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UK's May urges women to apply for top job at Bank of England

British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday she would welcome female applicants to succeed Mark Carney as governor of the Bank of England, a post filled by only by men over more than three centuries.

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May 02, 2019

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Britain has begun the search for the next boss of its central bank ahead of Carney’s departure in nine months’ time.

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