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...That may be why Mark Twain, a writer always good for an aphorism, came up with advice that still makes sense today....
...(I also commend to you Jerry Seinfeld’s thoughts on the subject and the Ogden Nash poem “Shrinking Song”, about the perils of shrinkage.)...
...Catherine Ogden, manager of sustainability and responsible investment at Legal & General Investment Management, said the report provided “both comfort and concern.”...
...London-based Christabel MacGreevy, meanwhile, has a more ad-hoc approach, translating her “manic mark-making” into quilts inspired by creation stories from Greek myths to the Big Bang....
...A whole herd of Mark di Suvero’s pieces stand in the tall grass like so many post-industrial dinosaurs nibbling at the Jurassic pasture, sometimes in a state of placid self-containment, at other times with...
...“Whenever you’re wrong, admit it; Whenever you’re right, shut up,” said the poet Ogden Nash....
...“Claims can take seven years plus to settle,” says Mark Holt, commercial director at financial advisers Frenkel Topping....
...Mark Tempest, a lawyer at Fletchers, says that a settlement meeting he was involved in that was supposed to take place last April was cancelled, and has not yet been rescheduled....
...The system for deciding how much to pay to accident victims — known as the Ogden discount rate — has been mired in controversy for much of the past year....
...Aviva said that its full year net profits dropped 22 per cent because of the change to the Ogden rate. Operating profits, which exclude the Ogden impact, were up 12 per cent to £3bn....
...Ben Wallace, a fund manager at Henderson said: “We bought into Mark and Tom’s vision that Aviva was a good franchise but badly run....
...Bonuses for CEO Mark Wilson, CFO Tom Stoddard and UK CEO Andy Briggs were all unaffected by the Ogden change....
...The change to the formula — known as the Ogden discount rate — will drive up costs for the insurance industry and the NHS....
...It said Marks & Spencer and Burberry have already made inquiries about its range. “We can compete against anyone for the high-quality product. The machines we have are the most advanced in the world....
...An adverse change in the Ogden discount rate — used to calculate injury payouts — from 2.5 per cent to minus 0.75 per cent, was mitigated by the group’s reserve margin, which included an allowance for a...
...In October 2017, a travelling exhibition of the collection’s highlights will open at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans....
.... ——————————————- Test your knowledge in the MBA charity quiz When did Mark Carney take over as Bank of England governor?...
...Individuals – winners of Enterprise Promotion award Mrs Christine Atkinson Mr Timothy Barnes Mr Eric Binns Professor Mark Hart Mr Wray Irwin Mr Guy Mucklow Miss Ann Stonehouse Mrs Jayne Taggart...
...But to go by some recipes, he would not have been so wide of the mark. The original Waldorf salad was celery and apples, bound in a light mayonnaise....
...One, according to director-general Mark Thompson, claimed she could not move north because she was a vegan....
...Smythson Queen Bee notebook Full marks to Smythson for keeping this notebook simple and avoiding excessive regal motifs. £45, www.smythson.com 15....
...Toyota Under FireLessons for Turning Crisis into Opportunity By Jeffrey Liker and Timothy Ogden McGraw-Hill, $20/£15.99 In August 2009, Mark Saylor, a California Highway Patrol officer, and three family...
...Mark Henderson, deputy chairman of Gieves & Hawkes and chairman of Savile Row Bespoke, the Row’s promotional body, says, “Across the Row there are around 30 apprentices or trainees and that means we are...
...Yet the rise of Globish isn’t a mark of Anglophilia, or even of affection for American popular culture....
...NBC principal dancers Guillaume Côté and Heather Ogden take the roles of Siegfried and Odette/Odile on the opening night, and performances run until March 21....
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