Scott-Barrett's departure comes as a small surprise since ABN's activist shareholder The Children's Investment Fund (TCI) had been braying for the head of Chief Executive RijkmanGroeninkRijkman Groenink, while Dutch shareholders rights group VEB had also said the chief's position was untenable.
Scott-Barrett's departure comes as a small surprise since ABN's activist shareholder The Children's Investment Fund (TCI) had been braying for the head of Chief Executive Rijkman Groenink , while Dutch shareholders rights group VEB had also said the chief's position was untenable.
Even a small positive surprise could have a meaningful impact on the share price, as expectations have been tumbling and investor revulsion following several product delays is almost palpable.
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The vast majority of new companies were small, which is no surprise.
What this all means is that there is significantly greater volatility in outcomes for small businesses, which should surprise few people but is something politicians and the news media tends to gloss over.
Social media use is trending upward according to the survey of more than 1, 235 small business owners, no surprise given the attention paid to the various social platforms by big businesses and media outlets.
The other surprise, a small presentation also at MILK Studios, was a label called Calla characterized by bold prints in geometric in neon yellow and purple. (It also smelled like a rose-filled winter garden inside, courtesy olfactory branding company 12.29.) The silk-screened slim-fit pants, cute above-the-knee dresses, and thick PVC heels worked well together with tiny T-shirt-cut tops and softly angled jackets.
Although Dubai World's financing issues are not a surprise and are relatively small given global credit losses, they are a reminder that the vulnerabilities and imbalances that contributed to the credit crunch have not disappeared.
That's why it is no surprise to police officers that small, neighborhood-based schools perform so much better than big regional ones.
One emphasized that its purchasing department was caught completely by surprise to learn that purchased items contained small amounts of one of these metals.
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The market place is still digesting the surprise move by major countries to release a small portion of their strategic oil reserves onto the world market.
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So it is no surprise that it also works for a group of small creatures known as rotifers.
Birds-eye figure is (surprise) a grain pattern reminiscent of hundreds of small bird's eyes scattered across the face of a board or veneer.
Today ARMs are only a small part of the market, but here's the surprise: Most don't adjust for five or seven years and can make sense for older refinancing homeowners with lots of equity.
The market place is digesting the surprise move last week by major countries to release a small portion of their strategic oil reserves onto the world market.
It was a surprise win for Gordon, who has been releasing books through small publishers for the last 20 years.
To my surprise, both Siri and the Android phones located a Starbucks in a small town just a few miles off the freeway.
There is a solution to achieving a successful retirement that may surprise you because it is not so obvious: Make a series of small but important changes.
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On a cold and rain-washed morning, high up in the Himalayas, we made our way towards the small village of Gue, just 9km from the Tibetan border, to see what surprise Suraj had in store.
The fact that so much small-batch spirit is made at a few large distilleries should come as no surprise, given how many independent outfits had to give up their stills during Prohibition and subsequent calamities.
To their surprise they found the assumption that big extinctions take longer to recover from than small did not apply.
Add to this the activities of state and local governments and it is no surprise that the cost of regulations and red tape remain a top concern of small business owners.
For the anti-FDI campaigners, too, this came as something of a surprise for the same reason, although a joint parliamentary committee had underscored how small retailers had been hit by the coming of organized retail.
Jean's Creole roots shine through his entire catalog of hit songs, and as earthquake-torn Haiti grieves, it comes as no surprise that the musician has dedicated his latest composition to the people of the small Caribbean country.
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Imagine the surprise of a group of media men who ate and drank heartily at a small bar, while teaching the owner to sing "Forever Everton", when they were forcibily ejected - for trying to pay their bill.
The only surprise is that Anderson is still in business, holding big blocks of shares and debt in small energy and gaming ventures.
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