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...Michael McFerran, chief financial officer, will retain his role and also become chief operating officer. Ryan Berry will become chief marketing and strategy officer....
...Analysts forecast StanChart’s operating profit — excluding loan impairments and restructuring charges — to be $1.4bn, down 80 per cent from the previous year, as revenues drop 15 per cent to $16bn....
...Samarco’s operations have been stopped and its operating licence suspended....
...Stella Amiss, a partner at PwC professional services group, said up to 100 companies were looking to move activities out of the Netherlands and elsewhere....
...In short, Stella feels Siegel is a little bit confused....
...Today’s agents are harnessing social media and operating out of offices, spas and cafés. They are grouping together into teams, encouraged by new remuneration structures....
...And what to make of 38 year-old James Murdoch’s promotion on Wednesday to deputy chief operating officer of News Corp, as well as chairman and chief executive of all its international businesses?...
...“The particular focus right now is China,” said Nick Maris, CNMI’s chief executive....
...Maris which has been held since 20 July.15 Total ransom payments for 2008 probably lie in the range of US$18-30 million....
...The Stella Artois brand grew beyond the UK, with good results in North America and eastern Europe....
...The Eurofirst’s biggest gainer was InBev , the Belgian brewer of Stella Artois, Becks and Leffe....
...“With median generic operating margins of approximately 23 per cent, there is juice to be squeezed from these oranges too,” Mr Maris said....
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