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...Stephen Ehrenberg, a portfolio manager for Barings’ investment-grade fixed income group, warned that higher costs could well lead to a segmented market....
...The most recent FT-Peterson poll was conducted online by Global Strategy Group, a Democratic polling company, and North Star Opinion Research, a Republican group, between January 21 and January 26....
...Julie Hootkin, a partner at Global Strategy Group, the Democratic polling firm that conducted the FT-Peterson poll alongside the Republican group North Star Opinion Research, said consumer spending around...
...Analysts from Global Strategy Group say that Nevada and New Hampshire are generally the most difficult states to poll online, due to their small populations....
...US public defenders and prisoner advocacy groups have called for sanitary products such as hand sanitisers, typically banned because of its alcohol content, and soap, which prisoners usually have to buy,...
...This group reliably votes overwhelmingly for Democrats, however, so voter turnout is key here....
...Additional reporting by Billy Ehrenberg-Shannon in London...
...The most recent FT-Peterson Poll was conducted online by Global Strategy Group, a Democratic polling group, and North Star Opinion Research, a Republican group, between November 19 and November 24....
...The FT-Peterson poll was conducted online by Global Strategy Group, a Democratic polling firm, and North Star Opinion Research, a Republican group, between October 21 and October 25....
...For the first time in the history of the EU the centre-right and centre-left political groups have lost their combined majority in the face of strengthened Green, populist and nationalist forces....
...Meanwhile Lloyds Banking Group, which reports separately from Lloyds Bank, had a smaller gap of 32.8 per cent....
...Among this group the average pay gap fell by just 0.1 percentage point but it is unclear if the drop can be attributed to the new disclosure rules....
...Only about 14 per cent of companies have submitted their data so far, but when those are matched with the same reporting group from 2017, the gaps overall are narrower....
...Additional reporting by Andrew Garthwaite, John Burn-Murdoch and Billy Ehrenberg-Shannon in London...
...The most startling finding is that alone among every demographic group a majority of white men say they are better off....
...The majority of directors’ bonuses — 70 per cent — is calculated against group profit before tax, with up to 30 per cent against individual performance....
...Kevin O’Byrne, group CFO, and John Rogers, CEO, received bonuses of £411,000 and £457,000 respectively....
...The decision, published in the group’s annual report on Thursday, follows disappointing results last month, when M&S revealed a sharp drop in profit and announced an expansion of its programme of store closures...
...Co-operative Group said it welcomed the reviews....
...The group has been seeking to expand into Europe via the model it developed in the UK....
...Underlying profit and group revenue both rose. Mr Coupe’s bonus was calculated based on sales and profit performance as well as on personal objectives....
...Analysts at Liberum said the repayment of the bonds had been made possible by consistent year-on-year improvement in cash flow, meaning that “the group remains in the enviable position of being able to self-fund...
...In a trading update covering the three months to the start of June, the retailer said total group sales were up 4 per cent compared with the same period last year, led by an 8 per cent rise at its travel...
...Last month, rival supermarket group Sainsbury’s announced a merger with Asda that will create the UK’s largest supermarket group, with Asda’s parent company Walmart holding 42 per cent of the combined entity...
...Figures from all 21 entities within the Arriva transport group also highlighted inconsistencies between median pay gaps and remuneration bands. Arriva said it had taken steps to correct the problem....
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