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First Reported Mar 01 2010 - Updated Mar 01 2010 - 1 Documents
John Browne (Lord Browne of Madingley)
John Browne (Lord Browne of Madingley)

If I had to start again ... Lord Browne

I would do many things exactly the same. The reason I went into business was because my father pushed me with a very simple question: 'Why not try it?' I did. And I loved it - I loved the oil industry and the richness of all the experiences I had and ... [Published Mar 01 2010 by Management Today Magazine]
First Reported Feb 11 2010 - Updated Feb 11 2010 - 1 Documents
BP plc
BP plc

Fatal Attraction in the Boardroom: BP's Former CEO Falls for Former Escort

John Browne joined British Petroleum (BP) in 1966 as an apprentice and found himself in the CEO’s office 28 years later.It was no secret that Browne was a brilliant businessman -- he was voted Britain’s “Industrialist of the Year” six times. What was ... [Published Feb 11 2010 by Minyanville]
First Reported Jan 12 2010 - Updated Jan 12 2010 - 1 Documents
Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter

Diary

OK people, calm down. There was room enough for Mrs Thatcher here, so there's room for you• Samantha Cameron is far too savvy to be measuring up the Downing Street curtains, let alone ordering any smart fabric from fashionable (George) Osborne & Little. ... [Published Jan 12 2010 by Guardian.co.uk]

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He made a famous speech in the House of Commons arguing that "as the Roman in days of old held himself free from indignity when he could say Civis Romanus sum; so also a British subject, in whatever land he may be, shall feel confident that the watchful eye and the strong arm of England will protect him against injustice and wrong" . Aberdeen, on the other hand, was as close to being a pacifist as any British Foreign Secretary can be...
Douglas Hurd: The politicians who fought for Britain's position in the world [Yorkshire Post - Feb 13 2010]
...What was a secret however was his homosexuality. "It was obvious to me that it was simply unacceptable to be gay in business and most definitely the oil business " Browne wrote in his new book Beyond Business. (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2010...
Fatal Attraction in the Boardroom: BP's Former CEO Falls for Former Escort [Minyanville - Feb 11 2010]
"We estimated that a merger could create synergies of around $9bn [£5.8bn] a year in three to five years' time. It also would have been a significant boost to the oil industry outside of the US" he argues in Beyond Business, published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson
BP 'missed the boat' on Shell mega-merger, reveals Browne [Guardian.co.uk - Feb 05 2010]

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If I had to start again ... Lord Browne [Management Today Magazine - Mar 01 2010]
Legend of the Dragon Lady [Irish Times - Feb 21 2010]
Douglas Hurd: The politicians who fought for Br... [Yorkshire Post - Feb 13 2010]
Fatal Attraction in the Boardroom: BP's Former ... [Minyanville - Feb 11 2010]
BP 'missed the boat' on Shell mega-merger, reve... [Guardian.co.uk - Feb 05 2010]
Diary [Guardian.co.uk - Jan 12 2010]
Václav Havel: the unlikely leader who beca... [Times Online - Nov 21 2009]
Lets go back to themoon - and beyond [Spiked Online - Jun 30 2009]
Oliver Marre talks to George Weidenfeld, a man ... [Observer - Jun 29 2009]
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