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...For wordsmiths Lexicographiles are in for a real treat: novelist Julian Barnes will be discussing the joy of the dictionary with Sarah Ogilvy on the Literature and Life stage; meanwhile, crossword fanatics...
...Neiman Marcus, J Crew, Lord & Taylor, Brooks Brothers and JC Penney all filed for bankruptcy this year....
...But with prices still high even in suburbs like Chessington — where estate agent Barnard Marcus is selling a four-bedroom house with a garden annexe for £730,000 — Troy says he is looking outside London...
...BlackRock has also named Kathryn Barnes as head of digital technology for Australia....
...The challenging outlook for the retail sector has prompted both Neiman Marcus and Claire’s to pull their IPOs this month....
...Oklahoma City Thunder’s Kevin Durant drives to the basket between Golden State Warriors’ Harrison Barnes, left, and Shaun Livingston during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Oakland, Calif....
...Marcus Leaver, who previously worked in the US for Barnes & Noble, was promoted to chief executive in late 2012; he was already the nominated successor to Quarto’s co-founder Laurence Orbach, even before...
...“We started to notice places like Bristol and Bath were punching above their weight in the early 2000s,” says Yolande Barnes, director of world research at Savills....
...“I suggest – it is only a suggestion – a little chapter of Marcus Aurelius or Epictetus. Do not, I beg, shy at their names.”...
...“[After 1993] average prime residential prices increased by 263 per cent before the 2008 peak,” says Barnes....
...In April, Mr Orbach, who owns about 14 per cent of Quarto, signalled his intention to split the role of executive chairman by bringing in Marcus Leaver, a former executive of US publisher Barnes & Noble,...
...David Marcus, the president of PayPal, said its ability to scale these technologies to large retailers, and offer more services to small businesses as they grow, will keep it ahead of Square....
...Leaver as chief executive next year, with extensive book publishing experience formerly as president of New York’s Sterling Publishing, the publishing arm of Barnes & Noble....
...… Riva Recommended for: Regular neighbourhood Address: 169 Church Road, Barnes, London, SW13 9HR, United Kingdom; Open: 6 days for lunch and 7 days for dinner; Reservations: Yes; Credit cards: Accepted...
...A generous patron of Young British Artists, he has bought from Sarah Lucas, the late Angus Fairhurst, Tracey Emin, Gavin Turk, Marcus Harvey....
...“Just when the gods had ceased to be, and the Christ had not yet come, there was a unique moment in history, between Cicero and Marcus Aurelius, when man stood alone.”...
...Marcus Roberts, head of student investment at Savills, says the Russell Group of the top 20 UK universities – which include Oxford, Cambridge, Bristol and Imperial College London – is a good place to start...
...The Solar System by Marcus Chown is an interactive guide commissioned specially as an app with a hardback version due for publication in November....
...Neiman Marcus reported a 4.5 per cent same store sales increase in December, after a 9.7 per cent fall in November....
...The Dallas Art Museum, designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes in 1984, is a vast, incredibly well-stocked complex....
...When Marcus Trescothick, the former England opening batsman, came in to the FT a few months ago to discuss his cricket career, I asked him whether he felt that sledging ever went too far....
...Championship strugglers Wednesday led 2-0 after 23 minutes, courtesy of Mark Beevers and Marcus Tudgay. But goals from Kenny Miller and Giles Barnes salvaged a replay for Derby....
...Last year, Toys R Us and Neiman Marcus were purchased by consortiums of buy-out firms....
...Bernie Marcus, co-founder of Home Depot, and Duane Ackerman, chief executive of BellSouth, were among the hosts of a fund-raiser for Perdue at the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce last nig ht....
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