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...“Succession is absolutely critical for Disney and one of Iger’s most important tasks will be to find his replacement,” said Disney shareholder Chris Rossbach, managing partner at J Stern & Co, a private...
...HOLD: JD Wetherspoon (JDW) Sales growth rates have outperformed the market for almost a year and a half, writes Christopher Akers....
Bullish Tim Martin buys £6.8mn of shares
...“I’d question the judgment of any brand — any brand — that is still advertising on X,” he added....
...BUY: AG Barr (BAG) Cost pressures hit margins, but revenue and profit progress demonstrate the strong brand equity on offer, writes Christopher Akers....
Chairman buys 2.6mn shares after 40 per cent fall in shares
...consistently pushed himself outside his comfort zone, producing pop hits for Christina Aguilera (“Ain’t No Other Man”), stoner blues anthems (Devin the Dude’s “Doobie Ashtray”) and funked-out neo-soul (D’...
...At least since Christopher Isherwood turned his camera eye on it in the 1930s, it has been treated by outsiders as more an imagined than a real space....
...BUY: Halfords (HFD) The motoring business drove performance, with retail cycling falling against a tough comparative period and supply chain issues, writes Christopher Akers....
...Christopher Pissarides: No....
...“[Wednesday] for them was a success,” said Angelo Carusone, president and chief executive of the liberal-leaning non-profit Media Matters for America....
...Christopher Guest, genius director of comic mockumentaries about dog breeders and amateur dramatics, will feel a pang of envy....
...Brooksbank, Norfolk; Mark Humble, Taunton, England Polymath 1,042: J....
...“They’d never made an actual structure before,” Jeanes says. This is a collection that’s infused not just with beauty but with humour and playfulness....
...Chief executive Christopher Bogart, a lawyer and no relation of Humphrey, has got over his initial uncertainties....
...“I think he’s been prophetic,” says Christopher Lamb, author of the biography The Outsider: Pope Francis and His Battle to Reform the Church....
...Elsewhere, “So Fine” moves into D’Angelo territory made grainier by James Robinson vocals and bluesy Eric Gales guitar; there’s psychedelic fusion and psychedelic rap....
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...He’d scored a platinum album and made a hit movie with Janet Jackson already that year....
...“People want excitement on their table,” explains J.J Martin, creative director of Milanese fashion label La DoubleJ, of her expanding dinnerware collection....
...“The prior administration’s massively overreaching and highly concerning ‘source code repository’ proposal is D-E-A-D,” Mr Quintenz told a conference in New York on Wednesday, spelling out the letters....
...Follow David J Lynch on Twitter: @davidjlynch...
...“The best time for a coup would be in the spring,” Sir Christopher said, according to the December 3 memo....
...He joined the bank in 1997 as a vice-president through Goldman’s acquisition of J Aron, a commodities broker. Analysts found Mr Schwartz a likeable and sure-footed CFO....
...“I can’t give you a yes or no because I’d have to read the ruling,” he says....
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