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...Barring gaming, “a lot of the consumer segments of the business have not been as bright stars as their enterprise” segments, said Brent Thill, analyst at Jefferies....
...For all the logistics of walking Chesil Beach, one factor above all serves to discourage walkers — for eight miles of its 18-mile length the shingle is surrounded by saltwater, with no means of exit....
...Citigroup has hired the former US Treasury official Brent McIntosh as its new general counsel and corporate secretary, per Reuters....
...Claire Walker, co-executive director of the British Chambers of Commerce, said the moves came as a “hammer blow” to business....
...Brent crude prices gained 1.1 per cent to $68.53 a barrel after dropping as much as 5.6 per cent on Thursday on rising US inventories and persistent trade war risks....
...Brent crude hit a near four-year high of $79 a barrel on Tuesday, which may raise pressure on Opec and Russia to unwind their 18-month-old production deal to reduce supplies....
...Brent crude, the international benchmark, was up 1.2 per cent at $46.44 a barrel, while West Texas Intermediate leapt 1.8 per cent to $44.82....
...Chief executive David Richards stepped down under board pressure in late September before returning within days with shareholder support as chairman Paul Walker walked instead....
...No matter – the drinks group that owns such brands as Bell’s, Johnnie Walker and J&B has reported that sales and profits rose strongly thanks to having such high overseas earnings....
...Druridge Bay, a stretch of North Sea beach beloved of dog walkers and the hardiest of swimmers, is just a few hundred metres from where Banks Group wants a mine to extract 3m tonnes of coal....
...Al Walker, chief executive, said the dividend cut was “the appropriate action to take in the current environment”, adding that the board would review it on a quarterly basis....
...Furnishing group Walker Greenbank reports that its Standfast & Barracks factory in Lancaster was badly flooded over the weekend....
...BRENT IRVINVice-president and general counsel Tencent Brent Irvin joined Tencent in 2010 to build a legal team for the fast-growing Chinese internet company....
...Furnishings company Walker Greenbank says the flooding of its Lancaster factory will knock around 15 per cent off pre-tax profits in the current financial year....
...(FT) It’s a big day for John McFarlane Barclays’ new chairman will stamp his authority on the bank by writing to shareholders to outline his priorities on the day he succeeds Sir David Walker....
...Brent crude fell below $65 a barrel on Wednesday. Keep looking up. Email the Lex team at lex@ft.com...
...Brent was at $87.42....
...The plunge in crude, therefore, is the catalyst that could lead to “disaster” without a drastic simplification of the tax system, says Mr Craven Walker....
...(Bloomberg)(Wall Street Journal) “Sir David Walker is planning a clean sweep of Barclays’ board after he formally becomes chairman of the scandal-tainted bank next week and will also oversee the replacement...
...Barclays announced on Thursday that Sir David Walker, the former BoE official, would replace Marcus Agius as its chairman. The move comes in light of Mr....
...As Brent crude has risen to fresh highs in recent weeks, the most popular trade in the currency markets has been to buy the Norwegian krone....
...In his latter years, he survived a series of bankruptcies and charges that he defrauded the Brent Walker Group of millions. His empire collapsed in the early 1990s with debts of £1.4bn....
...However, Joe Brent of Liberum Capital called the acquisition “expensive”, and highlighted slackening growth in the prices charged to customers....
...The FT reports the SEC said Diageo had paid more than $2.7m to win sales and tax benefits relating to its Johnnie Walker and Windsor scotch whiskies....
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