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...“The hegemony of crewnecks has been going on for so long that the younger generations think the V-neck is a recent invention,” says menswear designer Oliver Spencer....
...Rivals AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, Russia’s Sputnik V and new entrants such as Novavax make up the remainder of the market, which is forecast to double in value to $124bn next year....
...The AU will pay $6.75 a dose for the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine and $10 for Johnson & Johnson’s, a single-dose product....
...After such strong reads from the first two releases (three if we count Russia’s Sputnik V), the disappointing AZN figures were perhaps bound to prompt downward pressure on the company’s shares....
...In August, Russia became the first country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine — named Sputnik V — for civilian use, but western experts cast doubt on its efficacy and safety....
...e-commerce group’s own environmental impact, and a start-up touted as the “Uber of dry cleaning” collapsed into administration on Friday, wiping out all of its investors, including British businessman Michael Spencer...
...Earlier data increases our economists conviction in a V-shaped recovery: Economic data in aggregate have continued to surprise to the upside, building our confidence in a V-shaped recovery....
...Idexx said in October that the animal health market had experienced a “V-shaped recovery”....
...Michael Spencer: Way out Michael Spencer was in fine form on Tuesday as he hosted another of his famous (part-liquid) lunches at the markets business he has run, in various guises, for the past 32 years...
...Marks and Spencer (Retail) 114. Next (Retail) 115. Samsung (Technology) 11.6. Travis Perkins (Consumer Goods) 117. Kraft Heinz (Consumer Goods) 118. Schroders (Finance) 119....
...It is a bit like that perusing the new Marks and Spencer website, whose installation held back first-quarter clothing sales....
...A renewal of Pfizer’s interest in AZ looks less likely....
...Marks and Spencer also got caught up in the retail sell-off and fell 1.9 per cent to 429.9p, while Ocado, which delivers groceries for Morrison and Waitrose, fell 3.2 per cent to 328.3p – one of the biggest...
...The possibility of a Pfizer/AstraZeneca deal still has the politicians talking (the chief executives of both were hauled before the UK parliament this week)....
...He joins a distinguished line including Pfizer’s Ian Read; Todd Stitzer, the former CEO of confectioner Cadbury; and Sir Stuart Rose, ex-head of Marks and Spencer, the retailer....
...May 19 2014: Pfizer outlines “final” offer to AstraZeneca, saying that its offer will not be increased, “except in the circumstances set out below”....
...Readers, Here are eight questions we wondered about this week: • Why did AstraZeneca turn down Pfizer’s offer?...
...The likes of Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer, who lay low after a crash, are back on our screens, flirting woodenly and wittering about period features....
...Bowie – now a client – are among Hart’s influences), the tailors unpacked a dizzying array of suits in different styles, with lapels in varying sizes and fabrics, along with shirts in white and black with V-shaped...
...beyondbrics India v China: a new race in biopharmaceuticals, beyondbrics...
...Spencer Hyman, chief executive and co-founder, said Artfinder would help its users discover new artists and galleries based on their existing tastes....
...There is an exquisite bridge, a fluid, sculptural structure, in Dublin’s huge Spencer Dock development....
...Oliver Brandicourt of the drug group’s primary care unit, Ruth McKernan, head of Pfizer’s Sandwich site, Rod MacKenzie of worldwide research and Pfizer UK managing director Richard Blackburn faced the grilling...
...Chief of New Look until the chain was taken private in 2005, Mr Sunnucks’ 30-year retail career includes Marks and Spencer, J Sainsbury and the Burton Group (now Arcadia)....
...Pfizer, the largest US drugmaker by market value, inched down 0.7 per cent to $14.54 as the stock being removed from the “conviction buy” list at Goldman Sachs....
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