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...Mullen told ABC television that the episode had “put a big dent” in efforts to attempt to stabilise relations between Beijing and Washington....
...However, William Chalmers, chief financial officer, said this week that “there’s no doubt the market is getting more competitive”, adding that the company would be “disciplined” in lending in the rest of...
...Former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff Michael Mullen on Sunday warned that a delayed transition would be “particularly difficult” in the area of national security, because “national security issues...
...In February, boss Jim Mullen set a target of 7m registered readers in three years’ time. It already has 3.5m after the crisis sent readers online....
...Criticisms also came from retired general John Allen, Martin Dempsey, a former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, and former Navy admirals William McRaven, James Stavridis and Mike Mullen, another former...
...William McRaven, a retired admiral who oversaw the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, told MSNBC there was “nothing morally right” about how protesters had been dispersed on Monday....
...William Darity of Duke University and his associate A Kirsten Mullen suggested in a recent report for the Roosevelt Institute, a think-tank, that between $10tn and $12tn could “serve as the baseline for...
...numbers of retail outlets currently count on FOBTs for a large proportion of their profits, and shares in Ladbrokes and GVC — which is in the process of buying it — tumbled on Monday morning, as did rival William...
...four people close to the talks said Ladbrokes and GVC went as far as discussing an executive team structure; Mr Alexander would become chief executive at the new group, while Ladbrokes Coral chief, Jim Mullen...
...“There is no heat coming from us that is going to work,” said Mr Mullen. “There are military options, but the question is what happens when you use them....
...Milne-Tyte talks to Florence Williams, author of The Nature Fix, about urban workers and their “nature deficit disorder”....
...“If [the government] follows the evidence, they will see that stakes do not affect problem gambling behaviour,” says Jim Mullen, chief executive at Ladbrokes Coral....
...William Fallon, another former head of Pacific Command, worries about the loose talk about military action....
...“Customer-friendly” football and horseracing results, including the leaders in the English Premier League winning almost all their matches, prompted rival William Hill to issue a profit warning last week...
...It led Mr Mullen to train as software engineer — a discipline that has served him well, in running online businesses for William Hill, and now combining Ladbrokes with Coral....
...Rival William Hill has also been on the lookout for a transformational deal, but its latest bid, for Canadian group Amaya, is facing opposition from major shareholders and industry figures....
...Ladbrokes, which has outstripped William Hill under the canny leadership of Jim Mullen, has meanwhile announced a 12.1 per cent third quarter sales increase and is close to merging with Coral....
...Jim Mullen, the Scot that William Hill should have groomed for the top job, jumped ship for Ladbrokes, whose shares, buoyed by an imminent merger with Coral, are 36 per cent higher over a year....
...William Hill has been hit hard by the tax hikes, which helped drive its pre-tax profit down by more than a fifth last year....
...Ciaran O’Brien, spokesman for the UK’s biggest retail betting company William Hill, described the week as “a bloodbath” for bookies....
...Jim Mullen, Ladbrokes’ chief executive, said the group is confident of delivering full year results in line with expectations....
...“Some of the negative press coverage [around FOBTs] that firms like Ladbrokes, Coral and William Hill get astounds me,” said Jim Mullen, chief executive of Ladbrokes....
...Luck has instead been smiling on Jim Mullen, chief executive ofLadbrokes....
...Jim Mullen, the chief executive of Ladbrokes, said his company recognised that responsible gambling was “non-negotiable”....
...Fellow high street stalwart William Hill will report full-year results on Friday....
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