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...The Emperor Jahangir: Power and Kingship in Mughal India Lisa Balabanlilar, I.B....
...The bank, the sixth-largest in the UK, took over Virgin Money’s UK operations in October 2018 and is moving its brands — including Clydesdale Bank, Yorkshire Bank and the app-based B — to the Virgin Money...
...Last month M&S was relegated to the mid-cap index and the market value of the 135-year-old company is now less than that of B&M, a discount retailer that was only started in 1978....
...The guitarists threw every pose in the axe hero handbook, none more energetically than Nita Strauss (“the number one female guitarist in the world,” in Cooper’s words)....
...Additional reporting by Archie Zhang in Beijing and Michael Peel in Brussels...
...But Ms Laury’s determination mirrors that of Archie Norman, the Marks and Spencer chairman who was once Kingfisher’s finance director and is now in the midst of his own five-year plan....
...Archie Bethel, chief executive, said he was “delighted” with the deal....
...Wesfarmers bought Homebase in 2016, despite being advised not to by Archie Norman, a prominent figure in British retailing....
...long-suffering retail correspondent and sarcastic news editors, as they brace themselves for yet more seasonal trading updates . . . this time from Marks and Spencer, Tesco, Debenhams, John Lewis Partnership, B&...
...Fishermen, as academic Gregory B Poling of the Center for Strategic and International Studies wrote in a research paper this month, “serve on the front lines of this contest” as they fight for their livelihoods...
...Since turnround specialist Archie Norman was named M&S chairman last year, however, the pace of restructuring has increased....
...Weekend dilettantes preferred market leader B&Q. Archie Norman, who knows a bit about UK retail, told Wesfarmers as much. They ignored him, and the old DIY maxim to “measure twice and cut once”....
...Homebase, however, runs a distant second in the UK to Kingfisher, which owns the B&Q and Screwfix chains and has a market share of almost 40 per cent....
...“Archie has extensive experience as chair and a proven record in turnrounds and retail.”...
...Chains such as Poundland and B&M have thrived by tempting thrifty customers with inexpensive indulgences, while offering ways to save money on their regular shop....
...Second, City veteran Archie Norman will take over from Robert Swannell as the group’s new chairman....
...Or so the hiring of Jill McDonald and new chairman Archie Norman would suggest. This morning, though, M&S let investors see the recent past....
...The group said on Wednesday it had hired Matt Tyson, a former executive at UK rival Kingfisher, to work alongside retail guru Archie Norman as it attempts to turnround Homebase’s fortunes and silence critics...
...It’s been 46 years since US saxophonist, poet and playwright Archie Shepp appeared at Ronnie Scott’s as a firebrand member of the jazz new wave....
..., which owns Homebase’s biggest competitor B&Q....
...Here’s the full founders list: Nita and Mukesh Ambani (Reliance Industries Ltd.) Rahul Bajaj (Bajaj Auto Ltd.) Shyam S. Bhartia and Hari S....
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...London-based Blur Group, which provides an online marketplace where companies can buy design and marketing services, raised $2m in angel financing from a high-profile group of businessmen, including Archie...
...A year later, Hemingway would write in a letter to Archie and Ada MacLeish: “It was a terrible thing having Pauline die that suddenly....
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