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...#We Are Rent: Capitalism, Cannibalism and Why We Must Outlaw Free Ridingby Fred Harrison, Land Research Trust £14 As one of the leading contemporary devotees of Henry George, Harrison is, unlike others...
...After a disastrous spring, and a severely curtailed summer, the winter business has been vital, says restaurateur Pierre Weber, 66, owner of Pierre’s on Bridgehampton’s Main Street....
...Spitz TV Arno Frank of Der Spiegel offers a guide to the latest German television duel between Manfred Weber and Frans Timmermans....
...That is the way corporate governance is supposed to work, and it is hard to imagine the late Emilio Botín or Royal Bank of Scotland’s Fred Goodwin being so responsive....
...He brought the concepts back in line with Weber by focusing on the levers available to executives rather than on their personalities....
...At UBS, the former head of the Bundesbank, Axel Weber, is now chairman....
...Fashion watches are targeted at a younger demographic and, therefore, need to maintain that new, buzzworthy factor, says Rene Weber, an analyst at Vontobel....
...But with the latest trading scandal as evidence, some of those earlier supporters have begun questioning his style, drawing comparisons with Sir Fred Goodwin, the disgraced former chief executive of Royal...
...Fred Bergsten: Why the world needs three global currencies Many nations have long regarded the dominant international role of the dollar as bestowing an “exorbitant privilege” on the US, writes the director...
...Many concluded that if the eurozone was to survive it would be on German terms, including the appointment next year of a German (Axel Weber?)...
...Max Weber’s equals sign between “the Protestant ethic” and “the spirit of capitalism” has been fairly comprehensively scrubbed out by later historians....
...Mr Seehra cites recent apologies from Barack Obama, US president, and David Cameron, the leader of Conservative party in the UK, and contrasts those with Sir Fred Goodwin, the former boss of RBS....
...A fifth contender, Fred Thompson, is also showing signs of revival in South Carolina. Mr Giuliani finished sixth in Michigan, behind Ron Paul, the libertarian-minded Texas congressman....
...Now that a storm had arisen, Mr Gonzales was vulnerable, said Vin Weber, a Republican with White House ties, because he “is not the choice of conservative Republicans and he is not trusted by Democrats”....
...The Evergreen Foundation, 16 Soudan Road, London SW11 4HH Weber to the max Axel Weber, the current Bundesbank president, is a name in fewer households than predecessors such as Karl-Otto Pöhl and Helmut...
...Fred's shed Friday's bitter winds and driving rain could not conceal the magnificence of Royal Bank of Scotland's new global headquarters nearing completion on the western outskirts of Edinburgh....
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