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Secretive firm that has grown to rival Goldman Sachs is revealed to pay lowliest recruits $250,000 salary

Sitting down for his internship interview at Jane Street Capital in the summer of 2013, the future crypto-billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried was presented with a stack of poker chips and playing cards. But this was no ordinary game.

Jane Street traders, renowned for its financial trading prowess, unveiled an evolving list of quirky rules, peppered with intriguing side-bets, as it started to vet the potential recruit.

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by theguardian.com

New commission may ban English water companies from making a profit

Defra body, created to overhaul system amid public fury, may force firms to be run for public good rather than shareholder returns

New water regulator must create environmental enforcer that is feared | Nils Pratley

Water companies in England could be banned from making a profit under plans for a complete overhaul of the system.

The idea is one of the options being considered by a new commission set up by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) amid public fury over the way firms have prioritised profit over the environment.

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