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...Goodfellow, Surrey Crossword 16,158: John Johnston, New York; Annie Baker, London; Sebastian MacKay, Edinburgh Polymath 1,020: Abizer Nasir, London Crossword 16,152: Roger Clews, London; Vivienne Blackwell...
...According to Baker Hughes, the oil and gas rig count in the US reached a new record low of 339 last week (its lowest level since at least 1940)....
...The dialogue over a hardship fund was welcome, said Eddie Iny, a co-ordinator of the Rise Up Retail campaign that focuses on low-wage workers....
...He joins from Baker McKenzie. Ropes & Gray, a law firm, has hired Carolyn Vardi as a partner. She joins from White & Case....
...It has shut down one of its main engineering sites, making about 40 staff redundant, and put the V-Charge on ice....
...Melanie Baker and Jacob Nell, UK economists, Morgan Stanley We think borrowing will increase....
...David Blanchflower, Bruce V. Rauner professor, Dartmouth College A fall in migration would have very negative effects on the public finances and growth....
...R is for real sport Olympic organisers, working on the principle that “real sport is pure human energy”, have set up what they call a “world-class anti-doping programme” at Vancouver....
...British glass galleries include Zest, Barrett Marsden, Adrian Sassoon, Studio Glass and Cowdy; in the US, there is New York’s Heller, Ohio’s Thomas R....
...Swearing on stage can land you in jail, and the American R&B singer’s generous use of Eddie Murphy’s favourite expletive led to a small audience walkout and threats of police intervention....
...But Loose is smashing: high-tech R&B beats, blaring Latin pop and one of the singles of the year, the mighty “Maneater”....
...Michael V....
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