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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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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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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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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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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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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
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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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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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Safety first
The recent blaze in the Channel Tunnel was a worrying echo of the fire in 1996.
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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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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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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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Taylor Wimpey update update
There is a degree of uncertainty surrounding the date of Taylor Wimpey's next trading update - but what can we read into it?While Persimmon brought theirs forward this week and Barratt and Redrow are pencilled in the diary for November, there is no word from TW on a date yet.It ...
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A week is a long time in housebuilding
This week's news that 拢254m-turnover David McLean had fallen into administration sent reverberations around the industry because it was the biggest construction faller yet in the credit crunch.Administrator Deloitte will wind up the contracting arm and plans to sell off its housing developments; all very sensible so far.Presumably all the ...
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Housebuilding bonuses under scrutiny
When the Redrow board announced it was taking a combined 拢271,000 in performance bonuses this year, even a few City analysts raised an eyebrow.Not known for their readiness to criticise the bonus culture, some questioned how it would look after a year of mass redundancies and, more to the point, ...
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CommentVigilance at all times: When to give notice to the insurer
Insuring your building against design risks is one thing, but as the Kajima case shows, deciding when to give notice to the insurer 鈥� and what to claim 鈥� is quite another
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Self-defence for directors: Risks to directors when a company goes under
In the second article in our series on the legal implications of the economic downturn, we look at the risk to directors if their company goes under
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Chris Rickard into the breach
Taylor Wimpey is keeping new finance director Chris Rickard firmly under wraps at the moment. It's probably a wise move; he has better things to do than meet the City or talk to the press.Like steer the housebuilder towards the safe haven of a refinancing deal.He comes with a healthy ...