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...Peter Roebuck, the veteran commentator and former player, called it “the most important speech in cricket history”. The audience of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) members gave him a standing ovation....
...Big employers such as International Harvester, Sears Roebuck and Western Electric had moved away and shops had closed....
...It is alluded to but not endorsed in a fascinating new book, Chasing Shadows: The Life and Death of Peter Roebuck by Tim Lane and Elliot Cartledge....
...“Ten to 15 years ago, Waiheke became a place for the trendy Aucklanders to go to,” says Peter Thompson, managing director of Auckland estate agents Barfoot & Thompson....
...Mr Roebuck said conditions had worsened following the financial crisis as many institutions have been reducing headcount....
...Last November, meanwhile, the cricket commentator Peter Roebuck – a celebrity in his field – apparently jumped out of a Cape Town hotel window as police tried to question him about allegations of sexual...
...Soon after, Sears Roebuck & Co paid $1.9bn in cash for it, a 22 per cent premium....
...It sponsored the rise of American retail through Sears and Roebuck, Woolworths and Macy’s of New York. In Hollywood, it was the money behind films such as Gone with the Wind....
...A native of Michigan, 52-year-old Tom Wilson joined the Illinois-based Allstate in 1995 from Sears Roebuck....
...By the early 1900s Lehman was helping corporate American stalwarts Sears, Roebuck and F.W. Woolworth raise capital....
...The 67-year-old American had already spent five years as chairman of Sears, Roebuck, the US retailer. Now he would spend his final years before retirement as chairman of one of Europe’s largest banks....
...Peter Roebuck, an astute cricket writer and Somerset’s captain in his playing days, is more measured in his praise....
...Peter Roebuck, in his cricket diary, It Never Rains, describes both teams cheering a rainstorm that threatens to wash out the first day of the season....
...The presence of the real estate investment trusts Kimco and Vornado - which also owns a 4.3 per cent stake in Sears, Roebuck - suggests those groups might want to break up the extensive property portfolio...
...Profits rose a mere 21 per cent in a decade, compared with 230 per cent growth at Sears, Roebuck & Co....
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