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...The public health crisis has made more Americans unwilling or unable to eat out or go on holiday, while demand for clothing has dropped....
...Some hope a bigger fillip to Britain Inc will come from lower oil prices, but that is a vain hope....
...Business groups and think-tanks are making a mistake to cast Uber v London as a totemic fight to preserve capitalism....
...The success of Red Dead Redemption 2 helped Take-Two, also known for Grand Theft Auto, register stronger earnings and sales than expected during the holiday quarter....
...‘Everybody’s been looking for the sign’ “It has been quite a week,” said Lise Buyer, who advises companies on their initial public offerings at Class V Group....
...While it is useful on holidays or at spectacular sights, I have found it hard to find regular reasons to pull my 360-degree camera out of its drawer....
...Once, it was for capturing you looking your best at celebrations: cameras came with weddings, birthdays and holidays....
...The VIX volatility index, known as Wall Street's fear gauge, closed above 15 for the first time this year, as investors expressed apprehension over the headlines in what is a shortened holiday week....
...The end of the year is usually strong for the pay-TV industry thanks to holiday promotions. For the fourth quarter, rival Verizon added 21,000 customers although AT&T lost 27,000 pay-TV subscribers....
...Inc. ($59bn, 19 per cent)Amgen Inc. ($33bn, 13 per cent)Medtronic plc ($29bn, 18 per cent)Abbott Laboratories ($22bn, 19 per cent)General Electric ($104bn, 15 per cent)Eaton Corp. ($15bn, 8 per cent)Cisco...
...Design is critical, and there are multiple solutions to the 3D jigsaw puzzle of business class: yin-yang; staggered herringbone; “stacked-V”. Jamco’s DoveTail seat has a layout like parquet flooring....
...It entered the holiday season without a new gizmo in its product line-up: the latest model was released in January. But GoPro is sweating more heavily....
...For decades Ireland offered a tax holiday on export sales....
...The software sales were driven by an over 94 per cent increase in next-generation titles such as Activision’s Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V....
...Patrick and Tamar haven’t seen a great deal of each other in the past 25 years; one hopes that the playlist that accompanies their future trek is more Africa than D.I.V.O.R.C.E....
...Companies are calling for a temporary tax holiday to encourage them to bring their profits home....
...Warmest best wishes for the holidays and for 2015 to all readers....
...Our operating system read your email, and sent me back to organise your information, choose your route to work and find you a holiday cottage in Cape Cod. What are you? Are you a robot?...
...He describes the experience as a fast-track management course, including the tricky issue of family relations....
...Some were pleased Mr Snowden’s presence, imagined or otherwise, had shaken up the daily routine when business tends to be slower, and a lot of the airport’s own employees are on holiday....
...Take the hair: Sam McKnight moussed it up with Pantene Pro-V Moisture Soufflé (£4.49), dried it off, then repeated the whole process to create more volume, before tying it into a messy pony-tail, pinning...
...The opportunity to take part in an expedition recreating his perilous journey is being offered as the adventure holiday “of a lifetime”....
...Most read stories this week: Samsung v Apple: no more playing niceSamsung: legal threat to chaebols?...
...“Next week, we will see if the gridlock over the fiscal cliff has a negative effect on consumer sentiment, when they go shopping after Thanksgiving holiday,” he added....
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