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...Kingman will rejoin his former colleague and Barclays chair Nigel Higgins on the board....
...Classics are noted — this live set, featuring the expat American’s UK band, ends with “Take Five” and includes Dave Brubeck’s delightful “In Your Own Sweet Way” — but mimicry is avoided and, with Dave O’...
...John Higgins at Capital Economics says the US tech “mega-caps will have some success in consolidating their positions as the world slowly gets back to normal, provided they can avoid an antitrust backlash...
...Two days later, chairman Nigel Higgins acquired 250,000 shares at £1.18 each....
...He says, “The experience of the incoming chairman, Mr Nigel Higgins, appears to be limited” and kindly offers “support and advice”— despite Mr Higgins’ experience being “limited” to 36 years as a banker...
...“On behalf of the board, I wish to express my gratitude to Reuben, Dambisa and Mike for their service and dedication to Barclays,” said Mr McFarlane....
...Though Mr Higgins himself often takes the Tube, he hasn’t eschewed the car pool altogether....
...His appointment follows the departure of CFO Peter O’Higgins, a former investment banker, who said when he stepped down earlier this year that the company needed a finance chief with more “global retail...
...Nigel Higgins will join the supervisory board of Rothschild & Co as a deputy chairman....
...“I can only think there is an investor out there with a specific need for them,” says Mike Riddell, a fund manager at Allianz Global....
...I asked my colleague Max Allen to recommend some suitable names and he suggested I also consult fellow wine writer Mike Bennie, who had assembled a collection of such wines for the Danish restaurant Noma...
...“If left untreated HIV still leads to Aids and death,” said Michael Brady, medical director at Terrence Higgins Trust, the leading UK Aids charity....
.... ——————————————- Powerhouse politics: the view from the north When 16-year-old Mancunian Mike Emmerich met his careers teacher in 1983, he received advice unchanged for decades, writes Andrew Bounds....
...“There’s an awful lot of manufacturing activity that could be automated using what’s available today,” says Mike Wilson, president of the British Automation and Robot Association....
...Mike Vernon, managing director at business transformation group Consulting People observes: “The role of the CRO is ill-defined....
...Under David Higgins, who joined as chief executive last year, the group is undergoing an internal review addressing “diversity and inclusion”....
...The giggliest moments are reminiscent of Mike Leigh’s Nuts in May, though Leigh didn’t need multiple killings to get us laughing....
...David Higgins, ex-chief executive of the Olympics Delivery Authority, now chief executive of Network Rail. Bruce Forsyth, entertainer. John Peace, chairman, Standard Chartered Bank....
...James Higgins, with Soleil Securities, said that the company uses its aircraft more intensely and flies shorter journeys than its peers, “placing more stress on [its] equipment” in a given time period....
...Ten vintage mikes are arranged in a circle. When you speak into one, it records your voice but instantly plays back another recording....
...Only the finale, “It’s a Big Army”, used the fast handclap of popularised gospel – Terrence Higgins’ tambourine-infused drum solo a highlight – though Hank Williams’ take on the grim reaper, “Angel of Death...
...Mike Trippitt, analyst at Oriel Securities, points out that an overzealous drive by small banks – such as Northern Rock – to generate funding to expand new lending contributed to the financial crisis....
...“We still expect 10-year US Treasury yields to decline to 2 per cent by mid-year,” Mr Higgins said....
...O’Higgins has chosen his band carefully, and his cool precision was balanced by a zippy rhythm section....
...He had just negotiated a death-defying harmonisation of “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love, Baby”, followed by an elaborate O’Higgins blues....
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