Samsung, Sky, WH Smith: Business news in brief, Friday 14 October

Edit The Independent 14 Oct 2016
Britain's WH Smith looks to squeeze suppliers to offset forex hit ... The high street retailer is looking to curb an expected increase in costs associated with buying £25m of stationery, after a hedge against the dollar expires next year, WH Smith chief executive Stephen Clarke said on Thursday....

Erratic driver smashes into multiple cars in Springfield, skips court

Edit Springfield News-Sun 14 Oct 2016
The crashes were recorded by cell phone ... Sharon Smith works at the Our Hero restaurant, 1802 E ... “All the customers ran outside — I mean literally everybody inside ran outside,” Smith said ... “Its just crazy because if she would have just pulled over when she hit the first car, all the other accidents wouldn’t have happened,” Smith said ... According to Clark County Municipal court records, she is scheduled to appear again Friday morning ... ....

Dean Selvey: "It was brilliant to see them out there" (Barnet FC Ltd)

Edit Public Technologies 14 Oct 2016
Martin Allen named a side with a blend of youth and experience and handed starts to Jack Taylor, Fumnaya Shomotun, Nana Kyei and Justin Amaluzor while Ephron Mason-Clark came off the bench ... 'When he was an Under-11, along with Dan Cheema, Joe Payne and Darnell Smith, to see that full transformation from an 11-year-old to being in the first team against Norwich City was brilliant....

Disgraced councillor Patrick Clarke quits after string of convictions

Edit Belfast Telegraph 14 Oct 2016
Disgraced Patrick Clarke, who represents Slieve Croob for Newry, Mourne and Down District Council, said he was suffering from depression and "alcohol issues" ... Last month Clarke, from Castlewellan, became the first councillor in Northern Ireland to appear before the Local Government Commissioner for Standards....

Northampton Saints: Calum Clark injury 'mentally difficult'

Edit BBC News 14 Oct 2016
Calum Clark was in England's 2015 World Cup warm-up squad. Northampton Saints' Calum Clark says it was 'mentally challenging' during his 11 months out with a shoulder injury ... "It was constant setbacks, so mentally that was difficult," said Clark, 27....

Noel Clarke’s 'Brotherhood' scores int’l sales deal

Edit Screen Daily 14 Oct 2016
UK outfit Independent Film Sales has boarded Noel Clarke’s UK box office success Brotherhood for international sales ... Brotherhood is the third film in multi-hyphenate Clarke’s urban crime series which began with 2006 title Kidulthood ... Clarke, the most prolific black actor in UK film, wrote, stars in and directed the movie ... Independent represent North American rights jointly with Noel Clarke’s agency APA. Clarke said....

Clark - "Hopefully We Won't Leave It So Late!" (Newcastle United Football Company Ltd)

Edit Public Technologies 14 Oct 2016
Ciaran Clark is hoping Newcastle United won't leave it quite as late to secure a win as they did in their last game at St ... Clark has started the Magpies' last four games and, speaking to the official matchday programme, he admitted that he hopes his side won't have to wait until added time to make sure of the points this time around....

The Spectator’s Notes

Edit The Spectator 14 Oct 2016
The late Alan Clark was often much irritated by the very existence of Kenneth Clarke. He used to complain about ‘that podgy puffball’, but what really annoyed him, I think, was that since Alan’s own father was a famous man called Kenneth Clark, Kenneth Clarke had no business confusing matters by being a famous person himself ... The first is a biography called Kenneth Clark, Life, Art and Civilisation, by James Stourton....

Kind of Blue by Ken Clarke review – the sympathetic Tory? Forget it

Edit The Guardian 14 Oct 2016
It has always been believed that Ken Clarke is the most sympathetic of Conservative politicians, a rare maverick, not given to cutting and trimming, and careless of his own fortunes ... But Clarke’s characterisation of Alan Greenspan, the Ayn Rand-worshipping precipitator of the global financial crisis, as “one of the wisest men I had ever known” indicates that his self-proclaimed one-nation instincts hardly go very deep....

Seahawks injury report: DE Frank Clark sits out again, considered day-to-day with hamstring soreness

Edit The Seattle Times 14 Oct 2016
Seahawks defensive end Frank Clark sat out practice on Thursday for a second consecutive day while dealing with hamstring soreness. That Clark is sitting out is being termed as precautionary and Clark is considered day-to-day. Still, it remains unclear what his status is for Sunday’s game against the Atlanta Falcons. The Seahawks will have to […]> ... ....

Overhaul ahead for Allentown schools' business office

Edit Lehigh Valley 14 Oct 2016
Chief Financial Officer Jack Clark will stay on in his current role but will take on other responsibilities, including grants, charter schools and tax assessments, according to a news release from the district.  ... The move comes after months of the board questioning Clark's financial management of the district and the business office....

Docs have 'grave concerns' about eHealth review

Edit Toronto Sun 14 Oct 2016
Virginia Walley wrote to Ed Clark on Thursday to express the group’s concern about his review of the health records bureaucracy. Clark, the former TD Bank CEO who recommended the partial sale of Hydro One, was appointed Friday by Health Minister Eric Hoskins to look at the agency ... In the letter, she also asks to meet with Clark to discuss his review ... Clark’s written mandate already clearly states....

TSPLOST 2018 Project Request Forms Now Available (City of Athens and Clarke County, GA)

Edit Public Technologies 14 Oct 2016
City of Athens and Clarke County, GA). Project request forms for organizations and individuals to submit potential projects for consideration as part of a possible Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (TSPLOST) 2018 program for Athens-Clarke County are now available online at www.athensclarkecounty.com/tsplost ... The Athens-Clarke ......
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