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Are Occupy’s echoes reaching the boardroom?

There’s a famous scene in The Devil Wears Prada where Meryl Streep, as the terrifying editor of a Vogue-like fashion magazine, lectures dowdily dressed Anne Hathaway on the way her “lumpy blue sweater”...

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The CEOs who look down as well as out

I wrote in my FT column about Sir Martin Sorrell of WPP, whose remuneration was rejected by 60 per cent of shareholders on Wednesday, and the fact that most CEOs demand to be paid at least as much as...

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Barclays needed a few more “jerks”

As his job security plummets in line with Barclays’ share price, Bob Diamond is haunted by what he said in the BBC Today Business Lecture last year about culture: Culture is difficult to define, I...

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Diamond’s nemesis was inside Barclays

Barclays has finally got the order of resignations the right way round. Bob Diamond’s departure – and the temporary restoration of Marcus Agius as chairman, a day after announcing his own exit – hands...

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Diamond seeks whistleblower status – in vain

Bob Diamond arriving to give evidence to the Treasury Select Committee on interest rate fixing. Getty Images Bob Diamond’s keenly awaited appearance before the Treasury select committee promised much...

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Restructuring and the power of ‘One’

Simon Fox of Trinity Mirror, the UK newspaper and publishing group, is the latest chief executive to attempt to give a restructuring plan a sense of focus, simplicity and unity by attaching “One” to...

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