Hints and tips:
...OK, most of Pearson’s business now comes from the US. But Lex sees scope for advancement for new chief executive Omar Abbosh....
...Monday EU: preliminary Q2 GDP and July inflation figures Results: Bank of Ireland H1, Heineken H1, Mizuho Financial Group Q1, Panasonic Q1, Pearson H1, Spectris H1, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Q1...
...I’ve quite a well-developed Sir Walter Raleigh side....
...Armitage sits on one side of a large table, with his younger bandmates Patrick Pearson, 33, and Richard Walters, 37....
...Holly Pearson, office manager at A Khan Restaurants, said the company had only included staff “working in the restaurants” and she believed the data did not include its directors....
...On a visit to the FT, the then president of Italy observed how much he admired Walter Bagehot, the great 19th-century editor of The Economist....
...Pearson Shared Services, a unit of publisher Pearson, former owner of the FT, has the largest gender pay gap in the FTSE 100, at 60 per cent, followed by advertiser J Walter Thompson at 45 per cent....
...“A large number of our international clients have been holding back on making investment decisions until they were certain of Dilma’s departure,” said Kevin Gibson, Latin American director of Robert Walters...
...Hans-Walter Peters, head of Germany’s banking association, said the merger was “a chance for Europe”, but insisted it was important that business was divided fairly between London and Frankfurt....
...Pearson’s disposal will leave Exor with a 43.4 per cent shareholding....
...Think about extending your lease Leonora Walters, personal finance editor, investors Chronicle Do you own a leasehold property? How many years remain on your lease?...
...Disappointingly, the Hearst Corporation appears unlikely to buy Pearson’s 50 per cent stake in The Economist, which is up for sale....
...But couldn’t they have just named it Walter? Or Trish? People, how hard would that have been? I’m writing this at Toronto’s Pearson Airport at gate E72....
...Walter Loeb, a veteran retail consultant, said the holiday sales figures would revive questions over whether the US has more stores than it needs in a fragile economy....
...Earnings Bovis Homes FY 28.54p (17.50p) Bunzl FY 70.23p (68.10p) Dialight FY 40.90p (30.90p) Domino’s Pizza Group FY 21.29p (19.24p) Hiscox FY 44.39p (5.30p) Lowe’s Companies Q4 $0.23 ($0.29) Pearson...
...This view is particularly ingrained in Brazil, where the economy remains relatively closed and cut off to foreign trade, says Walter Molano, head of research at BCP Securities....
...Business Products and Services Michelle Clothier and Sam Conniff, Livity, Social Enterprise Kevin Hard, EvoEnergy, Cleantech and Renewables David Suddens, R Griggs Group, Retail and Wholesale Mark Pearson...
...“It seems the problem is not a lack of investment – that’s already quite high,” said Walter de Vitto, an energy analyst at the Tendencias consultancy in São Paulo....
...Harriet Walter, actor. COMMANDER, CBE Francis Baron, former chief executive, Rugby Football Union. Rabbi Tony Bayfield, for services to British Reform Judaism....
...John Sutherland’s ‘Longman Companion to Victorian Fiction: Second Edition’ has just been published by Pearson Education...
...PearsonLloyd’s best-known designs include the Horizon cabinet collection and Twist table for MO (Martinez Otero), Cobi chair for Steelcase, Edge table for Danerka and Flow armchair for Walter Knoll....
...It is a safe bet that young Walter Clyde Pearson was not a customer. “Puggy” Pearson was typical of the hard-living, cigar-chomping, poker professional of his time....
...He cites the poker great Walter Clyde “Puggy” Pearson’s gambling maxim: “Ain’t only three things to gambling: knowing the 60-40 end of a proposition, money management and knowing yourself.”...
...Stephen Catlin Lord Chadlington Robin Clark Sir Michael Cobham Tim Congdon Anthony Coombs Alistair Craig Sir Michael Craig-Cooper Sir John Craven Damon de Laszlo John Dembitz Lord Derwent Dr Walter...
...IT Director of the Year - more than 250 employees, sponsored by Robert Walters: Janet Day - Berwin Leighton Paisner*; Martin Yates - Deutsche Bank; Stuart Walters - Opodo....
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