City Spy: Boris Johnson 100/1 for a Six Nations call up, says Paddy Power

Still game: Boris Johnson showed up his rugby skills, with mixed results, in Japan yesterday

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16 October 2015

Perennial publicity seeker Paddy Power is offering 100/1 for Boris Johnson to be called up to the England Six Nations squad after he flattened a 10-year-old during a game of rugby in Japan.

He couldn’t do any worse than the current lot.

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SPY sees that the (take a deep breath) New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and (take another deep breath) Paris&Co, the economic development and innovation agency of Paris, have announced a new business exchange programme to “provide New York City-based emerging businesses access to opportunities in Paris and to encourage Parisian young companies to locate and create jobs in New York City”.

The NYCEDC should be careful what it wishes for.

As one senior American investment banker based in Paris tells Spy: “Here I get loads of holiday, work less hours and get paid nearly as much. Why would I go back?”

Au revoir, la Grande Pomme.

Moore has less as Bacon’s members feel the pinch

Dry your eyes: it’s been a tough year for the UK arm of Moore Capital Management, the hedge fund set up by US billionaire Louis Bacon.

The accounts for Moore Europe Capital Management show that profits to be shared among the 16 members are down from £36.4 million to £27.8 million last year, with the highest-paid member having to rub along on a mere £11 million rather than the £24.6 million landed in 2013.

Bacon is worth $1.8 billion (£1.16 billion), according to Forbes.

The Republican and Conservative donor launched a $50 million libel action against his neighbour in the Bahamas, Canadian fashion tycoon Peter Nygard. Bacon accused Nygard of allegedly waging a “campaign of harassment and intimidation”.

Nygard has countersued.

Anything but Deeply Dippy

Much crowing in City Spy towers after the Standard business team won last night’s Deloitte-organised pub quiz at posh curry house La Porte Des Indes.

Sterling knowledge of celebrities’ pets, German military code names and the year Right Said Fred’s Deeply Dippy was released (1992) saw off teams including reigning champions The Economist.

The winnings will be split between the RP Fighting Blindness charity and the Evening Standard’s Dispossessed Fund.