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...So it is as well that Trump has single-mindedly devoted his adult life to burnishing the financial worth of his personal brand....
...Her comments reflect a tension in President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s efforts to play both sides of the climate debate — burnishing Brazil’s environmental credentials in protecting the crucial ecology...
...Branson, who spent decades burnishing the image of his business with high-profile adventures and stunts, said he now spends 90 per cent of his time on philanthropic work, but that there was still “a hell...
...The digital spreadsheet is an example of a technology that automated the more tedious tasks in accountancy, burnishing jobs that were already well-paid and interesting....
...While you can’t blame the subjects for wanting a voice, their version of events will be at best partial and, at worst, a shameless PR exercise aimed at burnishing their reputation....
...The California governor has also been burnishing his international credentials, travelling to Israel in October to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, then to Beijing where he met China’s president,...
...Could lay-offs across world investment banking prompt more professionals to seek a CV-burnishing CFA? Don’t bet on it. At least not in the US....
...The policy shift sent jitters through US and European bond markets, as traders bet that it would encourage Japanese investors to bring their cash home by further burnishing the appeal of the domestic market...
...This PR coup for Starmer will enable him to present his foreign policy goals while burnishing his credentials as a prime minister in waiting....
...Even value retailers are burnishing their online capabilities....
...The letter follows Smith’s annual client missive last week in which he criticised Unilever’s chief executive, Alan Jope, and top management for burnishing sustainability credentials at the expense of running...
...Panama has been working to shake off its reputation as a global haven for shady money and is burnishing its environmental credentials....
...In addition to burnishing McCarthy’s credentials, a law stemming from bipartisan dealmaking would signal Washington is still able to function at a time of heightened political polarisation....
...Tonal density, dark ink engulfing the figures, hatching running in opposite directions, coarse aquatint and rough burnishing offset by very refined passages, all build the sense of human frailty amid violence...
...What also shines through are the clothes, and their role in burnishing celebrity status....
...Their financial divergence reflects the rise of Singapore, one of the first countries in Asia to reopen its borders after the pandemic, and the burnishing of its status as a business hub....
...Sequoia, the Silicon Valley group that made its name through early bets on Apple, Google and Airbnb, has spent the last two decades burnishing it with the massive gains from its China business....
From Guy Burton, Adjunct Professor, Brussels School of Governance, Brussels, Belgium
...All the anecdotes were like this — and all of them, I grew to suspect, were subject to embellishment, friends and family compensating for his absence by burnishing their memories....
...In other words, the annus horribilis of 2022 is actually burnishing the case for passive investing rather than destroying it — and reinforcing the trend of the past five years....
...Whatever the precise details of her departure, Braverman’s letter screams of someone burnishing their credentials for a future contest....
...A weak currency is burnishing the UK market’s appeal to bargain hunters. The latest example is the agreement by Canada’s OpenText to buy software developer Micro Focus for £5.1bn, including debt....
...There has always been a whiff of tawdriness about burnishing your social credentials to match your wealth. Scandals over the buying of honours caused the practice to be banned in the 1920s....
...Not only are the Tories losing their own reputation, they are burnishing Labour’s....
...Whatever the precise details of her departure, Braverman’s letter screams of someone burnishing their credentials for a future contest. This path is a long-term threat to Conservatives....
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