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...Spurrier, second son of Pamela and John Spurrier, who worked for the family company Hilton Gravel, was born in Cambridge on October 5 1941....
...Clayton, Dubilier & Rice named former Legrand SA chairman and chief Gilles Schnepp as a new operating adviser....
...We expect the US to continue to be able to dominate provided we are able to reach agreement on Nafta” — Ryan LeGrand, head of the US grains council in Mexico on the country’s diversification from traditional...
...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...
...Many of the agency’s early alumni, including Sir John Hegarty and Sir Martin Sorrell, became industry leaders. It was, she says, an exhilarating introduction to corporate life....
...The Dunaway character uses her skimpy outfit to distract the normally enigmatic McQueen, who clumsily castles while trying to keep his mind on the game, as composer Michel Legrand’s sensual score sends the...
...Enter John Neumeier, choreographer and director of the Hamburg Ballet, who brought her to Germany as a guest performer....
...Professor Julian LeGrand, LSE: I know it sounds old-fashioned, but I’m worried about the impact on the recovery on the balance of payments, given that consumer-driven demand will increase imports and there...
...Julian LeGrand, LSE: I don’t know. Ruth Lea, Arbuthnot Banking Group: It is impossible to say how long rising employment can remain consistent with stagnant output....
...Julian LeGrand, LSE: They are much too high in London....
...Julian LeGrand, LSE: Quite a lot – I think it might be quite difficult to negotiate the appropriate trade arrangements Ruth Lea, Arbuthnot Banking Group: I am a strong supporter of Britain’s leaving the...
...Julian LeGrand, LSE: A low chance of economic recovery; and not sure if it’ll be sustained it does occur....
...Julian LeGrand, LSE: Obviously the fate of plan A will depend on the answer to 1. But he should probably move to plan B: a Keynesian reflation: looser fiscal policy, tighter monetary policy....
...John Calverley, Standard Chartered: Most likely all the members will still be there at end 2012....
...John Hawksworth, PwC In our main scenario it should be more or less on track....
...John Van Reenen, LSE Recent UK growth is not indicative of a strong recovery....
...Julian Legrand, LSE Last year I was worried about inflation, and that worry was born out by events....
...Julian LeGrand, London School of Economics Don’t know what would be a “fair” value. I think they will remain high as long as interest rates remain low....
...Julian LeGrand, London School of Economics Yes, growth will resume at higher levels....
...Julian LeGrand, London School of Economics In previous recession, poverty and relative inequality fell....
...John Van Reenen, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE The British recovery is fragile....
...Julian LeGrand, London School of Economics It is not an illusion that Britain’s GNP increased by 50 per cent since 1997....
...John Muellbauer, Oxford University 1) The main UK risk is a sovereign debt crisis....
...Working with John Kane’s 1988 stage adaptation for the RSC, Kelly’s production draws lovingly on the 1939 film: the costumes, characters and musical numbers are all instantly recognisable....
...Maxine Legrand, a former trading floor inspector who left the bank in 2004, this week complained to Agence France-Presse that SocGen’s risk controls were weak, traders were not punished for breaking rules...
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