Hints and tips:
...John Graham Lough’s 1862 heroising monument to civil engineer George Stephenson, who opened his pioneering locomotive works here in 1823, is just outside....
...(FT, Politico) Taylor Swift’s burgeoning Reputation Taylor Swift’s latest album has become the fastest selling in two years as it sold more than 2m copies globally in the week since its debut....
...Mr Gardiner’s solicitor at Taylor Wessing declined to comment....
...AT&T is also pushing further into original content with its digital TV product, led by a deal with Taylor Swift to air 13 chapters of “never before seen” footage of the singer — and a partnership with actor...
...Mr Stephenson said he was confident such moves would meet regulators’ concerns....
...Randall Stephenson, AT&T’s chief executive, cautioned in March that “the window may be closing on perhaps owning wireless assets” in Europe....
...“Europe way underinvested for quite some period of time in terms of LTE,” said Mr Stephenson who attended the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona last month....
...Seveneves, by Neal Stephenson, Borough Press, RRP£20 / William Morrow, RRP$35 Stephenson’s dense, detailed epic shows humankind struggling to save what it can of itself against a ticking-clock doomsday...
...Randall Stephenson, AT&T’s chief executive, is among the industry leaders who have described the Comcast/TWC deal as “industry redefining”....
...Asked about the competition during a conference call with analysts, Randall Stephenson, AT&T’s chief executive, said there was “a lot of noise in the market”....
...The best Brian Taylor (BBC Scotland) can say is that Salmond did better than last time. He reckons there was no outright winner, but yessers will feel better than they did last time....
...Joe McGrath and Richard Taylor have been made co-heads of banking within the investment bank. The moves come after a high-profile dispute over bonuses....
...Additional reporting by Paul Taylor in New York...
...Mr Stephenson said AT&T’s LTE network would be largely complete by mid-2014 and had already increased its mobile data capacity and reduced costs significantly....
...But while analysts are convinced that T-Mobile’s pricing strategy helped precipitate the AT&T move, Randall Stephenson, AT&T chief executive, says there is more to it than that....
...There are other reasons why Randall Stephenson, AT&T chief executive, may want to put any deal with Vodafone on the back burner....
...Over the past six years, mobile data traffic over AT&T’s US networks has increased by 30,000 per cent, but Mr Stephenson insisted what is coming next is going to be even bigger....
...Mr Stephenson’s comments tally with reports from European telecoms executives of wider investor interest in the continent....
...“Our wireless network performance continues to be terrific,” said Randall Stephenson, AT&T’s chief executive....
...Mr Stephenson suggested AT&T might choose to license some of its new services such as the connected car or home security services to European operators....
...Randall Stephenson, AT&T’s chief executive, said he was “in violent agreement’ with his European counterparts on the measures necessary to fuel the next wave of mobile innovation, including spectrum policy...
...“Looking ahead, our key growth platforms – mobile data, U-verse and strategic business services – all have good momentum with a lot of headroom,” said Randall Stephenson, AT&T’s chief executive....
...Ros Stephenson, head of global corporate finance and M&A at Barclays, says for these firms “an [IPO] transaction will be the first of multiple issuances so it is important that the deal performs well in...
...“We had another impressive quarter with strong earnings growth, record cash flows and solid returns to shareholders through dividends and share buybacks,” said Randall Stephenson, chief executive....
...Randall Stephenson, chief executive, acknowledged however that persuading regulators to approve such a move could take “considerable time and effort”....
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