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...Costello joins from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Law firm CMS has hired Babita Ambekar as a corporate partner in its Singapore office....
...This is definitely a takeover with Nine calling all the shots but it is a good move for both companies, which by merging will gain greater scale and capability to compete against the digital giants,” said Brian...
...In Georgia, where Ms Abrams faces Brian Kemp, women had cast more than 55 per cent of the state’s early ballots by Friday. There are also signs of increased youth turnout....
...Nine is chaired by Peter Costello, former treasurer in a Conservative government, who has described the deal as “an opportunity to build a media company for the digital age”....
...Clocking in at 500 pages, Testimony joins a general trend of scaling up among rock memoirs (Elvis Costello’s Unfaithful Music and Disappearing Ink is 688 pages long)....
...The encores did finally redeem that opening nod to Brian Wilson....
...On the radio, instead of the usual melismatic laments delivered against curlicues of tinny bouzouki music, was an old song by Elvis Costello. I recognised it....
...Additional reporting by Brian Groom...
...brian.groom@ft.com...
...Brian Kemp, for services to international trade. Darren Kenny, Paralympic cyclist. Sascha Kindred, Paralympic swimmer. David Kynaston, for services to electronics....
...“There’s a strong element of kudos around being a Brits nominee, particularly for the mass market,” says Brian Rose, sales director at Universal....
...His anti-Falklands war single “Shipbuilding”, penned for him by Elvis Costello, gave him a rare top 40 hit in 1983....
...Peter Costello, the treasurer, argued in parliament last week that anybody dealing with Mr Burke was ”morally and politically compromised”....
...Brian Johnston, banking analyst with JPMorgan, said the fall in the Macquarie share price looked excessive....
...Eley’s optimism wasn’t shared down under by Peter Costello, the nation’s treasurer....
...Mr Howard has left it to senior ministers to lead the character assault on Mr Rudd, and to focus attacks on three meetings Mr Rudd held in 2005 with Labor’s Brian Burke, a disgraced former state premier...
...In the spirit of Abbott and Costello, GE Life – now owned by Swiss Re – has renamed itself Tomorrow. mudlark@ft.com...
...Brian Redican, senior economist at Macquarie Bank, also expected a 0.5 per cent rate rise by July....
...This month, the Apple Tree staged the Brian Friel adaptation of Uncle Vanya....
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