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...‘Clement Crisp Reviews: Six decades of dance’ is available from Troubador Books, £30 Letter in response to this article: Bolshoi offers its own tribute to FT’s ballet critic / From Makhar Vaziev, et al...
...As long as the second V began only after November, Trump might just be re-elected. “From Trump’s point of view, there is no choice,” says Charlie Black, a senior Republican consultant and lobbyist....
...But while they are replacing AT&T — which originally stood for “American Telephone and Telegraph” — with Apple in the world’s most storied benchmark, the Dow Jones Industrial Index, maybe they should consider...
...The case (now called FCC v. Fox Television Stations et al) was appealed to the US Supreme Court, where it was debated on Tuesday....
...If the Post Office’s board gives the go ahead later this week, it would be a bit like going back to its old PTT (Post, Telephone and Telegraph) roots. european.view@ft.com...
...Top talent : Megan Fox, Beyoncé Knowles, Jon Stewart, Claire Danes, Mickey Rourke, Al Pacino, Paul Giamatti, Steve Buscemi, Jon Hamm, January Jones, Diane Kruger. 2010 Oscar nominations : 8, including Christopher...
...What really happened at Northern Rock, Royal Bank of Scotland et al? This gives you a clearer idea....
...The picture is much more subtle and insidious than the WSJ and Andrew Cuomo et al make out....
...The Company intends to ask the Court to dismiss this matter on various grounds. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae (on behalf of) suing in NYC and DC: Bassman v. Syron, et. al (FRE) Agnes v....
...The big cable companies – Time Warner, Cablevision et al – would offer the channel on their “sports tier” to all those who want it....
...The company said weak demand for film used in plasma televisions and monitors affected gross margins. Shares fell 5 per cent to $68.11. Elsewhere, the tempo was much brisker....
...Pfizer and Merck have been the best performers in the Dow Jones Industrial Average in July. AT&T reported an 81 per cent rise in second quarter earnings boosted by its Cingular Wireless unit....
...Arlen Specter, chairman of the Senate judiciary committee and one of the rare Republican critics of the domestic spying programme, said he would call on the executives of the telephone companies to testify...
...At the close, the S&P 500 was up 1.2 per cent, or 15.62 points, at 1,285.71; the Nasdaq Composite was up 1.9 per cent, or 40.98 points, at 2,219.86; and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.8 per cent...
...Telecommunications and energy services companies were in the news, with Ciena, Qwest and NRG Energy all posting strong gains....
...Muayyad Al-Chalabi, analyst at Adventis, a leading US-based telecoms consultancy, says: “The customer base is consolidating in the US, and more important the incumbent operators in Europe and Asia are getting...
...Earnings from a host of leading companies, including six constituents of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, contributed to a strong performance on Wall Street....
...By the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 1 per cent at 11.076.34, while the S&P 500 gained 0.7 per cent to 1,281.58 and the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.6 per cent to 2,262.04....
...Analysts said more consolidation in the telecoms sector could be on the horizon as wireless, cable and conventional phone companies all grapple for ways to counter AT&T’s newfound dominance....
...But with the close of trading last month, the remnants of American Telephone & Telegraph were laid to rest in that shared dustbin of history, and virtually no one shed a tear for her passing....
...The major indices closed at fresh four-and-a-half year highs with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.7 per cent to 10,959.31 and the S&P 500 0.9 per cent higher at 1,285.45....
...THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GUILTY PLEASURES edited by Michael Moran et al John Murray ₤12.99, 352 pages Classic toilet material: its half-page alphabetical entries are eclectic, opinionated tilts at icons and...
...the Palm V handheld computer....
...Second and third tier local telephone companies could also come under pressure, since as part of the Sprint Nextel deal, Sprint plans to spin off its local phone business to shareholders....
...By the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was 0.6 per cent higher at 10,489.94, while the S&P 500 index was 0.9 per cent higher at 1,181.26....
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