Head of Lex @FT. Ex @BBCNewsnight, @WSJ. https://bsky.app/profile/helentbiz.ft.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/helentbiz.ft.com/post/3lbzj6ff2kc2oOn this day I like to think back to 2010, when I was in New York and KKR announced ~ on Thanksgiving ~ that they were buying Del Monte -- something that I still maintain was incredibly poor form.28 Nov 2024 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:62gaarulifjfna2vthbqofsd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbzj6ff2kc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/helentbiz.ft.com/post/3lbymnfc75s2oCan only assume Pony AI has never encountered rhyming slang.28 Nov 2024 08:13 +0000at://did:plc:62gaarulifjfna2vthbqofsd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbymnfc75s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/helentbiz.ft.com/post/3lbvzyf7mrk2cAnyone got an Ark? Trains only using one track in and out of Blackfriars thanks to flooding.27 Nov 2024 07:33 +0000at://did:plc:62gaarulifjfna2vthbqofsd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbvzyf7mrk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/helentbiz.ft.com/post/3lbpluigtxs2nHas the film thread migrated here @stephenkb.bsky.social ? I’ve made my annual trip to the cinema and need to know if my opinions are correct. (Now with right account tagged)24 Nov 2024 18:05 +0000at://did:plc:62gaarulifjfna2vthbqofsd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbpluigtxs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/helentbiz.ft.com/post/3lbmw6btjsk2rWant to read more about that $6.2mn banana? Thinking about what it means as bitcoin approaches $100k? Lex has you covered. Bitcoin and bananas add a new twist to conspicuous consumption on.ft.com/4eDSgwY https://on.ft.com/4eDSgwY23 Nov 2024 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:62gaarulifjfna2vthbqofsd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbmw6btjsk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/helentbiz.ft.com/post/3lbebdx3sh22rThe handles on this place — and the inability of my brain to let go of the BSkyB branding that the U.K. broadcaster ditched a decade ago — means I spend my whole time on here thinking “oh I didn’t know they worked for Sky”. IS THIS JUST ME? It’s just me, isn’t it?20 Nov 2024 05:57 +0000at://did:plc:62gaarulifjfna2vthbqofsd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbebdx3sh22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/helentbiz.ft.com/post/3lbbvcpwdq22xTrains delayed this morning because of “slippery rails”. 🌧️ Is there any season or weather where rail transit is safe?19 Nov 2024 07:16 +0000at://did:plc:62gaarulifjfna2vthbqofsd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbbvcpwdq22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/helentbiz.ft.com/post/3lbas3774nc2yThe campaign for trigger warnings on tuna mayo and egg n cress starts here… [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Nov 2024 20:46 +0000at://did:plc:62gaarulifjfna2vthbqofsd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbas3774nc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/helentbiz.ft.com/post/3lb5cpgtmjc27Sure, sure but this is the ultimate sandwich read and brooks no rivals. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/nov/24/how-the-sandwich-consumed-britain [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Nov 2024 11:33 +0000at://did:plc:62gaarulifjfna2vthbqofsd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb5cpgtmjc27https://bsky.app/profile/helentbiz.ft.com/post/3lb5btqit5c27In what can only be described as a total outrage, I have virtually stopped drinking, am eating less meat than ever before and now appear to have gout. Keep at the steaks and red wine, people.17 Nov 2024 11:17 +0000at://did:plc:62gaarulifjfna2vthbqofsd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb5btqit5c27https://bsky.app/profile/helentbiz.ft.com/post/3lb3qvvlugs2m“the UK sex party planner backed by the government” [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Nov 2024 20:42 +0000at://did:plc:62gaarulifjfna2vthbqofsd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb3qvvlugs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/helentbiz.ft.com/post/3l5d4txdquz2oSLAY. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Sep 2024 21:23 +0000at://did:plc:62gaarulifjfna2vthbqofsd/app.bsky.feed.post/3l5d4txdquz2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/helentbiz.ft.com/post/3l55qfl4aaw2uJust introduced the children (7 and 5) to Frazzles. Minds were blown.27 Sep 2024 17:57 +0000at://did:plc:62gaarulifjfna2vthbqofsd/app.bsky.feed.post/3l55qfl4aaw2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/helentbiz.ft.com/post/3l4relxkwrb2cIf anyone wants to mix it up, I can confirm that I have never been to a drinks party in Stoke Newington.22 Sep 2024 19:54 +0000at://did:plc:62gaarulifjfna2vthbqofsd/app.bsky.feed.post/3l4relxkwrb2chttps://bsky.app/profile/helentbiz.ft.com/post/3l4nyun6mma2zI need to know more about my nemesis, the rail replacement bus service. How are they used, are they on the rise, and how do we rid the country of this scourge?21 Sep 2024 11:46 +0000at://did:plc:62gaarulifjfna2vthbqofsd/app.bsky.feed.post/3l4nyun6mma2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/helentbiz.ft.com/post/3l4el73k5ub2sWho could have possibly foreseen that Big Tobacco buying an inhaler company was a ragingly terrible idea? Three years on and sold for about a third of the price. https://www.ft.com/content/b4890310-7ad7-42fd-9dea-9a562ed4f6f317 Sep 2024 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:62gaarulifjfna2vthbqofsd/app.bsky.feed.post/3l4el73k5ub2s