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...Even Alf Duch-Pedersen, the chairman re-elected for his last few hours at the group, secured a stonking majority....
...He was re-elected in a landslide victory over Alf Landon in 1936, even though the unemployment rate remained shockingly high (at 14 per cent)....
...By the 1990s, Coats (formerly J&P Coats) had become part of a bloated textiles group incorporating big UK names such as Tootal and Viyella....
...On Wednesday the Tyne Consortium headed by Alf Gooding, the Welsh entrepreneur, withdrew from the Northern Rock auction because a number of its US backers were becoming concerned about the faltering UK housing...
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