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...Absenteeism was “going up” for a variety of reasons, Mr Kers added, including self-isolation and people who “weren't sure about whether they should actually be at work”....
...Mr Innes-Ker said a bigger risk for Apple would be if China pressured Washington by making “life more uncomfortable for US firms in China”....
...As much as she tries, Jill Ker Conway is not doing a good job of clearing her diary....
...Technology developed to cut fuel use by Formula 1 cars could soon debut in buses and trucks after Torotrak, the UK engineering group, took a stake in Flybrid, a pioneer of the Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS...
...Who Kers? Sorry, couldn’t resist. But add this to two other Gucci initiatives, and it seems an image change is in the works, and no one has really noticed....
...He described it as an amalgamation of “ker”, which means “home” in the Brittany dialect of his family forebears, and the English suffix “-ing”, which echoes words of action, such as “doing” and “moving”,...
.... - Small shareholders in Victoria Carpets will this week be asked to rally behind the Chairman, Katherine Innes Ker, and stop a scion of the founding family and his business partner seizing control...
...Ker-ching! The gaming revolution in this former Portuguese colony – the only place in China where gambling is legal – has been well documented....
...The Motherf**ker With The Hat...
...“If it is in the habit of reducing risk after a loss, then we can be confident that risk is well controlled,” Ms Ker wrote....
...Will John Mack, chief executive of Morgan Stanley, rendered brilliantly by Tony Shalhoub, tell Matthew Modine’s John Thain, head of Merrill Lynch, where to stick it when he suggests the assembled bankers...
...But Olivia Ker, lead analyst on the UBS report, wrote that without further disclosure, “valuing the profit stream from Glencore’s proprietary trading will be an act of faith by investors”....
...Ker-splash. Those are some short-term liquidity rates — like European top-tier commercial paper — quite literally jumping off a stress-test cliff last week....
...Releasing the $4.2bn currently set aside would only boost earnings per share by about 1 per cent, analyst Olivia Ker said....
...A fixture in the Chicago business community, Mr Trott was expected to seek funding from some of the Midwest’s richest families, from the Waltons, who founded Wal-Mart, to the Pritz-kers, Galvins and Wrigleys...
...Ker-ching! “Since many door-to-door salespeople are young and may lack maturity, constant oversight of their activities in the field is necessary to ensure consistent quality.” Ker-ching!...
...March West Texas Intermediate rose within a whisker of $60 a barrel before profit-taking set in following last week’s strong gains....
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