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...Website; Directions— Oliver Barnes, FT leisure industries correspondent The Portrait National Portrait Gallery, St Martin’s Place, London WC2H 0HE It’s been a rather staid and institutional restaurant...
...“Significantly, Atlanta’s growth has not made up for the falls during the [post-crisis] slump,” says Yolande Barnes, director of world research at Savills....
...“The US federal mortgage agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were initially proposed as temporary programmes,” said Richard Batley of Lombard Street Research, the economic consultants....
...One couple sent him an email, on the day of Kavanagh’s death, offering to look after the Barneses’ house (“we’d have a garden for Freddie [their dog]”, they said), while he took a holiday....
...(Financial Times) Retailer leaps on Microsoft Nook bid talk: “Barnes & Noble shares surged almost 22 per cent on Thursday after reports that Microsoft was looking to acquire the digital assets of Nook Media...
...So Barnes Common will have to endure me for another season at least....
...In contrast, Sara Lee fell 0.1 per cent to $14.82 after Brenda Barnes, chairman and chief executive, said she would resign because of her health, following a stroke in May....
...Barnes & Noble fell 5.3 per cent to $24.92 after the book vendor cut its full-year forecast and posted lower quarterly earnings....
...Barnes & Noble shares fell 4 per cent to $24.71 as the book vendor cut its full-year forecast and posted lower quarterly earnings....
...Frederick Cannon, a KBW analyst, said: “Recent government actions have increased our expectations for Fannie Mae [and Freddie Mac] to be an active participant in stabilising the mortgage markets.”...
...Meanwhile, rival Barnes & Noble said fourth-quarter profit fell less than analysts estimated, adding that it may consider buying Borders....
...Freddie Mac lost 4.9 per cent to $22.57 while Fannie Mae lost 1.9 per cent to $25.95....
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