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...The result was an exhibition curated by a range of neuroscientists and philosophers — Steven Pinker, Geoffrey Miller, Brian Boyd and Mark Changizi....
...Liverpool; Nik Morrell, London; Ian Dempsey, New Jersey Polymath 1,015: Richard Otley, Wakefield Crossword 16,123: Michael Baylor, France; Scott Forbes, London; Judith Hadley, USA Polymath 1,014: Peter Boyd...
...Catering to those not stupefied already with P-creature derivatives — Alien vs Predator, Predator vs Alien, All About Predator, Mr Predator Goes to Washington (I’m improvising) — film-maker Shane Black,...
...The pneumatic bicycle tyre was an immediate success after it was put on the market by John Boyd Dunlop in 1889, and sent demand for rubber soaring....
...AIG’s share price has wilted since last May, down 14 per cent against a 14 per cent rise for the S&P 500 over the same period....
...“I don’t think the deceleration we are pointing to here has really anything to do with competitive factors in the marketplace,” said Jeffery Boyd, interim chief executive, noting the company was “holding...
...Boyd Gaming, which cut its full-year sales forecast following lacklustre second-quarter results, fell 11.4 per cent to $9.75....
...“If we see the economy bounce back and grow near 3 per cent, the S&P can rise further,” said Steven Boyd, principal at Halyard Asset Management....
...The initiative’s goal is for women to occupy 30 per cent of board seats at S&P 500 companies by 2020, up from 19 per cent today....
...Boyd Gaming shares jumped after US hedge fund Elliott Associates disclosed it had taken a 5 per cent stake in the company....
...Sebastian Faulks’s tribute to P.G....
...In the US, 7 per cent of S&P 500 companies have no women on their boards, according to executive search firm Spencer Johnson....
...After dropping 6 per cent in January, the S&P erased that loss and closed at a record peak of 1,859.45 last week....
...So the novelist William Boyd will auction at Sotheby’s a piece by Nat Tate, the fictional “forgotten” artist he invented 13 years agoand who now enjoys cult-like status....
...BWin, which shut down its US-facing websites in 2006, agreed to provide the online poker platform for MGM and Boyd’s gaming brands....
...Rapper P Diddy bought a Tracey Emin neon for £45,000 at Lehmann Maupin, while Lisson gallery celebrated selling a remarkable 14 works on the opening day alone....
...“We are all watching the Calpers suit,” says Donald Ross, global strategist at Boyd Watterson Asset Management....
...Shares in the company, which have fallen 40 per cent over the year, jumped by 109½p, or 20.3 per cent, to close at 650p....
...Sanders – in spite of a stage accent that suggests his Alfred P. Doolittle grew up anywhere but the western hemisphere – transforms from sooty to silken as well as his daughter....
...Gordon Boyd, finance director, said it was Drax’s choice not to proceed....
...Amid the MGM casino news, other gaming stocks rose on Tuesday, led by Boyd Gaming , up 5.5 per cent to $49.64, Wynn Resorts , up 7.4 per cent to $101.15 and Las Vegas Sands higher by 5.6 per cent at $80.19...
...Clerk By David Leavitt Bloomsbury USA/Bloomsbury $24.95/£16.99, 496 pages A tale of suppressed homosexual love and mathematical genius set in the early 20th century, from the author of The Body of Jonah Boyd...
...Only Evelyn Waugh and P.G. Wodehouse could be considered his rivals for that title....
...Drax Group faded 0.2 per cent to 820½p after three directors including finance director Gordon Boyd sold long-term incentive shares worth £2.88m....
...Boyd Gaming, a US group that operates casinos in Las Vegas, was another name in the frame....
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