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...Genres from fantasy novels — such as those written by Sarah J Maas and Samantha Shannon — to “cosy crime” that spans authors from Agatha Christie to Richard Osman, have underpinned booming sales....
...Maas and Samantha Shannon growing 79 per cent and 169 per cent in the period, and demand for Harry Potter, 26 years after publication, remaining strong....
...published EU: November unemployment rate Germany: November industrial production figures UK: BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor, plus Barclays Consumer Spending Data US: NFIB Small Business Index Results: Albertsons...
...Newton pointed to the “huge” growth in fantasy novels, with sales of books by Sarah J Maas and Samantha Shannon growing 79 per cent and 169 per cent respectively in the period and demand for Harry Potter...
...Trevor Eliot Bowes is suitably grave as the philosopher tutor Seneca, and Amy J Payne walks away with her scene-stealing opportunity as nurse Arnalta....
...In his 2023 book A History of Fake Things on The Internet, Walter J Scheirer points out that many manipulated photographs are supposed to look manipulated....
...The group, which publishes JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series, said there was increased demand for books by fantasy fiction authors such as Sarah J Maas, prompting it to upgrade its forecasts....
...Crucially, the movie has the feel of being at once of Hollywood and also not: a mea culpa that can sting like a j’accuse....
...It is one of the motivations for US grocery giant Kroger’s planned acquisition of rival Albertsons....
...Initiatives included switching some urgent US print runs to the UK, such as printing works by the best-selling American fantasy novelist Sarah J Maas in Kent....
...Samantha Hutchinson, partner, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft Samantha Hutchinson is a pioneer of fund finance, which enables private markets managers to access liquidity at fund level....
...Last year, Cerberus scaled back the flotation of Albertsons, a US supermarket chain, after lukewarm investor demand. Buxton said the back-to-basics strategies were right....
...J Sainsbury was at one point stocking Spar meat products and Marks and Spencer suspended some products lines after food suppliers encountered delays in shipping goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland...
...That was her interpretation of it,” says Isabel Spearman, a style expert and former special adviser to Samantha Cameron....
...Letter in response to this article: Distorted ideas should be exposed to public scrutiny / From Allen J Scott, Distinguished Research Professor, UCLA, CA, US...
...Margherita Missoni’s basin and Samantha Todhunter’s walk-in shower box in black-and-white zigzag stone are standouts....
...J Ann Selzer, the Des Moines Register/CNN pollster, says 58 per cent think it is “extremely important” to pick someone who can beat Mr Trump, which Ms Heitkamp says is common....
...Broken River, by J Robert Lennon, Serpent’s Tail, RRP£12.99/Graywolf Press, RRP$16, 276 pages...
...— Iran deal at risk due to John Bolton’s extremism Serguei Netessine and Sam Aflaki — Why taxing carbon may not make the world more green Varun Sivaram — The dark side of solar Daniel Raimi and Alan J....
...My inner J-Lo wears a white ruched halter-neck swimsuit by Norma Kamali (£295), a tiny Sophie Anderson Rosario Triangle bikini from Heidi Klein (£240) or a Samantha Sage strapless Maldives bikini (£99)....
...London (FT) Activist Cevian Capital amasses $1bn stake in Ericsson (FT) LSE buys Citi’s indices business for $685m (FT) Offshore driller Ensco to buy Atwood Oceanics in $839 million deal (Reuters) Albertsons...
...Job Moves Samantha Worth has joined Lazard’s capital structure advisory team as a debt banker and director. Worth was most recently at Rothschild....
...Albertsons, a US supermarket chain, has replaced some of its self-checkouts with additional express lanes, which it says are more efficient....
...“Near term, there is good earnings visibility and the story should work,” said Arun Daniel, portfolio manager at J O Hambro Capital Management....
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