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There is no evidence of a “glass ceiling” for women in British politics once they get into Parliament, a study of lawmakers has found.
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Postmortems of last month’s European Union summit meeting have now turned to why the Greek debt rescue failed to restore investor confidence in the country’s finances. Many reasons are advanced: the failure to communicate clearly; the complexity of the plan; the inability to coordinate with the International Monetary Fund.
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A year ago, Robert Diamond was in the cockpit of David Cameron’s plane as it landed in London.
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U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron is planning to reorganize his ministerial team after his summer break, seeking to get his coalition on track after months of U- turns and mutinies, said a person familiar with the matter.
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Last seen on Broadway shlumping around the stage with Daniel Craig in a boring cop drama, Hugh Jackman seemed intent on proving he could do Serious.
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Julie Taymor , the director and co- author of “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,” has been replaced, the producers announced last night, just before another mechanical glitch.
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Actelion Ltd. ’s shareholders should oust board members and replace them with former executives from Novartis AG and Merck KGaA, a hedge fund said as it stepped up pressure on the biotechnology company to consider options, including a sale.
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Australia’s richest man Frank Lowy will step down as executive chairman of Westfield Group and hand day to day control of the company he founded in 1959 to his sons.
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ProStrakan Group Plc rose the most since 2005 in London trading after closely held pharmaceutical company Norgine BV bought 12.6 percent of the U.K. drugmaker and didn’t rule out the possibility of bidding for the rest.
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Actelion Ltd. said hedge fund Elliott Advisors (UK) Ltd. is trying to seize control of the Swiss drugmaker at a time when products in development are approaching key milestones.
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