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...Job moves Kirkland & Ellis has named Allison Wein as a partner in its corporate practice group, based in New York. She joins from Cravath, Swaine & Moore....
...Home Bancshares chief executive Johnny Allison recently told analysts that the Arkansas-based bank was engaging in talks to buy smaller banks, but some negotiations fell apart early....
...Miami Beach realtor Allison Turk, another high-school classmate, describes the Millionaires’ Row style as “leather in the elevators”, with staff who have worked there for decades....
...Allison Schrager’s Adventures With a Risk Economist (Pan Macmillan, April) presents strategies to maximise good outcomes over bad to improve decision-making in all areas of life....
...Lady Hallett, who sat in the case with Mr Justice Foskett and His Honour Judge Morris QC, said lawyers for the three men had refrained from asking for sentences lower than those in the US agreement....
...It’s almost the ultimate form of reality television,” he said That is not how Doug Morris, head of Universal Music Group, put it last month....
...Altria, the parent company of Philip Morris, maker of Marlboro cigarettes, rose 1.4 per cent to $68.75. Reynolds American, which makes Camel cigarettes, rose 0.6 per cent to $83.48....
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