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...John Reed, our south-east Asia correspondent, describes how the coup blindsided the west....
...Reed Smith has hired Dimitris Assimakis as a partner in its global corporate group in Athens. He joins from Norton Rose Fulbright where he was a partner and head of the Greek energy practice....
...Reed Smith has hired Jason Richardson as partner in its financial industries group in London. He joins the law firm from Sidley Austin....
...“There will inevitably be casualties,” said Mr Reed....
...“We spend an awful lot of time telling people that they will be better off in work, and even when we can prove it they still don’t believe us,” said Chris Melvin, chief executive of Reed in Partnership,...
...Chris Melvin, chief executive of Reed in Partnership, one of the providers, said: “People are losing money on these contacts, quite seriously....
...Chris Melvin, chief executive of Reed’s welfare-to-work division, said proposals “recognise the realities of the current economic situation”....
...“We are encouraged, but uncertain,” said Chris Melvin, chief executive of Reed in Partnership. “We are keen to get on with this, but we need a model in which we can invest”....
...On “Sweet Sir Galahad”, her own composition about Mimi and her second husband, Milan Melvin, her high vibrato quivers like an arrow striking its target....
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