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...Director Guillermo del Toro, who believes the “imagination and hope” of tales “kept [him] alive through the roughest times” growing up in Franco’s Spain, gave his heroine Ofelia red ankle-boots in the dark...
...After the record first day trading of Moncler in December – the Franco-Italian skiwear maker’s shares rose 50 per cent – industry insiders say more companies are taking a look at the bourse....
...Finding Fulfilment Using Lessons from Some of the World’s Greatest Businesses, by Clayton M Christensen, James Allworth and Karen Dillon, HarperCollins, RRP£9.99, 250 pages Christensen has turned a legendary...
...Commerzbank rose 2.2 per cent to €6.64 while Franco-Belgian financial Dexia rose 3.9 per cent to €2.90 in a year that has seen both banks shave more than 75 per cent off their value....
...For all its problems, though, Karen Robertson, investment director for UK equities at Standard Life Investments, remains convinced of the investment case for BT....
...Starting with the expulsion of the Jews in the late 15th century, his book describes the mass exodus of Iberian artists, writers and intellectuals right up until General Franco’s rule ended in 1975....
...Karen Franco, director of consumer research at the Conference Board, said she expected that “this cautious attitude will have consumers shopping for bargains this season....
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