Hints and tips:
...China snubs senior US official Beijing has refused to grant Wendy Sherman, deputy secretary of state, a meeting with her counterpart during a proposed visit to China....
...“Someone once said to me, ‘Not everyone’s a Wendy,’ and I said, ‘Well, crikey, we wouldn’t want everyone to be a Wendy,’” she says, laughing....
...Fitch has cut its outlook for India's credit rating to negative. The credit rating agency said India's economy was likely to contract 5 per cent this financial year....
...Abercrombie & Fitch (Retail) 160. JD Sports (Retail)...
...I took a markser pen and wrote out a nice Wendy Cope poem on the station noticeboard – something about a husband always forgetting to buy flowers. We got loads of compliments....
...Fitch cited a long list of challenges, including loss of technology leadership in key products and the strong yen. (Financial Times.)...
...Slight and spry, he turns up to be interviewed wearing a striped Abercrombie & Fitch shirt, black trousers and youthful, winkle-pickerish boots....
...YRC Worldwide , a trucking company, fell 26.2 per cent to $12.62 over the period after Fitch Ratings cut its debt to junk....
...“They’ve really become commoditised,” says Wendy Liebmann, of WSL Strategic Retail. “If I want basic, I’ll go to Target . . . if I want something special, I’ll go to Abercrombie.”...
...This week, Time Warner’s bigger buyback programme and newly aggressive financial policies earned it a one-notch ratings downgrade from Fitch....
...The biggest MySpace user-group is a fan club for Abercrombie & Fitch, the clothing line....
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