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...However, it tells us little about how the world we live in is likely to change. 2020 Vision, by Tim Burt, Elliott & Thompson, RRP£20, 256 pages Nicholas Lovell is the author of ‘The Curve’ (Portfolio Penguin...
...Dark Art: The changing face of public relations; By Tim Burt; Elliott & Thompson, £14.99/$23.95 In the first pages of this book, former Financial Times journalist Tim Burt describes the moment in 2004...
...Alistair Burt, a UK foreign minister, complained to the Egyptian ambassador in London on Thursday after a request by Vodafone....
...Two other members of Hollinger’s audit committee, Marie-Josee Kravis and Richard Burt, similarly testified in recent days that they also missed the disclosure of two so-called non-compete payments worth...
...Mr Burt’s appearance is expected to be followed by testimony from two other high-profile members of Hollinger’s audit committee: James Thompson, former Illinois governor, and Marie Josee Kravis, the economist...
...Hollinger’s vaunted board of directors, including Marie- Josée Kravis, the economist and wife of the financier Henry Kravis, and the former Illinois governor James Thompson, then ratified many of the executive...
..., Richard Perle, former White House defence adviser, Richard Burt, the former German ambassador, and ex-secretary of state Henry Kissinger....
...“I regard it as a real coup to have persuaded Michael to join us,” Sir Peter Burt, ITV’s outgoing non-executive chairman, said in a statement on Tuesday....
...Given these sorts of characterisations, it is hard to believe Mr Thompson and his long-time Hollinger associates – Henry Kissinger, Richard Perle, Richard Burt and Marie-Josee Kravis (who resigned in 2003...
...The corporation said it saw “an opportunity to resolve this dispute” after talks at Acas, the arbitration service, and meetings between union officials and Mr Thompson....
...Mr Thompson, who became director-general last year following the resignation of Greg Dyke, wants to push through the cuts as part of an overhaul dubbed "Building Public Value"....
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...The first thing I had to do was win approval to write off investment every year, and warn Mark Thompson [former Channel 4 chief executive] not to expect a penny back," she says....
...The plan is part of a restructuring described by Mark Thompson, BBC director-general, as ?nothing short of a transformation?....
...The four reviews, announced earlier this year by Mark Thompson, the BBC's new director-general, follow the corporation's submission for a further 10-year charter....
...Mark Thompson, BBC director general, has already hinted that he prefers partnerships similar to the Discovery model rather than outright disposals....
...Earlier this week, Mark Thompson, director-general, told the Financial Times that the corporation had already proved an efficient joint venture partner in tie-ups with Flextech, the UK TV producer, and the...
...Mr Smith was promoted to chief operating officer in a shake-up this summer orchestrated by Mark Thompson, the former Channel 4 chief executive who replaced Greg Dyke as director-general following publication...
...former diplomat Richard Burt; and Marie-Josee Kravis who resigned last year....
...Cardinal Value Equity Partners, the investment firm suing the company, believes the report supports its claim of failings by the committee, led by Jim Thompson, former governor of Illinois....
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