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...hoping to have a firm date set [for the opening] soon as possible,” Corker said. “We want to be cautious of student schedules and set an opening date that works well for students...
Susann Schlaud, spokeswoman for Miller Dyer Spears, the Boston-based architectural firm that designed the pub, said that the company is still working on the construction schedule, but she would not comment further on the delays...
...York-based D. E. Shaw Group. Summers, who will take on the new position in addition to his current role as the Eliot University professor, will focus his efforts on “various strategic initiatives and high-level portfolio management activities” at the hedge fund, the firm announced yesterday. Summers, a former secretary of the U.S. Treasury, said his new role will not change his status as a Harvard faculty member. “This is entirely within the context of the normal outside activities of a Harvard professor,” Summers said in a statement...
...some bigger trend in the future. "Wine has become very popular, particularly among young upper-middle-class Chinese, and in particular young upper-middle-class and wealthy Chinese women with a lot of disposable income," enthuses Leah Liu, the China marketing manager for Hong Kong-based Jebsen & Co., the firm behind VIN and an importer of high-end luxury goods throughout China, including Raymond Weil watches and Porsche cars. Grace Bai, a 32-year-old advertising executive, is one of her target consumers. Nursing a glass of Louis Jadot Beaujolais on the outdoor patio at La Villa Rouge in Shanghai...
...Then came the letter from Card Service Center, a debt collection firm. It said Brown had to pay $1,874 within five days, and her "refusal to cooperate could result in a legal suit being filed for collection of the account." That meant, the letter added, presumably for clarity, "forwarding this account to our attorney...