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...On to the good news: even Margaret Franklin, the new head of the CFA Institute, failed her first round of tests when studying to become a chartered financial analyst....
...Linda Wootten, a Tory councillor, said the 53-year-old MP was “a very competent young man” but said some people found him “a little bit London-centric”....
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...It turns out that her old friend Linda (Janet Moran), an estate agent, is Eddie’s wife. Another old friend Dairne (Rebecca Root), who has undergone a sex change, looks on in horror....
...In business, the imperial and imperious leadership style typified by chief executives such as General Electric’s Jack Welch or Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer has fallen out of favour....
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...Together, Bieber, Lorenzo and Bieber’s stylist Karla Welch whipped up a range of clothes that drew on a hard-rock aesthetic that paid homage to Metallica....
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