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        <title><![CDATA[Francine Lacqua - Anchor/Editor At Large]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Vale CFO Sees Strong China Demand Supporting Iron Ore Outlook]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Yue Li]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 14:01:46 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Prysmian CEO Targets €4 Billion M&A as Hyperscaler Deals Near]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Antonio Vanuzzo]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 10:19:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cuerpo Says Spain Wants ECB Board Seat, But It Won’t Be for Him]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel Basteiro]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:18:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cities Need to Boost Green Investment for Safety, EIB Chief Says]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel Basteiro]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 08:23:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Formula 1 CEO Says Rescheduling One Middle East Race Is an Option]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Giles Turner]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:13:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[NBIM CEO Sees Market Gains as AI Offsets Energy Inflation]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Heidi Taksdal Skjeseth]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:06:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[How Emma Grede Got Past a Big Mistake at Good American]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Plus, why the serial entrepreneur thinks working from home is “career suicide”]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Francine Lacqua]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:28:07 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Emma Grede, founding partner of Skims Body Inc., during an interview for the &quot;Leaders with Francine Lacqua&quot; podcast in London, UK, on Tuesday, March. 11, 2026. &quot;You have to safeguard everything that requires a human touch: creativity, innovation, design,&quot; Grede said. Photographer: Jose Sarmento Matos/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Your Next Pair of Good American Jeans Won’t Be Designed by AI]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Francine Lacqua]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[UniCredit CEO to Pause Commerzbank Pursuit If No Control Won]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sonia Sirletti]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 08:24:27 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[IMF Chief Warns Hasty Central-Bank Action Could Suffocate Growth]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jorgelina Do Rosario]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:03:55 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speaks during a curtain raiser speech ahead of the IMF and World Bank Spring meetings at the IMF headquarters in Washington.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Nagel Says ECB April Hike Not Excluded as Iran Situation Opaque]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Francine Lacqua]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:43:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[BOE’s Greene Says Traders Were Right to Trim Rate Hike Bets]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-15/boe-s-greene-says-traders-were-right-to-trim-rate-hike-bets</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Irina Anghel]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:14:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lagarde Welcomes New Hungarian Leader’s Plan to Join Euro]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Francine Lacqua]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:12:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lagarde, Worried About AI, Lauds Anthropic’s Approach on Mythos]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Francine Lacqua]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:07:38 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Shell CEO Sawan Says It’s Unhealthy to Take Emotion Out of Decision-Making]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[“You can take emotions out of decisions, but I don’t think it’s healthy,” the oil executive says.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-04-14/shell-ceo-wael-sawan-keeps-emotion-in-decision-making-process</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Francine Lacqua]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Wael Sawan, chief executive officer of Shell Plc, during an interview for the &quot;Leaders with Francine Lacqua&quot; podcast in London, UK, on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. Sawan discussed the oil major&apos;s controversial strategy around the energy transition, and fostering a culture that shifts from &quot;all-knowing&quot; to &quot;all-learning&quot;. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lagarde Says Early ECB Exit No Option With Clouds on Horizon]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Francine Lacqua]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:41:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lagarde Says Europe’s Economy Has Slipped Below ECB Baseline]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-14/lagarde-says-europe-between-ecb-s-baseline-and-adverse-scenarios</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Francine Lacqua]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:04:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[HSBC CEO Elhedery’s 4-Step Plan for Dismantling a Bureaucracy]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Structure and oversight matter, of course. But at many big banks, the real challenge isn’t risk — it’s navigating (and simplifying) the maze.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-03-31/hsbc-ceo-georges-elhedery-s-plan-for-dismantling-a-bureaucracy</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Francine Lacqua]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:01:06 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Georges Elhedery, chief executive officer of HSBC Holdings Plc, during an interview at the bank&apos;s headquarters in London, UK, on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. Elhedery said not enough executives were fully accountable for the performance of their businesses before he began his radical restructuring of the bank 15 months ago. Photographer: Jose Sarmento Matos/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[ECB’s Makhlouf Says April Hike Possible If Data Signal Need]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Francine Lacqua]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:03:50 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[BofA’s Hartnett Says Consumer Stocks Best Bet as S&P 500 Wavers]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-19/bofa-s-hartnett-says-consumer-stocks-best-bet-as-s-p-500-wavers</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rose Henderson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:11:52 GMT</pubDate>
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