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...A friend, Gordon Craig, a retired minister, said of his colleague, without irony: “He’s doing well!”...
...Chalmers added that Lloyds expected house prices to drop around 8 per cent next year....
...Australia’s treasurer Jim Chalmers said the review would consider the performance of the central bank, its board composition and its inflation targeting strategy....
...Ian Gordon, analyst at Investec, said the bank’s results “crushed” analysts’ estimates, triggering “material” upgrades to its full-year profit guidance....
...Here’s the rest of the day’s news — Gordon Five more stories in the news 1....
...Ian Gordon, banking equity analyst at Investec, said that consensus estimates had failed to fully price in the impact of various decisions on NatWest’s balance sheet strength, leading to some disappointment...
...“It’s as big as you get,” said James Chalmers, professor of law at the University of Glasgow....
...says Mr Chalmers. “The special relationship [with the US] has become a lot less special....
...His speech followed an impassioned plea by Gordon Brown, the former prime minister, earlier on Wednesday to reject independence....
...… Gordon Brown was a near contemporary of mine at Edinburgh university....
...You would think the next election was all but lost, writes Diamond, a senior research fellow at Policy Network and a former Downing street adviser to Tony Blair and Gordon Brown....
...Gordon Brown has been under intense pressure for some time over Conservative claims that the UK has not adequately funded the operations by British soldiers in Afghanistan....
...By contrast, Allan and the close-knit coterie around the three architects of New Labour – Blair, Gordon Brown and Peter Mandelson – appeared united more by what they opposed (old-style socialism) than big...
...On Tuesday Lloyds started detailed talks with HBOS, which was being advised by William Chalmers and Simon Robey at Morgan Stanley and by Dresdner Kleinwort....
...The top half of Major General Douglas Stone’s head is covered with black hair, slicked back a la Gordon Gecko, a businessman’s coif that suggests money or power or both....
...The pressure increased with the release last month of a draft report by Gordon Duff, chair of the UK government-established commission to investigate the Northwick Park disaster....
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