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Will Ahmed get the measure of Moss Bros? Hostilities between the Joe Bloggs jeans retailer and the upmarket menswear group have intensified. Lauren Mills sizes up the arguments
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In the City, the smallest bid battles always end up being the
nastiest. So it is with the scrap over Moss Bros, the troubled
menswear retailer, which is rapidly disintegrating into a personal
slanging match between a brash entrepreneur and a chairman from the
heart of blue-chip Britain.
In the blue corner stands Shami Ahmed, the Joe Bloggs owner, who
wants to take control of Moss Bros and turn it around. In the red
corner (financially at least) stands Keith Hamill, Moss Bros's
chairman, who doesn't believe that Ahmed has the money and, even if
he did, says it is not nearly enough.
Ahmed has ...
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Ferns have soothing garden presence.(Home & Garden)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
; ...According to the American Fern Society, there are...000 named species of ferns in the world today...green Leather Wood Fern (Dryopteris marginalis...Pulmonaria majesty. After ferns are selected, turn...Interrupted Fern or Royal Fern. All will tolerate...steady moisture. Ferns ...
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Ferns spot in the shade dates back through the ages.(Home Garden)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
; ...afternoon sun. Autumn ferns The colorful fronds of autumn fern or dryopteris erythrosora...established, autumn ferns are drought tolerant. Brilliance autumn fern, called dryopteris...woods, Goldies fern, or dryopteris...one of the tallest ferns for a sheltered...
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Ferns add simple green beauty to yards
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN)
; ...by the rest of us. Fern aficionados are quick to look at the back of a fern leaf to distinguish it...sori. Leaves of many ferns come rolled up in a shape...are a few big, bushy ferns for home landscaping...Cristatum" -- Crested Lady Fern (4 feet, Zone 6...
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FERNS A DELICATE-LOOKING PLANT THAT CAN DEFY ADVERSE CONDITIONS.(LIFESTYLE)(ARTFUL SHOPPER)(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI)
; ...But my favorite ferns seem to be taking...in stride. My top fern for dealing with challenging...statement for a large fern - especially when...Ostrich or Sensitive ferns. It is also growing...are the fancy "Lady ferns" - Lattice Lady or the Victoria Lady fern (Athyrium felix...
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FETCHING FERNS: IT'S EASY TO BE FOND OF THESE FRONDS.(Life and Arts)(NORTHWEST GARDENS)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
; ...mostly evergreen ferns with glossy, dark...The Japanese tassel fern grows to about 3 feet...glylcyrrhiza, the licorice fern. Both of these ferns travel - increasing...growth. Herbaceous ferns, such as the painted fern, can be cut back entirely...
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Ferns for flowing fronds
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times
; ...orchids or other ferns. It may be of interest to note that our fern flora is one of...outstanding epiphytic ferns are the large "Bird's Nest Fern" or Asplenium nidus...the Bird's Nest Fern. The "nest" can...big (in mature ferns) and may retain...
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Fantastic ferns.
Newspaper article from: Daily Press (Newport News, VA)
; ...to name his favorite ferns, but Autumn fern ranks among the five...according to the American Fern Society (amerfernsoc.org). WHY USE FERNS? They tolerate shade...the native netted chain fern. WHAT DO FERNS NEED? Moist, well...
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FEATHERY FERNS ARE A PERFECT BACKDROP.(AT HOME)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
; ...stick fronds. Both ostrich fern and cinnamon fern are great foundation plants. Maidenhair ferns (Adiantum pedatum) are...book on the subject is ``Ferns for American Gardens'' by John Mickel, curator of the fern garden at the New York Botanical...
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When ferns get in trouble.
Magazine article from: Sunset
; ...to trim off Boston ferns' leafless, stringy runners. Even if your fern doesn't respond...disaster. Hare's foot fern (Polypodium aureum...humidity than most other ferns. Likes bright light...Button(roundleaf) fern Photo: Variegated cretanbrake Photo: "Ferns aren't my forte...
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FERNS: THE OLDEST OF LAND PLANTS
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN)
; ...nutrients. And so the fern was born. Ferns, or tracheophytes, were...under shade trees. Hardy ferns are perennials that will...astilbes, which grow in a fern-like projection, offer...complements the deep green of ferns. Can you grow ferns from...
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