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...The film also displays an understandably sceptical attitude towards the US, shown as leaving a beleaguered nation to fend for itself....
...Jonathan GuthrieHead of Lex This newsletter was amended after publication to correct Julius Baer’s writeoff figure....
...Jonathan Reynolds, Labour’s shadow business secretary, signalled the remarks could harm the confidence of foreign investors. “Why the Tories are so intent on talking our country down is beyond me....
...One big reason Microsoft was able to fend off last year’s FTC challenge to its $75bn acquisition of video game group Activision was its pledge to continue licensing the top-selling Call of Duty franchise...
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...The raid on profits is a long way from the Corbyn era, when some energy utilities moved holding companies abroad to try to fend off the threat of renationalisation....
...The core problem has been a lack of attention to profit margins at the expense of growth — Wall Street has complained about this for years, but the software company’s growth was always enough to fend off...
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...“The message to Hizbollah [from Israel] is very clear,” Jonathan Conricus, a spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces, said on Wednesday....
...“Performance looks strong,” said Jonathan Pierce, analyst at Numis....
...HSBC raised its dividend to the highest level in four years and said it might make a special payout next year, as it seeks to fend off break-up calls from its largest shareholder Ping An....
...Morgan Stanley CEO contender to depart Morgan Stanley chief operating officer Jonathan Pruzan, a leading contender to become the bank’s next chief executive, has decided to leave at the end of this month...
...Based on this, it offers advice for women who want to fend off requests....
...Salesforce has appointed three new directors to its board in an effort to fend off criticism from activist investors, people familiar with the matter told DD....
...The UK has appointed former EU commissioner Jonathan Hill to conduct a review into factors that may be hindering UK listings....
...TV interviews go badly, whether it’s Charles with Jonathan Dimbleby in 1994 or Andrew with Emily Maitlis in 2019....
...Protagonist Jonathan Morgan has stowed away aboard the ship, determined to prove his worth after both his older brothers were killed in the trenches....
...Higher inflation has already forced several countries to raise interest rates including Brazil, Hungary, Mexico and Russia, but additional tightening may be necessary to fend off capital flight and currency...
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...But analysts said more action was needed to fend off the rising risk of a fiscal crisis in a large number of developing countries....
...Hence the proposals from Lord Jonathan Hill to ease constraints on both....
...As Sir Jonathan Jones, until last September the head of the government's own legal service, puts it: “This government has an ambiguous attitude to the law....
...That may sound like the start of a joke but it is not, especially for philanthropist Bill Gates and author Jonathan Franzen....
...Then there is the PR own-goal of an extraordinary open letter he penned to fend off his critics....
...The use of the hologram technology also reflects how business schools are trying to add a wow factor to fend off the challenge not only from rivals but also from online learning courses that offer cut-price...
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