Hints and tips:
...My dad sold “material” (it was never called fabric and woe betide anyone who called it schmattes) to Susan Small and other ready-to-wear merchants in the London Fashion House Group....
...But today as the most visible Chinese presence traders have become an easy scapegoat for politicians, merchants and labour unions worried by China’s presence....
...His poacher is a miracle-working drifter like Terence Stamp in Pasolini’s Theorem....
...He rose to prominence as chef at Hilaire, London, in the early 1980s and went on to open Terence Conran’s Bibendum in 1987....
...To a modern viewer, old episodes of Upstairs, Downstairs can seem very static and set-bound, like a peculiarly listless Terence Rattigan play....
...cooperating with merchant ships....
...On the day of the Kas Commander incident, the Vella Gulf encountered two Chinese ships escorting 13 merchant vessels along “pirate alley”. Many navies focus on escorting ships with their own flags....
...Last night, London’s lord mayor returned to the issue at the annual Mansion House dinner for the City’s bankers and merchants....
...At the other end of the spectrum is the view that chairmen are more akin to old-style merchant bankers – more likely to respond to requests for support and advice than to proffer it unasked....
...said Terence Lim, head of research at Goldman Sachs. ?Big conglomerates which have many cross-unit deals are likely to have accounting problems.?...
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