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...Public research, R&D tax incentives and research grants were the most cost-effective tools for governments to use, the research found....
...From the UK selection, I’d pick out Bunzl, chiefly because of my colleague Oliver Ralph’s inclusion of the packaging and distribution business in his wry analysis of the “magnificently unglamorous” seven...
...December retail sales figures Germany: January factory orders data UK: BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor, plus S&P Global construction PMI data Results: Alfa-Laval Q4, Amgen Q4, BP Q4, Eli Lilly Q4, Ford Q4, H&R...
...To be fair to the No Labels’ perspective — and almost nobody is — their working hypothesis is Ross Perot in 1992, not Ralph Nader in 2000 or Jill Stein in 2016....
...“There’s a really significant portion of the South African establishment that believes the US is an antagonist of some sort,” said Michelle Gavin, the Ralph Bunche senior fellow for Africa policy studies...
...Polo Ralph Lauren silk top (worn as scarf), £305....
...As the entertainment magazine Variety observed in 1969, when United Artists began work on what would become Ralph Bakshi’s 1978 animated adaptation, “with the possible exception of JD Salinger’s Catcher...
...Technogym Kinesis Personal Heritage training equipment, £12,100, conranshop.co.uk Bang & Olufsen Beolab 28 speaker, £11,950 Barisieur tea and coffee alarm clock, £345, harrods.com Barber Osgerby Signal R...
...At one point, they had the largest collection of Klees, and the second-largest collection of Kandinskys after Solomon R Guggenheim....
...This year the Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation announced a $25mn commitment to five cancer centres across America. ralphlauren.co.uk Q is for McQueenThe British luxury brand is a longtime supporter of...
...The agency added on Friday that the R number in England has been steady over the past week at 1.2 to 1.4, meaning that every 10 infected people will pass the virus on to 12 to 14 others....
...UDG’s board last month announced it had agreed a £10.23 offer with CD&R....
...However, the grocer has rejected CD&R’s bid. Under UK takeover rules, the buyout group has until July 17 to make a firm offer for the grocer or walk away....
...Official data will show whether infections have continued to grow over the past week and also the latest R number, which shows how widely each infected person spreads the virus....
...(Reuters) Alpine R&R Each January, Davos is descended upon by flocks of CEOs, celebritie, and angry protesters....
...The group employs 23,000 R&D personnel and 500 big data experts. “A lot of data is shared within Ping An, with the customers’ permission,” said Mr Lee....
...Back in March, Ralph Northam, the governor of Virginia (and another trained doctor), said he was abandoning the tie because they can “harbour contagious pathogens”....
...“Just the Two of Us” was a collaboration with the Trinbagonian-American musician and composer Ralph MacDonald....
...Soon after joining Saracens, one of England’s top rugby union clubs, Maro Itoje witnessed a white teammate greeting a fellow white player with the words: “What’s up, my n****r?”...
...These included the bankruptcy of Carillion and retailers such as Toys R Us. “UK retail has been on a decline . . . we’ve had HMV, Game and Woolworths. Retailers are under extreme pressure....
...Model Gigi Hadid opened the night in a sparkling coat, and was soon followed by tuxedo-anchored, capital E eveningwear, sometimes with “R” monograms or teddy bears holding, yes, tiny martinis....
...The 40 measures include cover talent, R&D, risk management and co-operation in fintech. The Chinese government produced a three-year plan to boost the country’s fintech industry in August....
...Its most recent instalment, co-created with Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton and American R&B singer Gabriella Wilson, aka H.E.R., was released at London Fashion Week earlier this month....
...ralph.atkins@ft.com; @RalphAtkins Chart du jour: an Italian recession?...
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