On match days I sit in the stand and have a chat with Brendan about his team talk ahead of half-time.

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"I have had a long chat with Chris Hughton and our medical team and the only one of the injured players we are likely to have back on Sunday is Jose Enrique, " added Kinnear.

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Before the official party kicks off, the Shard public-relations team on Wednesday invited dozens of media members to an embargoed chat with several key players in the 12-year odyssey of turning the Shard into reality.

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Everyone comes in because everyone knows how important it is to share ideas and have idle chit-chat as well as important conversations about the projects everyone on the team is working on.

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After our 3.30 a.m. finish, the ensuing daylight hours started with a couple of eye drops but pretty soon, the intrepid Talk Asia team was dashing off to our next interview with Bollywood hot shot director and chat show host, Karan Johar.

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Cupid confirmed that it does employ a "motivation team", but said its activities included mystery shopping, site monitoring and moderation of chat rooms and forums, not enticing "paying subscribers to renew".

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Today, he will be hosting a Forbes Intelligent Investing Twitter chat along with Forbes Investing Editor Matt Schifrin and other members of the Forbes investing team.

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After kicking off proceedings with a chat with Europe's Ryder Cup-winning captain Colin Montgomerie - who collected both the team of the year and coach of the year awards during the ceremony - the boys quickly rattled through a stellar list of interviewees.

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