Hints and tips:
...Ms Whittington’s exit comes less than a fortnight after the ORR concluded in a scathing report that Network Rail, Govia Thameslink Railway, Northern, the Department for Transport and the ORR itself all made...
...“Moët over ice might appal the purists,” says wine writer-turned-merchant Chris Orr of the Brighton Wine Company....
...“Andy Murray, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have all shown publicly how much an Olympic medal or an Olympic gold medal means to them,” says Antony Scanlon, executive director of the International Golf Federation...
...Roger Ford, an industry expert, said he had always been against devolution but that Network Rail “lacked the management to run a fully integrated railways so it seemed inevitable”....
...Roger Ford, editor of Rail Business Intelligence, said: “The scoping report raises more questions than answers....
...But Roger Ford, editor of Rail Magazine, said the move was “completely pointless”. “It’s just the kind of thing that competition-crazed civil servants and Tory ministers would come up with,” he said....
...Roger Ford, editor of Modern Railways magazine, said such a move would mark a return to the original basis for privatisation and was popular in the industry....
...In a marvellous duel, former Observer and Independent editor Roger Alton (John Bett) affects a languor that fails to prevent him being skewered by interviewer Deborah Orr (Gabriel Quigley)....
...Roger Blitz discusses the issues with John Burton of Westfield, operator of the Stratford retail complex, and Stafford Lancaster of Delancey, part of the consortium planning to turn the athletes village...
...Nick Fry, CEO of Mercedes GP, Andy Myers, Chief Financial Officer of McLaren, and Roger Blitz, the FT’s Leisure Industry Correspondent, discuss the big issues with the FT's James Allen...
...“Players are all free agents,” said Jonathan Orr of the European Tour. “They are all self-employed people and can choose where they play....
...Ms Walker, who will remain chairman of the ORR, which she joined in 2009, was also attracted to Welsh Water’s unique model: it is run for the benefit of customers, financed by bonds and gives back profits...
...Now it’s over to our man on the spot, Roger Blitz....
...Analyst Roger Tejwani said there had been no change in bad debt expectations, IG had not raised margins across the board – just on selected banking stocks – and client attrition remained at normal levels...
...Roger Lawson of the UKSA wished to study Virgin’s offer before coming to a final view but observed: “It does bother me that it undervalues the equity of the business.”...
...Traders had drawn much the same conclusion after comments made by Roger Agnelli, the chief executive of Vale, on Tuesday night....
...Roger Cursley, strategist at Investec, remained cautious ahead of the new year and said “at least another quarter needs to pass before credit market conditions will calm down”....
...Traders noted that Roger Carr, M&B chairman, was preparing to step aside from his role as senior adviser at KKR....
...UKSA organiser Roger Lawson was also lukewarm on the Virgin plan. Mr Lawson told the audience: “You have to look at the valuation of the business and ask ‘Is it a fair offer’?...
...Roger Bootle, economic adviser to Deloitte, predicted the cut was “the first step in a prolonged period of monetary easing that could see rates fall very sharply”....
...Roger Lawson, a director of the UK Shareholders’ Association, said: “Private shareholders are always concerned because they suspect often that institutions get the inside word before they do.”...
...“Management did not make any comment on financials or recent takeover speculation but the mood amongst senior executives was confident and relaxed,” said Paul Roger at ABN Amro, house broker....
...Lower down the market, Carphone Warehouse, which was downgraded by Cazenove on Monday, was marked 4 per cent lower at 311¼p after finance director Roger Taylor declared the sale of 1m shares....
...We expect it to succeed, especially given the lack of a counterbidder and low regulatory risk,” said Paul Roger at Deutsche Bank....
...Barclays trod water at 603p on news that Roger Davis, head of UK banking, was leaving the company....
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