Andrew Main Wilson, the new CEO of AMBA

Andrew Main Wilson is to be the new chief executive of AMBA, it has been announced on the first day of the Association's conference in Poland.

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The Collapse Of Globalism, By John Ralston Saul

Philosopher with a venomous world-view

Letter: Climate change

Sir: Your correspondent M A Lees (letter, 29 January) is right to point out that a retreat from globalisation and attendant economic contraction is a necessary condition of averting catastrophic climate change. But to suggest that "the cure is almost as bad as the disease" is very misleading.

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The man of letters who became Britain's favourite correspondent

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Letter: Millennium children

Sir: As the millennium closes, our contemplations must inevitably compare the last few centuries with the next.

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Outlook: Stock Exchange

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