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...Sara Weller, a former managing director of retailer Argos, has held board roles at telecoms group BT and UK bank Virgin Money despite being diagnosed with MS in her forties....
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...“I spent $400 for a Duncan Robinson moment. He isn’t even good. I want to punch myself in the head.” Nonetheless, he has earned returns of between 20 per cent and 50 per cent on resales thus far....
...Born one of eight children to a boilermaker’s assistant and tavern owner in Mobile, Alabama, Aaron was inspired to take up baseball after listening to a speech by Jackie Robinson, who in 1947 became the...
...The Cross is a fantastic boutique run by Sam [Robinson]. And back in the day this is where Cath [Kidston] had her very first shop. And you’ve got Sara [Fenwick]’s antique store, Myriad....
...There is a long history of black US athletes, including boxer Muhammad Ali and baseball player Jackie Robinson, using their influence to take stands against racial inequality....
...The movement, set up by 22-year-old Soma Sara, has drawn new attention to sexual abuse of pupils by other young people, raising questions over wider attitudes to sexual violence and presenting institutional...
...That morning, David Robinson, managing director at Suttons Seeds in Paignton, Devon, settled down for his usual Monday ritual of checking the weekend’s sales figures. He got a shock....
...If Robinson Crusoe had been Iranian, he would have just let himself die the minute he got to the island, and the story would have been over.” Darius is the headstrong rebel of the Sadr family....
...“We have lots of ships coming to market just as demand growth is slowing,” said Stavroula Betsakou, head of tanker research at Howe Robinson Partners....
...Girl at War, by Sara Nović, Little, Brown, RRP£14.99/Random House, RRP$26 The girl in question is Ana, who is 10 when Yugoslavia starts to tear itself apart....
...Sara Mathew (Dun & Bradstreet) 30. Harriet Green (Premier Farnell) 31. Angela Braly (WellPoint) 32. Kate Swann (WH Smith) 33. Ruby McGregor-Smith (Mitie Group) 34....
...Sara Carbone and her brother are reviving their parents’ two vineyards, 500m above sea level in the Aglianico del Vulture zone....
...The Anglo-Dutch consumer goods conglomerate was ordered by the European Commission to sell the Sanex portfolio, part of the €1.28bn Sara Lee personal care acquisition announced in 2009, on competitive grounds...
...Williams follows other US companies planning to split their businesses, including ITT, Fortune Brands, Marathon Oil and Sara Lee....
...Sara Lee will decide its future this week as the US food group weighs offers from Brazilian beef processor JBS and a group led by private-equity firm Apollo and investor C....
...Dean Metropoulos are exploring the purchase of US food group Sara Lee, reports the WSJ....
...JBS approached Sara Lee some months ago, and the talks have been on and off since then. In recent weeks, Sara Lee has been considering JBS’s offer more seriously, said people familiar with the matter....
...It also said its design chief, Patrick Robinson, was leaving the company, as it struggles to revitalise its product range....
...ECONOMICS Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty, by Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson, Profile Books, RRP£25 This is a bold, ambitious, fascinating book....
...By attempting to discover how entrepreneurs think, Saras Sarasvathy hopes to be able to transmit this knowledge to aspiring entrepreneurs....
...for holiday camp - Cameron and Osborne seek to move the agenda forward - US Treasury head: UK-style cuts will hinder recovery - Marston’s enjoys a merry Christmas despite snow - Sara...
...The deal is the biggest since Paul Polman became CEO of Unilever in January 2009 and follows the $1.9bn acquisition of the European personal care division of Sara Lee last year....
...needs up to £100 billion to clear loans - Retailer JJB calls on KPMG for support in troubled times - Carrier Axe would have sunk warship industry - UK gun laws may be tightened - Sara...
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