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...Still, big financial services deals are going to bring scrutiny, and the likes of Senator Elizabeth Warren have already called for regulators to block the merger....
.... ★★★★☆ In London to January 29, then touring, mothergooseshow.co.uk Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol Queen elizabeth hall, Southbank Centre, London The London fog makes way for the Smoky...
...Privately-held groups such as mass-market Sears and luxury chain Barneys New York have been through bankruptcy proceedings in the past year....
...Between 2005 and 2012, Sears spent $6bn on stock buybacks, even though it generated only $1.8bn in operating cash....
...The account is run by Elizabeth Finkelstein, an historical preservationist and founder of Circa Old Houses, a property website dedicated to selling period homes....
...consumers will need convincing Redesign patient care to treat the ills of the health system Defuse the politics and leave doctors and managers to bridge divides in the medical service On Wall Street: Sears...
...Both his chief examples — Elizabeth Warren’s DNA test on her native American antecedents (as little as 1024th) and the Asian-American class action law suit against Harvard University — are Massachusetts...
...: letter from Elizabeth Balsom, London, UK I trust that Norway’s decision in the 1970s not to join the European Community has no bearing on the fact that today Oslo’s citizens are happier than Helsinki’...
...In October, Sears announced it would sell a majority of its stake in its struggling Canadian unit to raise as much as $380m to offset its losses, while other household names such as Best Buy have cut back...
...Arthur Martinez, Abercrombie’s chairman and a former chairman and chief executive of Sears, becomes executive chairman and will take charge until a replacement for Mr Jeffries is found....
...Shares in US department store Sears ended 5.85 per cent lower at $40.70 after the company signalled a potential retreat from Canada, saying it was examining options for its 51 per cent stake in Sears Canada...
...Abercrombie reacted to its critics in January by demoting Mr Jeffries, stripping him of the chairmanship and putting former Sears boss Arthur Martinez in that role....
...This week, a specialist team ascended London’s Houses of Parliament to clean the clock faces of the Elizabeth Tower – home to the famous Big Ben bell....
...WiFi to enable customers to make purchases online from the store if items are out of stock; Macy’s and Urban Outfitters have moved towards store-based completion of online purchases; while Best Buy and Sears...
...It said 2,500 jobs would be cut and five stores would close as the company streamlined its online and bricks-and-mortar businesses, despite significantly outperforming its rivals including JC Penney, Sears...
...At the same time mid-market department stores such as JC Penney and Sears have struggled in a crowded market....
...“Go get him, Elizabeth!”...
...Prominent Ivey alumni include Scott Beattie, head of Elizabeth Arden, the US cosmetics group; Arkadi Kuhlmann, chief executive of ING Direct, the Dutch bank’s US subsidiary; Chris Matthews, chairman of Hay...
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