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...But Kirk argued that equity flows have, at best, only modest impacts on companies and are unlikely to change C-suite behaviour....
...Third,Just Eat has brand loyalty, as the endearing sign-off to this review of an iffy chippy with a five-hour wait time attests: “Why did you put peas in my chips and curry sauce?...
...Dictators’ representatives tirelessly curry favour at Westminster and on Capitol Hill. Oligarchs are fixtures in London’s High Court listings....
...Behind the façade of rigid, rules-based Japan Inc, says Mr Iwatani, were companies that had mastered digital-talent management long before Facebook and Google were around....
...Among the mid-caps, C&W Communications took on 5.4 per cent to 41p after announcing plans to raise $350m with a debt issue to roll over existing borrowings....
...Clyde Lewis, a construction analyst at Citi, said: “There is still going to be a lot of hard graft going forward and there is still a big question mark hanging over the US government spending measures.”...
...Google is attempting to curry favour on Capitol Hill through the usual tactics, such as hiring former Capitol Hill staffers, as well as unconventional methods, such as trying to educate politicians about...
...In one, trips have been offered to government officials to curry favour, as in the Lucent case (see below)....
...Electricals, furniture and clothing are the next most vulnerable areas, which explains why Curry’s, Land of Leather and M&S suffered....
...Ludwig eiter desert boots, Vienna If Italy Inc’s shoe industry is up in arms over shoe dumping from China and Vietnam, imagine how the Austrians feel?...
...DSG International, the parent company of electricals retailer Curry’s, was in demand as traders bet Tuesday’s year-end trading statement would impress....
...Blair is not a great fan of dedicated tax for Brussels in any case but Schüssel’s proposals seem particularly unlikely to curry favour with London....
...If Mr Murdoch was motivated to curry favour with Beijing, it has paid meagre dividends....
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