Monthly Archives: June 2015

Sturgeon visits Brooklyn school

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Nicola Sturgeon has visited a school in Brooklyn to learn how standards in Scottish schools can be improved. The stop was the first on a four day US trip for the First Minister with a series of engagements in New York and Washington DC, including an appearance on the satirical news programme the Daily Show. Nicola Sturgeon will follow in the footsteps of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown by appearing on the Daily Show The Scottish Read more [...]

Hylands Estate announces appointment of new manager

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Hylands Estate has announced the appointment of Gary Cook as Manager of its wedding, events and conference facility which takes place with immediate effect. Mr Cook will be responsible for growing the corporate hire business and maximising Hylands’ popular wedding venue offering. Set among over 500 acres of grounds, featuring manicured lawns and flowerbeds, woodlands and a Serpentine lake, the Estate boasts a contemporary Grand Pavilion and Read more [...]

Legal and General support removal of quarterly reporting for FTSE listed …

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Multinational financial service provider Legal and General has sent a letter to the boards of FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 companies, saying they support the scrapping of quarterly reporting requirements. The Financial Conduct Authority lifted the legal requirement for publicly listed companies to publish their quarterly statement in November 2014, a move which has been welcomed by the Association of Investment Companies. Legal Read more [...]

Fairfax Media photo archive stuck in US warehouse after digitising deal unravels

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Australia’s oldest newspaper, the Sydney Morning Herald, has lost control of parts of its priceless photographic collection after a cut-price deal with an American businessman to digitise the historic Fairfax archive went spectacularly wrong. Some of the archive is now trapped in an Arkansas warehouse after the business tasked with digitising it was placed into receivership and is facing 10 lawsuits totalling more than $90m. In 2013 Fairfax Media entrusted a digitising business called Rogers Read more [...]

30 under 30: Moscow’s young power list

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Adult life begins at 30, they say, or slightly earlier if you live in Moscow. As part of our week-long focus on life in the city we’ve taken stock of Muscovites who’ve achieved notoriety in their 20s, contributing to a different Russia from the one we’re used to reading about. Related: Guardian Moscow Week / Московская неделя Guardian – live From the creatives giving a voice to the disenfranchised post-Soviet youth; the young politicians repeatedly harassed and arrested; Read more [...]

Nicola Sturgeon listed as comedian on Daily Show website

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But viewers could be in for more than they had bargained for after the SNP leader was listed as 'a comedian' on the show's website. Hosted by Jon Stewart, the Daily Show is famous for its spiky take on politics. The programme, which has been running on the Comedy Central network since 1999, has played host to a stream of famous political names including Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and Barack Obama. A spokesman for Comedy Central said: 'I can confirm that she will appear as a guest on Comedy Central's Read more [...]

Minera IRL Announces US$70 Million Bridge Loan and Mandate Letter for Up to …

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LIMA, PERU, Jun 08, 2015 (Marketwired via COMTEX) -- Minera IRL Limited ("Minera IRL", or the "Company") (IRL)(aim:MIRL)(lma:MIRL), announces that it has arranged a US$70 million secured finance facility (the "Bridge Loan") structured by the Peruvian state-owned development and promotion bank, Corporacion Financiera de Desarrollo S.A. ("COFIDE") and syndicated through Goldman Sachs Bank USA. The Bridge Loan is expected to be Read more [...]