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...It turned out that the commercial potential of all that ugliness and rancour was strictly limited, and people would rather have gone sailing with Duran Duran....
...Few images feel more redolent of the 1980s – the era of Thatcherism, shoulder pads and Duran Duran – than the sheep jersey worn by Diana, Princess of Wales....
...The experience, according to the then chief executive José Luis Duran, had been a “short, expensive adventure”....
...Ricardo Duran, a spokesman for Calstrs, one of the largest US public pension funds, which is fiercely opposed to dual share-class voting structures, said: “Regulatory intervention is unlikely.”...
...The suspicion, of course, is that Mr Trump and his trade team remember history more fondly, rather like Duran Duran fans hankering for the freewheeling 1980s or a gang of Reagan acolytes hoping to relive...
...BMG now manages a mix of songwriters’ copyright and artists’ performing rights – over 1m songs, including “evergreens” from Duran Duran to Johnny Cash – which are meant to provide the company and its clients...
...People who remember the 1980s might cite Duran Duran’s “Rio” – the first hurrah of the have-yachts – or Michael Jackson’s game-changing “Thriller” as especially memorable....
...Duran – who were earlier declared “style icons of the 20th century” by the mayor....
...At Carrefour, Mr Olofsson’s predecessor, Jose-Luis Duran, was pushed out within 18 months after failing to turn round the group quickly enough....
...after activist shareholders – Groupe Arnault, the family investment vehicle of Bernard Arnault, the luxury tycoon and Colony Capital, the US private equity group – pushed out his predecessor José Luis Duran...
...Bill Nack, who covered just about every sport for 30 years at Sports Illustrated, could only compare it with how Panamanian boxer Roberto Duran quit in the “no mas” re-match against Sugar Ray Leonard in...
...Having pushed out José Luis Duran, whom Mr Olofsson, a senior Nestlé manager, replaced in January 2008, Blue Capital, the activists’ joint venture vehicle, with 14 per cent of the shares, is sitting on paper...
...Mr Olofsson’s predecessor, Jose Luis Duran, left in 2008 after failing to turn the retailer round quickly....
...Holly Duran, a commercial realtor who serves the Chicago trading community, says the city had plenty of former industrial buildings that could accommodate the cabling and cooling systems needed to run a...
...Mr Olofsson’s predecessor, Jose-Luis Duran, also withdrew from markets where the company was weak, such as Mexico and Japan....
...José Luis Duran, Carrefour’s chief executive, was pushed out and replaced by Lars Olofsson, a top Nestlé manager who agreed to leave the calm banks of Lake Geneva for the more turbulent waters of the Seine...
...Nonetheless, Mr Duran is still likely to face a few risks....
...The new investors subsequently forced out Carrefour’s Spanish chief executive, José Luis Duran, impatient to see the retailer improve its margins and live up to their investment expectations....
...Ricardo Duran, a spokesman for Calstrs, said: “We believe the board of directors prior to the acquisition of Merrill Lynch failed in their duty to shareholders.”...
...Mr Duran was excluded from the board, heading an operational team instead....
...Mr Olofsson took over from José Luis Durán, whose ouster last autumn was precipitated by Bernard Arnault, chairman of LVMH, the luxury goods group, and Colony Capital, the US private equity group....
...Presenting sales figures on Thursday night that suggested a turnround at Carrefour, José-Luis Durán, chief executive, said the retail environment was “particularly challenging and volatile”....
...Mr Durán, chief executive since 2005, headed the old management board but was not appointed to the new board, which is divided on his future....
...I have a normal, professional, good relationship with Blue Capital,” Mr Durán says....
...Duran’s discount Like Mr Löscher at Siemens, José Luis Duran was also feted as the man who would revive the company he headed – in Mr Duran’s case Carrefour, the French group that is the world’s second-largest...
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