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...Arrowsic, ME, US It’s a wine debate that requires time to breathe / From Yves Legrand, Honorary President, Union of Professional Wine Cellars, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France...
...Clayton, Dubilier & Rice named former Legrand SA chairman and chief Gilles Schnepp as a new operating adviser....
...James Fisher surged to the top of the FTSE 250 risers a day after full-year results from the marine engineering services specialist. Canaccord added James Fisher on to its “buy” list....
...As analyst James Bosworth points out, given the role of corruption in Venezuela, a debt default may change the economic incentives of those close to the government who have profited from dabbling in debt...
...Affluence Without Abundance: The Disappearing World of the Bushmen, by James Suzman, Bloomsbury, RRP£20/$29, 320 pages John Ryle is Legrand Professor of Anthropology at Bard College, New York Join our...
...In the late 1970s she was an idealistic young teacher with a masters degree in literature and an enthusiasm for Marcel Proust and James Joyce....
...Chandler, in turn, was friendly with James Bond creator Ian Fleming....
...James Zuccollo, Reform: The rate of recovery is still extremely slow, dragged down by the weakness of the eurozone....
...The shares in Saint-Gobain, Legrand and Bureau Veritas fell sharply last year, reducing the value of Wendel’s stakes in these companies....
...The company is an investor in several leading manufacturers, including Legrand and Saint-Gobain in France....
...James Knightley, ING: Assuming the GDP numbers are right then it can’t go on for much longer....
...Julian LeGrand, LSE: They are much too high in London....
...James Knightley, ING: If Britain leaves and presumably joins EFTA, it will still be subject to the same EU rules....
...Julian LeGrand, LSE: A low chance of economic recovery; and not sure if it’ll be sustained it does occur....
...James Knightley, ING: I doubt he will change his stance significantly....
...James Knightley, ING: We believe the eurozone will not break up with all current members remaining members throughout 2012....
...Julian LeGrand, LSE I am slightly sceptical as to whether the public expenditure cuts will occur – or at least as to whether they will be as draconian as predicted....
...Julian Legrand, LSE I am much more uncertain about the likely course of events this coming year than when asked the same question in previous years....
...Julian Legrand, LSE Last year I was worried about inflation, and that worry was born out by events....
...James Knightley, ING In so far as people are prepared to pay the prices, then yes they are....
...Julian LeGrand, London School of Economics Yes, growth will resume at higher levels....
...As Juliet’s nurse, Julie Legrand is not as broadly comic as usual, in a welcome change....
...Julian LeGrand, London School of Economics In previous recession, poverty and relative inequality fell....
...James Knightley, ING Very difficult to get the balance right....
...Julian LeGrand, London School of Economics It is not an illusion that Britain’s GNP increased by 50 per cent since 1997....
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