Hints and tips:
...In an unscheduled trading update, the Bolton-based company increased its forecast for full-year earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation to £30mn-£40mn, from £20mn-£30mn previously....
...With Mr Trump, regime change is back on the table, advocated by reckless extremists such as John Bolton, his national security adviser....
...If he keeps trying to curry favour with the US by teasing China, he could easily drag the whole of Latin America into a dispute that is likely to leave everyone worse off....
...• Legg Mason, the $767bn US asset manager, has hired Regina Curry as chief diversity officer. Ms Curry previously served in a similar role at McCormick & Co, the US food group....
...Given how much emphasis Mr Trump places on personal relations, there will probably be a push by allies to curry favour directly with the president-elect in the coming weeks....
...The Bolton-based retailer floated last year at a valuation of £1.2bn, equivalent to 72 times future earnings....
...Silicon Bolton Up the road from Crewe is AO’s Bolton head office, which has the ambience of a dotcom start-up with a northwest tinge....
...Jim Curry, founder of the sporting agency Halstead & Bolton and my host for the week-long expedition, says anglers are increasingly eager to explore far-flung destinations....
...As well as emptier roads, it means we can stop for dinner at Westmorland services near Tebay, said to have the best motorway food in Britain, where the chicken curry comes with a poppadom and the counter...
...Anthony Bolton may think the world is about to end, but you wouldn’t think so from some of the large companies reporting figures today ahead of expectations....
...However, Manchester sits at the centre of a city region of 3.2m people, which takes in places such as Salford, Wigan, Bury, Bolton and Oldham....
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