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...Of course, I was very happy,” Lee said through a translator in the online hearings. On one night in 2015, Lee swiped his Chinese cards 12 times to withdraw A$11mn....
...“Customers often choose two strong colours rather than more predictable neutrals,” says founder Lee Thornley....
...“The Churches have a unique position of moral leadership to speak out on [climate change] issues,” said James Buchanan from Operation Noah, a Christian charity....
...The future path may be bumpy,” Mr Buchanan said....
...Ithaca said the acquisition of Valiant would add $500m in UK tax allowances to the expanded group – a tax incentive that its chairman Jack Lee said would aid its ambition to establish itself as a profitable...
...Bimbo’s second-quarter sales grew by 43 per cent year on year to $3.2bn, boosted by the acquisition of Sara Lee in the United States, Spain and Portugal....
...Sara Lee’s shares rose 2.7 per cent to close at $15.21 on Tuesday....
...However, if Mr Brown were to seek a private directorship, that might be a “struggle”, said Samuel Johar of Buchanan Harvey, the executive search advisory firm....
...Noteworthy, too, is that NBIM withdrew a fifth resolution to force Sara Lee, the food group, to appoint a separate independent chairman after Sara Lee’s board agreed it would split the roles of chief executive...
...Last week, Mr Lee even called for “a new international organisation to regulate events and come up with responses”, without specifying what shape it might take....
...Michael Buchanan, the chief economist for Asia at Goldman Sachs, noted that mention of large projects – such as $9bn of planned investments in improved mass transit in Bangkok – was “conspicuously missing...
...Robert Buchanan, an analyst at AG Edwards, said slower consumer spending, personnel changes and mis-steps on fashion merchandising could dog Wal-Mart....
...Fountains – capitalised at £22m – held its AGM at Buchanan Communications in Cheapside. Only a dozen shareholders and advisors were present, but the formal meeting took 45 minutes....
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