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...The roster of chief executives on the UAE guest list included interim BP chief executive Murray Auchincloss, BlackRock’s Larry Fink, commodity trading group Trafigura’s Jeremy Weir and Brookfield Asset Management...
...Anglo American has appointed John Heasley, former CFO of The Weir Group, as finance director following the retirement of his predecessor Stephen Pearce....
...Friday Islamic New Year (Al-Hijra) 1444 begins UK, members of the Communication Workers Union employed by BT and Openreach are set to strike for 24 hours in a row over pay....
...This exposed a struggle for power between Khalid Al Falih, the energy minister, and Public Investment Fund chief Yasir al-Rumayyan. Read the FT's full report on the infighting here....
...Traders, including Mr Glasenberg, Trafigura’s chief executive Jeremy Weir, and Mr Sechin are expected to hold talks with Mr Hawrami in Verona to discuss how much oil KRG will be able to export in the coming...
...Di Lasso, Sheppard, et al Mater Ora Filium: Music for Epiphany Choir of Clare College, Cambridge (Harmonia Mundi) Falling on the twelfth day of Christmas, Ephiphany is an important day of celebration...
...Bernie Sanders electrified Democratic voters this year, energising a grassroots movement that gave Hillary Clinton a scare in the presidenti al primaries....
..., Glythera Tim Johnson Chief Executive, Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity Jan-Uwe Claas Managing Director, Grunenthal UK Alby Pattison Managing Director, Hart Biologicals Dr Hytham Al-Masri...
...The FTSE 100 added 10.96 points to 7,075.26, up 0.2 per cent, as shale pumpmaker Weir rose 5.1 per cent to £18.80....
...… The Martian, by Andy Weir, Del Rey, RRP£7.99 The SF book of the year, Weir’s debut is a tense, unbearably gripping survival story about an astronaut stranded on Mars with only his wits, scientific...
...Sources: Reuters; Fens Monday, February 25 Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem visits Russia Second presidential debate takes place in Kenya Indian space agency launches seven satellites into orbit...
...Scientifically rigorous, remorselessly gripping, Weir’s debut is easily the best SF novel of the year so far....
...Weir Group was down a further 3.1 per cent to £16.47 in the wake of Schlumberger’s caution on Friday that pricing of pressure pumps looked uncertain....
...Shareholders also highlighted growing concerns that Al Jazeera would bid against BSkyB for English Premier League football rights in an auction set to start in the next few months....
...I am also intrigued by the idea of developing a Scottish-linked strand of holdings; I already have Aggreko and Robert Wiseman Diaries in it; I am looking to add Weir and A.G....
...Helen Weir, who is also departing as retail chief, was apparently offered the top insurance role as Lloyds looked to keep her on board....
...Weir Group, the Glasgow-based pumps and values manufacturer, was marked 3 per cent higher at 484p after US rival Flowserve reported record third quarter sales overnight....
...Andrew Macleod, an employee of the British engineering company Weir Group, is said to have “signed several agreements to pay kickbacks on Weir’s behalf”....
...Al Pacino does not so much telephone in his performance in Two for the Money as megaphone it. This is the grandstanding style of Hollywood laziness....
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