Hints and tips:
...Paul Charles, chief executive of travel consultancy the PC Agency, said despite the “bumper” summer for travel operators, he predicted that demand “will not continue at the same pace after the summer”....
...Prince Charles said in an interview in 2018 that he would not be a “meddling” or activist king, saying: “I’m not that stupid”. But a number of ministers were privately critical of the prince....
...Also, driving examiners who are part of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union begin a programme of rolling strikes over pay, pensions and jobs....
...HKEX’s failed tilt at acquiring the London Stock Exchange in 2019 under his predecessor Charles Li now looks like a missed opportunity more than ever....
...ML: Yes, I don’t think I had a computer at that point apart from maybe the PC we inputted all the inventory on. I had a pay-as-you-go mobile phone. I probably had a Game Boy as well....
...Where I’m going: Levison Wood The journey I’m really excited about next summer is a road trip from Alaska to California....
...“MBOs should be removed from the corporate lexicon,” says Charles Elson, a governance expert at the University of Delaware....
...“I think Beautiful Destinations are very good at what they do, but that’s all they are,” says Paul Charles, head of London-based travel PR firm the PC Agency....
...I’m tired of listening to you, talking in rhymes, Twisting round to make me think you’re straight down the line....
...“When I open my WeChat app, I’m flooded with messages. I never get to read all of them”, he says. “WeChat’s future depends on how well it deals with the explosion of information on the app....
...HP Inc, the PCs and printer maker, reports quarterly results today. Lex says HPE should sell off its software division as well....
...Lenovo, the world’s largest PC maker, said revenues grew a fifth last year despite growing competition in smartphones and PCs....
...“I’m not sure how talent is really measured. The players who play more and put the effort in are the ones who make it.”...
...“I think people are shocked when they find out I’m a Republican,” he says....
...“M&A is aggressively expanding Lenovo’s business bandwidth,” Ms Chen wrote to clients....
...I’m sure they’re not thrilled about that,” said one analyst....
...Major Bletchley appeared in her novel N or M? 30. Oliver Cromwell....
...Earnings Citigroup Q2 $1.17 ($1) SThree H1 n/a Trading and sales update H&M Hennes & Mauritz ●Goldman Sachs is expected to post higher profits for the second quarter despite a volatile period in wider...
...“I’m confident we can turn this company around.”...
...“I don’t have a growth brand I’m suggesting [to investors],” he says....
...Even though server and mobile D-Ram chips command a premium to PC D-Ram, “prices for both are falling as well”, says M.S. Hwang, analyst at Credit Suisse. Additional reporting by Song Jung-a in Seoul...
...Who could Charles Dunstone, the Carphone Warehouse chairman, have been referring to with this introduction?...
...So said Charles Dickens, while Jane Austen wrote: “There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.” Who doesn’t know what she means?...
...They won’t be saying, ‘I’m just going to make a cup of tea,’ and not come back. There’s none of those annoying human frailties.”...
...PC: I’m not sure....
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