Hints and tips:
...It’s taken about 20 minutes, but I’ve finally managed to persuade Mary Spencer Watson to buy me a glass of Cheddar....
...The UK Liberal Democrat Shirley Williams, Tories as civilised as Douglas Hurd, John le Carré at his relativising worst: this wasn’t, or wasn’t just, a gallery of leftists and religious reactionaries....
...He began his retail career at the age of 16, two years later joining the management training programme at Marks and Spencer, where he spent 15 years....
...Next, which reports first-quarter trading figures on Thursday, and Marks and Spencer were both lower in the morning....
...Republican congressman Will Hurd, the son of a black father and white mother, called on the president to apologise....
...Darren Shirley, analyst at Shore Capital, said the 15.4 per cent increase in the final dividend was “a strong sign of management’s confidence in the business”....
...The Conservatives, Douglas Hurd declared, lost the election having won the argument. But fear was not the only motive animating voters....
...He added that the huge level of competition in the clothing sector was intensifying as the supermarket chains fought for a greater share of the market, noting how Asda had overtaken Marks and Spencer to...
...Darren Shirley, retail analyst, Shore Capital Stockbrokers “It leads us to be all the more concerned about Tesco’s current performance in its core market and it suggests to us that the sustained poor and...
...In early July, Tesco announced that it had poached Marks and Spencer finance chief Alan Stewart. He is not due to start at the company until December 1, however....
...The company has hired Spencer Stuart, the executive search firm, to find a successor so that its senior executives are not distracted from their own jobs by succession issues....
...He replaces Lord Hurd, who spent more than a decade at the boutique advisory firm. people@ft.com...
...Ms Lesjak said that she had spent the days since Mr Hurd’s sudden departure on August 6 speaking to employees, customers and investors and that HP had hired executive-search firm Spencer Stuart Wednesday...
...Patti Waldmeir is the FT’s Shanghai correspondent Additional reporting by Shirley Chen ………………………………………….....
...Meanwhile, Marks and Spencer has a new CEO in Marc Bolland....
...Darren Shirley, retail analyst with Shore Capital, said it was a disappointing performance despite the tough comparisons....
...Marks and Spencer’s 2006 Christmas advert is similar to something out of a James Bond movie....
...Citing cost concerns, Darren Shirley at Shore Capital said the shares looked overvalued and cut his rating from “hold” to “sell”....
...Shirley Beglinger. CSFI, £25....
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