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...Reporting by Mamta Badkar in New York, Tanya Powley and Naomi Rovnick in London, Jamie Smyth in Sydney, Kana Inagaki and Leo Lewis in Tokyo, Nicolle Liu and Primrose Riordan in Hong Kong, John Reed in Bangkok...
...Additional reporting by Tanya Powley...
...decision to award the new contract came ahead of the publication of a comprehensive review of the rail industry commissioned by the government last year and led by Keith Williams, deputy chairman of the John Lewis...
...Next year sees some big management moves, with Sharon White arriving as chairman of the John Lewis Partnership and Ken Murphy replacing Dave Lewis as chief executive of Tesco....
...Tanya de Grunwald, founder of Graduate Fog, said it was a “huge climbdown” but questioned the failure to apologise for a policy that was “deeply unfair and highly unethical”....
...never again to eject seated passengers United Continental was hit with outrage this week after the forcible removal of a passenger from an overbooked flight, damaging the US carrier’s reputation, writes Tanya...
...This challenge will require advances in stem cell biology and cell banking,” says Prof Lewis....
...Tanya Powley is the FT’s manufacturing correspondent. Photographs: Gareth Phillips...
...Additional reporting by Andrea Felsted and Tanya Powley...
...Sean Allam, director of commercial operations at John Lewis, which sources 20 per cent of its John Lewis & Co menswear collection from the UK, admits it is difficult to manufacture fashion products in large...
...To get this extra security, traders will have to pay an insurance premium, says Mr Lewis....
...Those who register with The Share Centre will be entered into a free prize draw to win £250 of John Lewis vouchers....
...According to Nigel Lewis, property analyst at Primelocation.com, Brighton’s Regency architecture continues to be popular with top-end buyers....
...“The effects of the European debt crisis stretch far beyond financial markets and as a result, property in countries such as Greece, Spain, Portugal and Italy are really suffering,” says Nigel Lewis of Primelocation.com...
...asks Lewis....
...Lewis says it is important to ensure that any property you buy in an earthquake zone is built to withstand huge tremors....
...“It seems like Britain’s next generation of first-time buyers is splitting into two,” said Nigel Lewis, a property analyst, FindaProperty.com....
...Tanya Copas, director of Copas Traditional Turkeys, says two employees of the courier service the company uses are working to help track the 2,000 turkeys sent out to customers....
...The ski resorts have been a disaster and are to be avoided for the foreseeable future,” says Lewis....
...Pauline Lewis, an antiques dealer, agrees....
...“The new-build market in London is outperforming all other markets right now, with turnover several times the low levels seen in 2009,” said Ed Lewis, head of London new homes at Savills....
...Lewis says after picking a property you like, work out how much you think it’s worth and then stick to your “maximum” when bidding....
...Mr Lewis said the question for developers was whether they can meet the potential shortfall in demand by developing in fringe locations....
...“In the past month, we have had to polish our linguistic skills in, amongst others, Mandarin, Vietnamese and Afrikaans,” says Ed Lewis of Savills in London....
...Lewis said it was important that the government looked to help the first-time buyer market....
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