One of them was David Marcus of MarCap Investors, a hedge fund, who saw a firm with great potential.
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David Marcus, the cofounder and chief executive of Evermore Global Advisors, is bullish on Promotora de Informaciones, or Grupo Prisa, one of the world's largest Spanish-language media conglomerates.
Indeed, the Pole may earn first-choice status if he continues the form that saw him make two great saves from a Marcus Berg shot and a David Rozehnal header.
But veteran home goalkeeper David James made two outstanding saves to deny Marcus Tudgay in each half.
The bank said former Bank of England deputy governor David Walker will be its new chairman effective November 1 replacing Marcus Agius who resigned following the Libor scandal that broke in late June.
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Sir David took over as chairman last year after both the former chairman Marcus Agius and chief executive Bob Diamond resigned in the wake of the Libor scandal.
Former England opener Marcus Trescothick was first to go, trapped leg before by David Griffiths, who had earlier contributed five to a last-wicket partnership of 53 with Ervine.
Oh and there's also a tussle for the Conservatives' four places on the Backbench Business Committee: vying for them are David Amess, Bob Blackman, Peter Bone, Jane Ellison, Philip Hollobone and Marcus Jones.
"The selectors have been acutely conscious that it would be counter-productive to try to rush Marcus back into international action before he was ready, " said chairman of selectors David Graveney.
Openers Marcus Trescothick and Neil Edwards threw away their wickets in similar style, pulling catches to David Wainwright at deep square off short-pitched balls from Bresnan.
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