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...The anonymous reviewers at Kirkus Reviews, a respected trade publication, are, like me, underwhelmed: American comedian Jimmy Fallon’s Your Baby’s First Word Will Be Dada “fails to be funny”; news anchor...
...Yarlagadda had been surprised when Obama wore the ring on the Jimmy Fallon show; even more so when she wore it again to the Grammys....
...Coram Williams, previously seen by insiders as a potential successor to Mr Fallon, will be replaced by his deputy Sally Johnson, who had also been due to leave the FTSE 100 company before she was offered...
...A month later, chief financial officer Coram Williams, who had been touted as a successor to Mr Fallon, said he would also leave....
...Coram Williams, the current finance director, is seen within Pearson as a potential contender for the top post....
...Thursday’s news of lower profit as finance chief Coram Williams follows boss John Fallon out of the door at least caused some to take note: Pearson shares fell another 5 per cent....
...He replaces John Fallon, who announced his retirement last year following a series of profit warnings. Get the full story....
...The publisher’s chief executive John Fallon announced he was going last month. Now the CFO, Coram Williams is leaving too....
...The exit of John Fallon, chief executive since 2013, and his finance chief Coram Williams will leave a management vacuum but the pair can claim the heavy lifting is mostly complete....
...Pearson’s chief finance officer Coram Williams, who was seen by insiders as a potential successor to chief executive John Fallon, has left the company....
...Coram Williams, the company’s chief financial officer, said like-for-like profits excluding “one-offs and portfolio changes” were up....
...William Fallon, another former head of Central Command, said the US was suffering because of its own actions. “Face it, we have a leadership credibility problem,” he said....
...“Diplomacy and development are essential to combating threats before they reach our shores,” said the retired officers, who included William Fallon, James Stavridis, Anthony Zinni and David Petraeus....
...Finance chief Coram Williams said he anticipated the company would maintain its “one-third, two-thirds” dividend policy, meaning investors could expect a 10p dividend in the second half of the year....
...William Hague, former Tory leader, said the UK government was now on a “surer footing” and that it was essential for Mrs May to bring on some of the party’s younger talents to energise the government....
...“If you start to shoot first, you better be prepared for a full range of counter-reactions,” said William Fallon, former head of US Pacific Command and Central Command....
...Pearson added that Mr Fallon and chief financial officer Coram Williams will see their pay frozen in 2017, which it said reflected the “lower long-term profit expectations of Pearson.”...
...We’re not making threats,” Michael Fallon, the UK defence secretary, told the BBC on Tuesday....
...Williams does want to be Prime Minister and sees himself as the leader of this new generation....
...British troops accused of misconduct in Afghanistan and Iraq will not face charges after Sir Michael Fallon, the defence secretary, announced that the investigations would be dropped....
...William Fallon, a retired admiral who headed Pacific Command in 2006, said the US had no good options. “Do we think that if we launch some military option that Kim will give up his weapons?...
...A cascade of sexual harassment allegations has engulfed Westminster this week, sweeping away Sir Michael Fallon from the Ministry of Defence, putting several MPs under investigation and raising questions...
...“Fallon’s going to have equal rights on that property,” Ms Murfitt warns....
...William Fallon, another former head of Pacific Command, worries about the loose talk about military action....
...william.wallis@ft.com...
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