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...There is some evidence that other large unions are following O’Brien’s lead....
...According to O’Brien, overall value spending on non-food in the UK in the fourth quarter will be down 11.2 per cent, with clothing one of the areas to suffer the most....
...But there are some smart ideas in this adaptation (by David H Bell, Paul T Couch and Curt Wollan)....
...The individuals targeted included Conservative party MPs Iain Duncan Smith, Tom Tugendhat, Nus Ghani, Neil O'Brien and Tim Loughton, all of whom have raised concerns over alleged rights abuses in Xinjiang...
...When demand plunged for new clothes, for instance, many retailers (with notable exceptions, such as H&M and Inditex) acted swiftly to push as much pain as possible downwards....
...Copyright Kajal Nisha Patel; Larrie Tiernan; Christian Sinibaldi; Science and Society Picture Library; Stephen, Michel, Marian and David Sedley; Colin O’Brien; Howard Davies; Peter Marlow/Magnum Follow...
...Marsh, East Sussex, England Crossword 16,377: John Bevan, London; TF & JM Marshall, Scotland; Rae Seelig, London Polymath 1,057: Bridget Symeonides, Cyprus Crossword 16,371: Mr B Miller, Guernsey; Mr H...
...As John Brady at RJ O’Brien says: “This ‘mid-cycle rate adjustment’ was never about the growth data....
...That kind of talk is anathema to Christine O’Brien....
...Cost-conscious small companies are more likely to use informal networks, rather than headhunters, to fill their boards — and the resulting talent pools tend to contain fewer women, says Sue O’Brien, of executive...
...The agency built up a client list in which literary names such as Iris Murdoch, Stephen Spender and Edna O’Brien rubbed shoulders with best-sellers — among them Douglas Adams, Frederick Forsyth, Nigella...
...The four men are Jon D’Arcy, chairman of KPMG in Northern Ireland; Eamonn Donaghy, the senior tax partner Belfast; Paul Hollway, head of the firm’s Irish corporate finance business; and Arthur O’Brien, a...
...“The recent performance has been disappointing and below expectations,” said Mr O’Brien in a statement issued by Woolworths....
...Other readables The Wonkblog's Matt O'Brien explains why Google really changed its name, and the FT's John Gapper persuasively argues that it makes sense to try to beat the conglomerate discount....
...Impressive female-led narratives do exist, of course — at the London Film Festival this week, Carol, Brooklyn, Room and the German feature Victoria were among them, as well as Suffragette....
...He befriended Willis O’Brien, Kong’s special effects director, even though O’Brien’s first response on seeing the boy’s home-made creature models was to recommend anatomy lessons....
...Elsewhere, Chris O’Brien of SiliconBeat drew on the advice he gave former CEO Carol Bartz three years ago: For Yahoo to “Go social” and compete head-on with Facebook....
...H/T Conor Cruise O’Brien and Nomura’s Daragh Quinn)....
...Collected Poems , by Sean O’Brien, Picador, RRP£20 From the surety of his first collection The Indoor Park (1983), O’Brien sustains a 30-year career in verse, with a near-icy hand for precise expression...
...But in terms of reading it was The Third Policeman by Flann O’Brien. It made me realise the importance of structure and style. What is your daily writing routine?...
...Mr O’Brien contrasts the sharply angled rear roofline on the latest Hyundai Sonata mid-sized sedan with the more conservative look of its main rival, Toyota’s Camry....
...Saints and Sinners , by Edna O’Brien, Faber, RRP£7.99 It’s been more than 50 years since O’Brien published her debut novel, The Country Girls....
...Saints and Sinners, by Edna O’Brien, Faber, RRP£12.99, 250 pages More than 50 years after O’Brien’s debut novel, The Country Girls, her latest short story collection proves her powers of observation and...
...Its sophistication scored O’Brien a third Forward prize for best collection this year....
...DANTE’S INFERNO: A Free Verse Translation by Sean O’Brien Picador ₤15, 160 pages O’Brien offers a plain-speaking and highly readable blank verse translation without the hubris which leads other poets to...
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