The Jones business, which has 93 branches in the UK, is to be combined with the 150-strong Brantano chain, bought by Amsterdam-listed Macintosh in 2008. The deal will see Peter Phillips, chairman of Jones, and its chief executive, Ken Bartle, step down from their roles. Around 15 new Jones stores are to be opened in the UK over the next three years, while a website is being launched to boost online sales.<!---MPUMinCharsCutOff:210 PageLength:419MPUPositionFromStart:250 MPUPositionRange:1000hasVideoOrImage:False---> Read more [...]

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Strong commodity prices and low interest rates have sales of top quality farmland setting new highs in western Illinois, while sales of wooded land and average farmland disappoint. “I’m expecting 6 to 8 percent increases in the second half of 2010, maybe even more than that,” said Gary Schnitkey, a University of Illinois professor in farm management. “It’s been a pretty dramatic increase.” Local land sales this winter, the primary sales period for farmland, remain consistent with Read more [...]