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...His father’s company — then called the Al-Zahawi Group, but now known as Iraq Projects Business Development (IPBD) — quickly procured a contract to provide cleaning, logistics and support services to the...
...Cash-rich Gulf States are on the hunt for bargains as global shutdowns depress asset values, which let’s face it, have been extortionately high for quite some time....
...Many French cinema owners, who are putting pressure on Cannes to resist Netflix et al, see the streamers’ disruptive attitude as an incursion into their territory....
...And, as lockdown measures are softened, the return of the likes of Gregg's, Starbucks et al to the UK FtG market will increase competition....
...Although Boris Johnson triumphed in the general election, a large part of his Brexit approach has been dictated by Mr Farage....
...“We think it’s likely now that Elliott et al will try to take them to court to force the issue,” he added....
...An old fashioned tussle is good theatre, but Mr Ackman et al are company directors, not actors. Their public spat is doing JC Penney no favours at all. Email the Lex team in confidence at lex@ft.com...
...of postwar Britain by examining the relatively shortlived experiment with military service....
...The deal, for an estimated $300m-$500m, transforms the distribution for Al Jazeera, whose English language service has attracted online viewers in the US but struggled to win over cable and satellite operators...
...There are now several al fresco eating areas and a pool with views of the medieval town of Sarnano....
...Shi Cheng: Short Stories from Urban China, edited by Liu Deng, Carol Yinghua Lu and Ra Page, translated by Eric Abrahamsen, Nicky Harman, Julia Lovell, et al, Comma Press, RRP£9.99, 224 pages An anthology...
...“Client interest isn’t al-ways served in investing in [the current benchmarks],” says Kevin Corrigan, head of credit at Lombard Odier Investment Managers....
...Food, Inc is a new documentary about industrial food production; Oceans is an exploration of aquatic life under threat. The current release The Soloist is one of theirs too....
...His decision to host Yusuf al-Qaradawi, a theologian linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, was highly controversial, since al-Qaradawi has repeatedly endorsed suicide bombings aimed at Israeli civilians....
...This, he says, will be characterised by rapid growth in the non-oil sector as hydrocarbons revenues trickle down through the domestic economy, especially into financial services....
...Its chief executive has relocated part of the oil-services group’s headquarters from Houston to better target the oil-rich region....
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...There are rich pickings. Get the film of Henry V right, and you scoop the 1996 Oscars. Establish the “authoritative” text, and all those education dollars are yours....
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