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...They provide a very simple way of creating an online store for merchants with all the bells and whistles that come with it. And so that’s how they started off their business....
...Larry Bryant, visiting a patient at the Royal Berkshire hospital, echoed some of that concern, despite appearing outwardly unruffled....
...As it turned out, that case was just the starting bell on several rounds between the two companies....
...His comment to Der Spiegel that he was “at a distance” to VW chief executive Martin Winterkorn, 67 — his protégé and Germany’s highest paid manager — triggered alarm bells in Wolfsburg, location of the group...
...Khan el-Khalili Alley; +20 2 2590 6775 Chris Bryant Frankfurt Frankfurt winters can be so drab that a colleague felt compelled to affix a large circle of yellow paper to the office window in lieu of the...
...Additional reporting by Chris Bryant in Frankfurt, James Fontanella-Khan in Brussels, James Shotter in Zurich and Michael Stothard in Paris...
...Possible solutions include expanding the existing apprenticeships schemes, and adding “bells and whistles” such as qualifications and certificates to make basic sound more enticing....
...The transformation owes much to the vision of Axel Heitmann, Lanxess chief executive, who rung the stock exchange bell on Monday on behalf of more than 16,000 employees in celebration of Dax membership....
...Citi is committed to providing uninterrupted service to our clients during the storm and seeks to minimise any possible impact,” said Shannon Bell, a Citi spokeswoman....
...Yet thanks largely to improved productivity, the industry has been able to meet increasingly stringent fuel economy and safety standards, as well as customer demands for extra bells and whistles....
...He musters one last blow before the final bell: “Clearly, this differs from most equity-linked investments.” IMA 10pts, UKSPA 9pts....
...Now that does seem to ring a bell… matthew.vincent@ft.com...
...Less than an hour after the opening bell, the S&P500 fell 0.8 per cent to 1,338.41, the Nasdaq Composite shed 0.5 per cent to 2,294.27 and Dow Jones Industrial Average points gave up 0.7 per cent to 12,256.54...
...On Wednesday the mortgage insurer reported a $1.5bn fourth-quarter loss, and after the closing bell Standard & Poor’s cut its credit rating on rival Radian Group one notch to AA-minus....
...After the closing bell Cisco Systems , down 0.8 per cent at $23.08, reported adjusted quarterly earnings of $2.38bn, in line with estimates....
...After the closing bell Amazon said its fourth quarter profit more than doubled to $207m, in line with expectations, but the shares, which closed up 0.4 per cent at $74.21, fell 8.3 per cent after-hours....
...After the closing bell Oracle, the enterprise software firm, reported a bigger-than-expected 35 per cent increase in quarterly net income, helped by a sharp rise in license sales....
...Less than an after the opening bell, the S&P 500 was down 0.4 per cent at 1481.04 The Nasdaq Composite also fell 0.4 per cent to 2659.58 while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.2 per cent at 13451.14...
...I counted the bells: 8pm. Jim Pickard is an FT political correspondent...
...However, after the closing bell Standard & Poors served a reminder that bond insurers’ problems were not completely solved as it placed MBIA on watch for possible downgrade....
...Fourth quarter earnings season began after the closing bell with Alcoa reporting net income of $632m, up from $359m last year, helped by a favourable tax benefit....
...After the closing bell American Express reported similar problems. The card issuer said it would take a $440m charge for the fourth quarter as more customers have missed payments....
...Transport stocks also fared well this week after crude oil prices fell sharply but the sector, an economic bell-wether, was still lower for the month....
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