Hints and tips:
...In a series of spirited lectures, Ronald J Deibert explains how civil society can fight back and reclaim the internet’s original promise....
...The online retailer employs 49 people affected by the new travel measures and has offered US jobs to seven Iranian-born individuals, who may now be placed in non-US locations, said Ayesha Blackwell-Hawkins...
...Brigadier-General Reginald J Kentish, founder in 1925 of the National Playing Fields Association, expounded an “open spaces standard” of five acres per 1,000 people....
...The Black Widow, by Daniel Silva, City on Fire, by Garth Risk Hallberg, and The Girl on the Train, by Paula Hawkins, were by far the best. What will be your soundtrack to summer 2016?...
...johnkay@johnkay.com ——————————————- Letter in response to this column: The folly of diverting boffins / From Mr Paul J Isaac...
...Tom Hawkins has been enjoying the fleshpots, luxuriating in a world of brothels and gambling dens, but he is about to enter the debtors’ prison, Marshalsea, where dark forces reign....
...Mum (Sally Hawkins) has fallen for the deep and shallow charms of a New Age spiritualist (played with a doltish egotism by Paddy Considine)....
...Hermia and Lysander flee into the moonlight, followed by Demetrius (who loves Hermia) and Helena (who loves Demetrius)....
...1000: Ken Rosen, Professor Emeritus, University of California 1030: Stephen King, Group Chief Economist, HSBC Holdings 1040: Nandan Nilekani, Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors, Infosys 1100: Kendall J....
...Although some new areas are being opened up for wine, and a couple of big foreign companies such as E&J Gallo have invested, the total acreage under vine has declined slightly in recent years....
...US food manufacturer H J Heinz has sold its 49 per cent stake in Zimbabwe’s Olivine Industries in a move described by the state-owned media as a “government takeover”....
...In fact this move helped customers by ensuring they did not go short of milk,” Mr Hawkins said....
...“Even if both MBIA and Ambac avoid downgrades, rising mortgage delinquencies are going to cause an order of magnitude rise in derivative losses,” said T.J. Marta, strategist at RBC Capital Markets....
...Mr Hawkins pointed out that Tesco, J Sainsbury, Asda and Wm Morrison were all subject to an Office of Fair Trading code of practice....
...J. Sainsbury, the UK supermarket group, has suspended its membership of the British Retail Consortium in a spat over comments made by the retail monitor?...
...Between Tuesday and Thursday next week, Marks and Spencer, J Sainsbury, Boots, Argos, Matalan and HMV all rush out updates....
...This week 18 of the UK’s biggest retail names, including J Sainsbury, Boots, Argos, Matalan, HMV and Wm Morrison, deliver their Christmas results....
...WH Smith, Matalan and House of Fraser all report on Wednesday followed by J Sainsbury, Boots, HMV and GUS on Thursday....
...Kevin Hawkins, director-general of the British Retail Consortium, says it is going to be yet another tough period....
...Asda has been facing intense competition in the supermarket sector, as rivals such as Tesco and J. Sainsbury have dropped prices to shore up their positions....
International Edition