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If finance is refusing to sign off on your extravagant plans, compromise and finding a senior ally to argue your case might be the way forward

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We've had a sh*tshow of a morning. Invites have been sent out for our all-company black-tie, sit-down dinner office Christmas party. And we've signed the contract for the venue. Now our finance team is refusing to sign off. Any tips?

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Monzo appoints Mombak’s Tom Oldham as group CFO 

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Monzo appoints Mombak’s Tom Oldham as group CFO

The fintech has also appointed Barclays’ Mark Newbery as its UK CFO

Fordham’s geopolitical advisory firm enlists political heavyweights, Citi FX specialist

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The advisory firm has turned to a former senior civil servant and Conservative MP to bolster its business amid heightened geopolitical tensions

The Japanese company is taking a bigger bet on the potential of artificial intelligence as the technology improves and gains momentum.

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The luxury carmaker is raising around $264 million from investors as it seeks to stabilize its balance-sheet, and has cut its full-year earnings guidance for the second time in nearly three months.

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The food-delivery group said it aims to reduce the administrative burden, complexity and costs associated with its London listing, as it joins a growing list of companies leaving the U.K. bourse.

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Kevin Hassett has been named to lead the National Economic Council, while Jamieson Greer has been selected as the U.S. trade representative.

Internal company documents describe the bank’s weak anti-money-laundering controls and failure to complete due-diligence reviews as staff expressed alarm: “We need to kill this.”

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