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...Sabina Biro, a 43-year-old masters student, looks puzzled when asked for her thoughts about the Labour leader: “I don’t know him as much as Boris,” she muses....
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...Walker was promoted after Chris Gallea left to join Goldman Sachs. Robert Niblock, the long-time chief executive at home improvement retailer Lowe’s, is retiring....
...However, the market will be focusing more closely on the group’s plan to buy Home Retail Group and absorb Argos, a low-priced cornucopia for wielders of stubby biros....
...“That’s why there are so many surprises – and I’m sure there are more to come.” ——————————————- Chris Tighe is the FT’s northeast England correspondent...
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