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...Some of cinema’s most captivating moments revolve around food, from Audrey Hepburn eating a pastry and sipping coffee out of a cardboard cup outside Tiffany’s, to John Travolta and Uma Thurman chowing down...
...Under the government’s plan, the cost of a skilled worker visa for more than three years would rise from £1,235 to £1,480....
...You just spent 18 months finding John Doe to fill that job gap; you’re not going to rush to fire him in this downturn....
...As the UK woke up on Monday September 26, £1 was worth just $1.035, the closest that the pound and dollar had ever come to parity....
...One of these sketches, a portrait of “John Doe 1”, was soon identified by the owner of the Dreamland Motel in Junction City, Kansas, where the suspect had stayed. His name was Timothy McVeigh....
...From July 14, Australia plans to accept 3,035 international arrivals each week, down from the previous limit of 6,070....
...The shy look from beneath the fringe, the endless finishing-school legs, the enormous doe eyes, morphed from gauche and winning simplicity into flashlight fodder....
...The DoE’s Argonne National Laboratory is working on a machine that is expected to be the first in the US to reach an exaflop, or 1,000 petaflops....
...The Bloodhound’s promoters hope not only to set a new world record but to break through the bone-shaking barrier of 1000 mph....
...A John Doe sent us a letter, and then his suitcase, saying: ‘I have been to over 70 countries with it, and I want to give it back to you. It should be in Cologne.’...
...An estimated 16 Wright homes have been lost through the years, either from neglect or to fire or natural disasters, the group says....
...Markets at 07:59 Asian markets Nikkei 225 down -209.23 (-1.26%) at 16,405 Topix down -13.63 (-1.04%) at 1,301 Hang Seng up +148.61 (+0.64%) at 23,339 US markets S&P 500 down -1.25 (-0.06%) at 2,126 DJIA...
...The notion of the “family-run” company sums up the warm glow that envelops small businesses — even though that description can apply as much to Walmart as John Doe and Sons Ltd....
...But Mr Wandke says good relations between the government, the company and unions helped reduce the number to 167 out of a total full-time workforce of 1,035....
...In truth, waterfront houses sell for roughly £1,000 per sq ft here, which is about what you’ll pay for a smart property in Clapham, south London....
...In his 2015 cruise collection, he introduced vividly patterned shoulder bags (from £1,230), floral sweatshirts (£600), metallic bomber jackets (£1,900) and collegiate-style skirt suits (£2,035) trimmed with...
...Ben McLannahan EARNINGS JPMorgan Chase Q4 $1.30 ($1.19)Intel Q4 $0.63 ($0.74)Citigroup Q4 $1.14 ($0.06)...
...Such dreams of victory are not outlandish, with British bookmaker William Hill having Australia as 8/1 fourth-favourite, behind Sweden on 6/4 but well ahead of the UK’s Electric Velvet on 40/1....
...(FT) In the news HSBC: Shrink and simplify After being hit with tens of billions of dollars of losses from US subprime mortgages, a $1.9bn fine for financing Mexican drug cartels and an admission of facilitating...
...Harriet Agnew EARNINGS Accenture Q2 $1.076 ($1.03) ● In its most recent quarter BlackBerry generated a small profit and stopped burning through cash — the first two stages in a tricky turnround being...
...We need to think these through....
...And aside from the reduction in the corporate tax rate from 35 per cent, one of the highest in the developed world, to 25 per cent, the plan would also shift the US to a territorial system of tax that only...
...The UK intelligence budget has also doubled, from £803m in the 2000-01 fiscal year, to £1.7bn for 2015-16, even as defence spending has been cut....
...The legal documents showed the online pseudonyms and purported contact information for 81 “John Doe” defendants....
...(Financial Times) Japan’s machinery orders fell 13% in January from the previous month, far beyond survey median estimates of -1.4% to -1.7%, and suggesting that improved sentiment about Japan’s economy...
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