Hints and tips:
...As he drags (pun intended) rural culture into the 21st century, it’s said he is doing for asturiano folk what Rosalía has done for flamenco....
...Airlines complain of a scarcity of aircraft and labour, as well as higher fuel costs, even as they report bumper profits thanks to increased fares....
...In an unsurprising whipsaw, the Chinese government issued a countrywide ban on domestic companies doing any new business with the conglomerate....
...“The political balance is broadly there across its schedule but Farage doing an LBC show is very striking. It is a rock thrown in the pool of speech radio.”...
...It is also better for the countryside, as well as consumers of meat and dairy products....
...In the City of London, views are mixed....
...Gradually, Mackintosh has shifted the balance of his business from the risks of production through more stable theatre ownership to rock-solid licensing....
...So, you can’t afford to stand still, even as big business. So, that’s a wonderful world....
...The business story also struck me as a bit odd. The brand “journey” has happened in reverse....
...Now, we were doing it partly because Northern Rock was there and we were pumping money into Northern Rock. That went to the banking system....
...“The president said: ‘Q, you’re my man and you know the music business, but you don’t know the music business.’...
...First, if you’re a business that wants to outsource jobs, you shouldn’t get a tax deduction for doing it....
...GO: Well, I think as usual, Gordon Brown is rather selective in his view of what the rest of the world is doing. The rest of the world is worried about growing budget deficits. He’s not....
...FT: The credit crunch, as a former Lord Mayor, do you think London’s reputation as a financial centre has been suffering? LL: Do you mean because of the Northern Rock problem?...
...And did they intimate to you they might take it further than the ‘Ken and Eddie’ show [when both chancellor and governor aired in public their views on interest rates]? Oh yes....
...“We should see more companies leveraging up, doing what private equity is doing.”...
...My first stop was Stew Leonard’s, a landmark in Norwalk, Connecticut, known as the world’s largest dairy store....
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