What the Sunday papers said
Monday 29 September 2014
Independent on Sunday: Headhunters push for more women bosses
Egon Zehnder, one of the world’s leading executive headhunters, has vowed to unsettle the male-dominated executive positions of the UK’s FTSE 100 companies, and its newly appointed UK managing director Miranda Pode is leading its charge.
Sunday Times: Tycoon’s £2.5bn to break shale logjam
Jim Ratcliffe, billionaire founder of the chemical giant Ineos and one of Britain’s richest men, plans to kick-start the fracking industry in the UK by giving away billions of pounds to landowners and communities affected by fracking.
Sunday Telegraph: Citizens Bank flotation generates further windfall
Royal Bank of Scotland is in line for a fresh $425m (£261m) windfall after the banks that underwrote the flotation of its US arm, Citizens, exercised options to buy more shares, a move welcomed by RBS after it had to cut the price of the IPO.
Mail on Sunday: Don’t shred a thing, new Tesco chief warns staff
Tesco’s chief executive, David Lewis, has ordered staff not to shred or delete documents as lawyers and accountants investigate the huge profit shortfall at the supermarket giant while the Serious Fraud Office watches from the sidelines.
- 1 In-your-face racism has returned and few are fighting against it
- 2 Jesus 'married Mary Magdalene and had children', according to ancient manuscript
- 3 Virus that 'makes humans more stupid' discovered
- 4 Dollar store toy wand has hidden picture of demonic child cutting herself with a kitchen knife
- 5 Britain First hijacking the poppy is a vile insult to veterans like myself
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In-your-face racism has returned and few are fighting against it
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Labour funding crisis: Jewish donors drop 'toxic' Ed Miliband
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European Union migrants add £20bn to the British economy – in just a decade
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Virus that 'makes humans more stupid' discovered
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Rose McGowan attacks LGBT community for failing to campaign for feminism: 'Gay men are more misogynistic than straight men'
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EU surcharge: George Osborne 'used accounting trick to claim cut in Brussels bill'
Follow Simon Calder's journey in Cuba
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Rainbow list 2014: The LBGT people who make a real difference
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2014 WISE Summit
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Why HD audio will lead to smarter calling
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i100: A single mother on benefits who became one of the world's most successful authors
11 rags-to-riches underdog success stories
Made of London Series
From Britpop royalty to champion cheesemaker. Alex James has said that he would like to make more music with Blur.
From medieval to ultramodern
Mons is embracing the future as it prepares for its role as next year’s European Capital of Culture, but it’s also steeped in intriguing history. Philip Sweeney explores its two sides
Winter sparkle
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