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...Chris Kubasik, who has long been groomed for the top job, will take over at the start of January next year, although Mr Stevens will continue as chairman until January 2014 to smooth the transition process...
...Reporting by Chris Bryant, Ed Crooks, Paul J Davies, Alistair Gray, Jeremy Lemer, Louise Lucas, Alice Ross, Alison Smith, Christopher Thompson and Hal Weitzman...
...Additional reporting by Simon Rabinovitch in Beijing, Jeremy Lemer in New York and Michael Stothard in Stockholm...
...Additional reporting by Jeremy Lemer...
...Chris Viehbacher, chief executive of the French drugs group, said: “This is a logical way of sharing risk and value that could unfreeze some deals, particularly at a time when the IPO market is closed and...
...“This is broader than a specific contract dispute,” said Chris Kroeger, senior vice president of Sabre Travel Network....
...Chris Viehbacher, Sanofi’s chief executive, and Henri Termeer, chief executive of Genzyme, whose companies have been locked in a high-profile takeover tussle, were ushered from room to room by advisers to...
...Chris Schott, with JPMorgan, noted that while the changes could cause short-term disruption they might accelerate share repurchase plans and dividend rises, which would go down well with investors....
...Additional reporting by Jeremy Lemer in New York...
...In the UK, Chris Huhne, energy secretary, announced the doubling of environmental inspections of rigs operating in British waters and predicted the disaster would “transform the regulation of deep water...
...“Hedgers have not been aggressively buying into this drop,” says Chris Thorpe, managing partner with oil options dealer Hudson Capital Energy, which serves manufacturers, refiners and other crude consumers...
...“It’s government by pawnbroking,” said Chris Dando, MoD group president of the PCS Union, which represents many MoD staff....
...Chris Dyett, an analyst with Investec, said: “Rakesh is a relatively unknown quantity … [but] the market will be reassured in our view by Douglas’s presence throughout the extended transition period.”...
...Mr Quinn “is highly regarded in the City,” said Chris Dyett of Investec, adding that the move was part of a broader effort to “freshen up” the management....
...Chris Dyett at Investec said that the deal was a “complementary fit with a number of the group’s existing energetics businesses”, and said he would likely increase his financial year 2010 and 2011 earnings...
...Chris Dyett, analyst at Investec, the company’s broker, expects Chemring to report pre-tax profits of £103m on revenue of £500m for the year to October 30, up about 40 per cent on 2008....
...By contrast, other European countries have protected their tank and truck makers, and they are in better health as a result, says Chris Foss, land forces editor at Jane’s....
...Speed is of the essence, says Major Chris Hunter, formerly the MoD’s top IED intelligence analyst and now a counter-IED consultant....
...Reporters: Roula Khalaf, Peter Thal Larsen, James Lamont, Bertrand Benoit, Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, Edward Luce, Francesco Guerrera, Alan Beattie, John Reed, Martin Sandbu, Alan Beattie, Richard Waters, Chris...
...FT Reporters: John Aglionby, Alan Beattie, Bertrand Benoit, Mure Dickie, Guy Dinmore, Geoff Dyer, Charles Clover, Andrew England, Ben Hall, James Lamont, Richard Lapper, Jeremy Lemer, Chris Mason, Christian...
...The Quantitative easing explained interactive graphic, narrated by Chris Giles and produced by Cynthia O’Murchu and Steve Bernard, made the top ten for two days in a row....
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