as in excellent
of the very best kind
because of his blue-chip crew, he's won yachting's biggest prize several times
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 10 July 2024
Not with a sneaky-good rotation that features blue chip talents poised to flourish.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 25 June 2024
By comparison, an analysis of 328 European and U.K. blue chips by executive compensation consultants WTW, formerly Willis Towers Watson, showed that their CEOs’ pay rose 7% to almost €4 million last year—a sizable sum, but a small fraction of their U.S. peers’.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 June 2024
Shares in Ocado soared as much as 47% on Thursday topping London’s blue chip index following reports that U.S. tech giants might be considering a takeover bid of the U.K. online grocer and retailer.
—Elena Vardon, WSJ, 22 June 2023
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But, having recently brought back Walking with Dinosaurs, Coveney said BBC science is full steam ahead and has in fact doubled its number of blue chips of late to around one per year.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 10 July 2024
Not with a sneaky-good rotation that features blue chip talents poised to flourish.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 25 June 2024
By comparison, an analysis of 328 European and U.K. blue chips by executive compensation consultants WTW, formerly Willis Towers Watson, showed that their CEOs’ pay rose 7% to almost €4 million last year—a sizable sum, but a small fraction of their U.S. peers’.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 June 2024
Shares in Ocado soared as much as 47% on Thursday topping London’s blue chip index following reports that U.S. tech giants might be considering a takeover bid of the U.K. online grocer and retailer.
—Elena Vardon, WSJ, 22 June 2023
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“Blue-chip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blue-chip. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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