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...Eddie Reader on vocals, Greg Miller on harmonica and BJ Cole on pedal steel guitar....
...“The sad truth is that executive searches are often poorly executed and succession planning beyond the CEO is given little to no thought,” said Shawn Cole, founding partner and president of Cowen Partners...
...JPMorgan after Jamie Dimon Chief among all the succession questions on Wall Street is what will happen when Jamie Dimon relinquishes the top job at JPMorgan....
...Cole and Apra declined to comment. Additional reporting by Jamie Smyth in Sydney *This article has been amended since original publication to correct the position of Margaret Cole at the FSA...
...decriminalization of personal use, with the potential for accommodations/firmer assurances of non-intervention to U.S. operators: STATES Act, SAFE Act, unified guidance from the Justice Department akin to the Cole...
...Jamie Bunce, chief executive of Inspired Villages, which runs 10 retirement complexes in England, suggests web entrepreneurs and designers also need to change their perspective....
...The Melbourne-based supermarket chain Coles said it had received 36,000 applications following a drive launched last week for 5,000 casual employees....
...At the time of the deal, Mr Norman was an adviser to Coles, Wesfarmers’ grocery business, not its Bunnings DIY business. He joined the advisory board of Bunnings UK and Ireland after the acquisition....
...Over the past 18 months, Mr Scott — a former rower who won silver medal in the 1996 Olympics — has moved swiftly to dispose of Homebase and slim down the group by spinning off the supermarket giant Coles...
...Veteran British retailer Archie Norman will step down as deputy chairman of Coles and an adviser to Wesfarmers’ board. He will become an adviser to the new Coles board....
...“The proposed demerger of Coles, and the divestments of Curragh and BUKI during the year, demonstrate a disciplined approach to capital allocation and portfolio management, and will reposition Wesfarmers...
...Wesfarmers said annual revenue at Coles was flat at A$39.3bn as earnings fell 6.8 per cent to A$1.5bn in the year through June....
...It has prompted a shift of strategy at the conglomerate under chief executive Rob Scott, who has shed several assets and is spinning off its supermarket business Coles....
...Mr Scott said it was unlikely Wesfarmers would do anything transformational before it spun off Coles....
...Wesfarmers plans to demerge its Coles supermarket division to create one of Australia’s top 30 listed companies, the company said on Friday....
...Under the demerger proposal, Wesfarmers shareholders will receive shares in Coles proportional to existing Wesfarmers holdings, with Coles separately listed on the Australian exchange....
...He replaced Mr Chaney as managing director in 2005 and is credited with turning round Coles, the ailing grocery business it bought in 2007. The problems at Homebase risk damaging his legacy....
...Wesfarmers owns Target, Bunnings and Coles, the supermarket group....
...For this gig, Stables, alternating between banjo and electric guitar, was accompanied by Rozi Plain on bass and backing vocals, Jamie Whitby-Coles on drums and lead guitarist Neil Smith....
...He says Australia’s two big supermarkets — Coles and Woolworths, which is not part of Woolworths SA — have left a major gap at the premium end of the Australian market....
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...Deutsche Bank analyst Michael Simotas said Wesfarmers’ supermarket business Coles was facing headwinds from a strong recovery by its main rival Woolworths, and retained his sell rating on the stock....
...Jamie Smyth is the FT’s Australia correspondent Photographs by Edith Amituanai; Getty Images...
...“The hurdle for further central bank easing is much lower in Sweden if this trend continues”, says Mr Cole....
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