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Entrepreneur ideas. The Companies You Might Not Know Tesco Owns | Mental Floss UK. It's hardly been party time at Tesco for the past year or two. The grocery giant is losing ground to the Aldis and Lidls of the world, its overseas ventures are struggling, and its sales are falling. Today, it's announced the biggest annual loss in its history, of £6.4bn to end of February 2015. Yet it's still a firm that turns over tens of billions of pounds a year. And it's got a bunch of brands tucked away in its back pocket, that you might not realise have Tesco's paws on them. Such as these... Dobbies Garden Centres Go around a Dobbies Garden Centre, and there are two things of particular note. Back in 2007, Tesco snapped up the chain for a cool £155.6m. It might not own those shares for much longer, though. Technika Go through any supermarket, and you'll find electonics brands that, well, let's just say you never used to see them in Dixons back in the day.

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Nearly every project requires doing some research prior to beginning the design process. 2. This kind of list doesn't have to be that in-depth, it's used just to help you formulate ideas for the next step. 3. 4. 6. What is your creative process like? Finance. Business - How To Information. Is DIY in your DNA? Become part of our maker community. Submit Your Work! Login with Facebook Login with Google We need some additional information from you. FORGOT? I need an account Log in or join with email Receive popular eHow content in your inbox regularly Check your email for instructions to reset your password. By signing up or using the eHow services you agree to the eHow Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Joe McNally’s Blog. We celebrated Earth Day this past week. This observance has been around for a while now, and back in the 70′s I was occasionally assigned to cover some of the events.

I shot the above for UPI one year, at an Earth Day observance at the UN. I recall it being the usual, uh, cluster….k, in NY press terminology, with all the papers, the wires, and the TV folks angling for angles and exclusives. I was working for the formidable drill instructor of editors, Larry DeSantis, or LD, as we called him, who told me in no uncertain terms to get the muckety-mucks. In color. This past week on the Charles Bridge in Prague, I touched this image, below the statue of St. The folks at Lastolite are pretty cool, especially their chief designer, Gary Astill. Dancer by a window, Havana…… Nikon DF camera, 1/25th sec; f4; ISO 400; 24-120mm lens.

Cuban Cowboy, by a farmhouse window….Nikon DF camera; 1/50th sec; f3.5; ISO 100; 28mm f1.4 lens. Heading to St. BBC One - The Apprentice - The 10 best moments of The Apprentice series 10. Dragons' Den. Business Studies.

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How I Create Websites: A Look Inside the Creative Process.