
Taylor Swift's 11th studio album 'The Tortured Poet's Department' is removing the taboo around insecurity, despair and resentment.
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Jane Campion will be heading to Switzerland this summer to receive an honorary award at the 77th edition of the Locarno Film Festival, running from August 7 to 17. The director will be presented with the festival’s Pardo d’Onore Manor Award for outstanding achievement in cinema in a ceremony at its landmark Piazza Grande open-air …
The volatility of the forint has boosted support for introducing the euro among German investors in Hungary to its highest level in 13 years, a survey by the German-Hungarian Chamber of Industry and Commerce showed on Wednesday. Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government has no target date to adopt the euro and his cabinet has ruled out joining the single currency before Hungarian living standards rise closer to average levels of the European Union it joined two decades ago. The National Bank of Hungary, which cut its base rate by 50 basis points to 7.75% on Tuesday, recently warned that Hungary skirted a currency crisis in late-2022, when falls in the forint forced the bank into emergency rate hikes.
Arsenal 5-0 Chelsea: Kai Havertz and Ben White both scored twice as the Gunners go three points clear at the top of the table
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