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...Stephen Witherford, director of Witherford Watson Mann Architects, who designed the building, is visibly excited by my interaction with the passengers on the bus....
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...“Baumann is handing over a company in need of redevelopment,” said Markus Manns, a fund manager at Union Investment, which according to S&P Global Market Intelligence holds a 1.3 per cent stake in Bayer....
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...Rachel Phillips, solicitor in the London office of JMW Solicitors, says this may be a case of maternity discrimination....
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