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...“There are no equivalent 100 per cent mortgages in the standard market,” says David Hollingworth of UK mortgage broker L&C....
...Fiona Golfar beachwoodbakery.com Beppe e i Suoi Formaggi, Rome According to food writer Rachel Roddy, this cosy store in the Ghetto district is the city’s foremost deli....
...L Brands was the worst performer in the S&P 500 on Friday, falling more than 7 per cent after Credit Suisse downgraded the Victoria’s Secret owner along with Macy’s and Gap to “underperform” from “neutral...
...through the P&L....
...Still reeling, I handed over my entire allowance and left the store without a penny to my name, but with a beautiful, powerful accessory. I don’t believe I ever wore it....
...And John Lewis, an unlisted subscale mostly south-east English local department store chain operator, gets the usual mountain of press coverage. What are we missing, reader? Tell us below....
...When Woolworth was expelled in 1997, shortly after the closure of all the famous stores bearing its name in the US, it was replaced by Wal-Mart....
...Instead, she has endeavoured to do “what I would have done at L’Oréal if I’d been allowed to create my own brand, which is to create something we are proud of.”...
...Retailers Wal-Mart, Ross Stores and Gap report quarterly earnings....
...Wal-Mart Stores (Retail) 48. Home Depot (Consumer Goods) 49. Yahoo! (Technology) 50. Morgan Stanley (Finance) 51. Discovery Communications (Media) 52. Colgate-Palmolive (Consumer Goods) 53....
...Have some mint tea and a corne de gazelle by the fountain, after a walk in the Jardin des Plantes nearby. 2bis Place du Puits de l’Ermite, 5th arr Le P’tit Fernand This restaurant is an institution and...
...lobbying India’s Cabinet approved a retired judge to probe claims that Wal-Mart Stores Inc....
...South Africa appeal court dismisses case against Wal-Mart’s Massmart deal Regulators’ approval of Wal-Mart Stores Inc....
...http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/115447dc-92c9-11e1-b6e2-00144feab49a.html WalMart workers freed after mislabeling charges Authorities in Chongqing, China, released two Wal-Mart Stores Inc. employees jailed...
...Walmex fourth-quarter profit jumps 26% Wal-Mart de Mexico, Mexico’s largest retailer, reported a 26 per cent leap in fourth-quarter profits as improving consumer confidence and aggressive store expansion...
...Wal-Mart may open India retail stores Wal-Mart and Carrefour may gain access to the retail market of the world’s second most-populous country after an Indian government panel was said to have recommended...
...The accounting principles used for both the balance sheets and P&L accounts render them almost meaningless and that’s before taking account of OTC derivatives exposure and counterparty risk which can scarcely...
...Alexis Perakis-Valat, L’Oréal’s chief executive, enthuses about a recent trip to Anshan in the north-eastern province of Liaoning; in the week he was there, two huge department stores opened....
...On the more humdrum side, one’s accounts may be in USD and credit spreads widening and EUR depreciating results in an unflattering P&L hit....
...“So I thought I would put together a portfolio of S&P 500 stocks, with 85 per cent exposure, then used OEX [the S&P 100 index] positions as a hedge.”...
...The S&P Retail index, meanwhile, was off about 11%....
...I don’t know. I don’t think it’s going to be to the extent that people think it is....
...… I’ve been covering Wal-Mart as part of my beat for the FT since 2005, and I usually fly from New York in a commuter jet that takes just over three hours to arrive at the Alice L....
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