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...Born in 1743, he was a man of the Enlightenment with a capital E, building on the thought of 18th-century European philosophers such as John Locke, Francis Bacon and Isaac Newton....
...“There’s this cartoon by this cartoonist [John] Callahan that I always think of — it’s a little panel of the difference between New York and LA....
...Malcolm Gladwell, the New Yorker journalist and podcaster, detailed how this discriminates against Dillard University, a historically black university in New Orleans....
...She succeeds John Warnken-Brill, who is retiring from the role. Burberry has appointed McKinsey veteran Orna NíChionna as senior independent director of its board....
...The increase reflects in “equal parts net inflows of new client assets and rising market value of assets”, John Dillard, senior vice-president at Fisher, told the Financial Times....
...The beseeching melodies, rippling undercurrents and sturdy riffs of spiritual jazz evolved out of the later work of saxophonist John Coltrane....
...In Monty Python’s Life of Brian, when the People’s Front of Judea learns that Brian has been arrested, John Cleese exclaims: “Right! This calls for immediate discussion!”...
...“Despite these near-term challenges, we remain confident in our ability to drive long-term growth and increase shareholder value,” said chief executive John Idol, pointing to recent successes like the launch...
...John Chambers, the Cisco chief executive, highlighted the “economic and geopolitical challenges” in China, Brazil, Russia, Argentina, Turkey and Thailand for some of the weakness....
...Randall Dillard, chief investment officer of Liongate, a fund of hedge funds, says: “One of the problems of indexing is volatility....
...“We axed the idea after it got so expensive,’’ Mrs Dillard said....
...In Asia, Janchor Partners, the Asian equity long/short fund run by ex-TCI partner John Ho, meanwhile closed up 35 per cent for the year....
...Department store chain JC Penney fell 0.9 per cent to $22.99, rival Dillard’s was down 1.3 per cent at $22.11 and Macy’s dropped 0.5 per cent to $18.38....
...Dillards and Best Buy snapped a three-day winning run, falling 3.2 per cent to $20.40 and 3.2 per cent to $42.53 respectively....
...Under Blake Nordstrom, president, and a great-grandchild of the founder John Nordstrom – who set up the store on money gained in the Klondike gold rush – the retailer has recorded positive same store sales...
...Department store Dillard’s tumbled7.4 per cent to $31.15 after it disappointed investors with flat same-store sales growth in September....
...Department store Dillards sank 6.8 per cent to $30.49 after it disappointed analysts with flat same-store sales in December....
...Dillard’s , the department store, jumped 5.6 per cent to $33.08 after it swung to a $15.7m profit in the second quarter from a loss in the same period last year....
...John O'Donoghue, co-head of block trading at Credit Suisse First Boston, “It's absolutely trendless, with a lot of professional chopping around....
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