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...Some hope a bigger fillip to Britain Inc will come from lower oil prices, but that is a vain hope....
...This is going to be a problem for Lloyd’s insurers, in particular Hiscox and Beazley, as they provide US small commercial multi-peril and liability cover, says Peel Hunt, which continues: California has...
...WPP will also reduce is planned capex from £400m to v£300m....
...Johnny Sandelson: Lords below To Lords for the England v Pakistan test where City Insider happened upon some alarming news: the head of South Australia’s trade and investment office in London, Bill Muirhead...
...Bill Chu has joined Goldman Sachs as a managing director of the China investment banking services team based in Beijing, according to an internal memo....
...It has shut down one of its main engineering sites, making about 40 staff redundant, and put the V-Charge on ice....
...(CPI) Number of the day 73% v 28%The proportion of remaining delegates that Sanders would need to win in order to secure the nomination, compared to what Clinton needs....
...At present, Amazon operates a single bookstore in its home city, Seattle....
...B knows he has paid top dollar but is cock-a-hoop with the convenience of his new house, which provides savings on bills and the like....
...His father was employed by General Motors and his work soon brought them to the company’s home town. Leonard stayed in Detroit for most of his long life....
...But developments closer to home could soon give him a new headache: lawmakers are seeking to tackle the complex shareholding structures through which the founding families of South Korea’s chaebol conglomerates...
...Masterpieces of Chinese Painting: 700-1900, edited by Zhang Hongxing, V&A Publishing, RRP£40/$60 The world’s oldest painting tradition explored in the glorious catalogue to the V&A’s current, once-in-a-lifetime...
...Bill Moggridge’s awakening to the downside of the electronic age came at 4am one day in 1983....
...Even though I know this is not entirely how things are, I welcome television that allows me to indulge my fantasy, and my expectation is that Sorkin’s show will fit the bill....
...In Comcast v. FCC – the “network neutrality” case – the agency was found to be making up the law as it went....
...“Our competitors get into these brand wars like Coke v Pepsi,” says Zimmer at UTA....
...The proposal to set out a timetable for banks to simplify their corporate structures and plan for dissolution will be included in a new financial services bill to be presented in November....
...People usually head back to the shops after downturns to buy all the things they had been putting off when times were tough, helping the economy spring back in a cheerful V-shape....
...Winning Channel 4’s Road To V contest last year gave them the opportunity to open at the 2007 V Festival. That, in turn, led to the first single release last autumn....
...Companies also are starting to feel the squeeze, as wage bills and raw material costs are pushed up....
...“One of my friends, his first child’s name is Shankly [after Bill Shankly, the former Liverpool manager]. And this is an activist!...
...I am left to pay the bill, say farewell to Gianni, and set off for home. …………………… Bravo Gianni 230 East 63 St....
...Now the strife has hit close to home. Danuta Hübner, Poland’s European commissioner, has lost her chief of staff after the pair fell out, insiders say....
...The technology would also allow customers to buy from one PC, such as an office computer, and download the content to another at home....
...Other optional accessories include a universal docking station, remote control and A/V (audio visual) cable that allows you to play back video through most televisions....
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