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Which "consensus" forecast do you believe?
A few analysts were left scratching their heads following Persimmon's trading update on Monday.The uncertainty surrounded its pre-tax profit forecast of 拢135m-ish for 2008.According to FD Mike Killoran it was the market's consensus forecast (the average of several analysts' figures).Not according to one City number-cruncher. "Most forecasts I am aware ...
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Way off target
The generally perceived view is that targets in policing and the health sector are counterproductive.
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CommentQuestion time
Everything鈥檚 getting terribly serious, isn鈥檛 it? This week we ponder life鈥檚 big questions: what can make us happy? How can we save our businesses? And what is making Gary Barlow so miserable?
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Not working out
I just read your article about Bouygues UK carrying out warm-up exercises on their sites (17 October, page 54).
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Forward planning
Mike Davies is incorrect to say that the Royal Town Planning Institute has 鈥渋nevitably created an academic closed shop that has contributed to the shortage of qualified planners鈥� (17 October, page 32).
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Safety first
The recent blaze in the Channel Tunnel was a worrying echo of the fire in 1996.
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CommentThe European enlightenment
In 2010 Europe will emerge from the shadows of low-performance lightbulbs and enter the age of energy-efficient lighting 鈥�
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CommentElection fever
星空传媒 hit the streets of New York to find out whether the Big Apple will be backing MCCAIN or OBAMA next tuesday
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CommentThere once was an ugly duckling
If your adjudication claim鈥檚 feathers are all tattered and torn, it ought to fail. But what if your kindly adjudicator decides that it might turn into a swan later on?
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CommentMy digital life: Nathan Doughty
This Texan loves to spend time on news websites, satire websites, video editing websites, library websites, meeting websites, blogging websites. And his job? Something to do with websites 鈥�
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CommentThe latest death toll
On 28 March 2006, Lord Hunt, the then health and safety minister, made what many hoped would be a seminal speech in the struggle to make British sites safer.
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Wobbly contractor syndrome: paying subcontractors directly
Our third article on the legal implications of the downturn looks at what happens when a main contractor risks going bust and a client wants to pay its subbies directly
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Who鈥檚 suing whom: A round-up of the writs in the Technology and Construction Court
Merchant Taylors school and old boys association vs Peter Cawdron and Robert Hurran
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CommentWelcome to the bunfight
You probably think American politics is full of weirdos, incompetent ego-maniacs and moose-gobbling creationists. But no, says Chris Addison, it鈥檚 nowhere near as sane as that
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Comment星空传媒 buys a margarita 鈥� for Stantec
鈥溾�楻ubbish.鈥� That鈥檚 such a great English word. So much better than 鈥榯rash鈥�,鈥� says Eric through a mouthful of guacamole. 鈥淩u-bbish. Ru-bbish.鈥�
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CommentThe reluctant litigant: name borrowing
Getting someone else to fight your PFI dispute battles for you can be uncomfortable for both parties 鈥� name-borrowing may be a better solution all round
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A very cross industry approach
Having read your ConstructionSkills article (17 October, page 38), I would totally support the views of Mark Farrar.
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Arbitration after commencement of court proceedings
The CaseOn 21 December 2006 the claimant, Delta Reclamation (鈥淒elta鈥�), and the defendant, Premier Waste Management (鈥淧remier鈥�), signed an agreement which regulated the storage and processing of used tyre derivative aggregate replacement (UTDAR) at a quarry near Coxhoe.The agreement contained an arbitration clause submitting 鈥渁ll disputes arising out of the ...
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CommentLet鈥檚 talk about sects
The Sect of the Great Mystery, that is, as nurtured by the high priests of modern British architecture. Only in the US is there a place for non-believers