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...Ralph Lauren Automotive Tourbillon, 2014 Ralph Lauren launched its luxury watch line in 2009, combining top-quality movements from Piaget and Jaeger-LeCoultre with a new twist on classic designs....
...The trust is a corporation owned by DJT Holdings LLC — that is, Donald J Trump. Mr Trump appears to owe the money to himself....
...(WSJ) Copper control Having helped discover two of the world’s largest mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Robert Friedland believes he has found a third....
...However, Burton says, to be fair, there is currently “a certain faith in Robert Cook’s goodwill”....
...Toys R US — which was taken private in a $6.6bn deal in 2005 by Bain Capital, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Vornado Realty Trust — has roughly $400m of secured and unsecured debt maturing in May and October...
...The influx of tech executives is already making its presence felt in the market, says Robert Kesting, a broker with RE/MAX River Run Realty of Sun Valley....
...“It will be some time before these features become common, but when they do we expect a continuation in the trend of falling accidents,” said Robert Greensted, analyst at S&P....
...“Tommy is like a cat with nine lives and I don’t think he gives a damn what the sceptics say,” says luxury brand consultant Robert Burke....
...The consortium – which also includes Kimco Realty, Klaff Realty, Lubert-Adler Partners, and Schottenstein Stores – will pay around $40 per share for Safeway, including $32.50 in cash....
...“Bonds are clearly overvalued, so it makes sense to rotate into equities,” says Robert Farago, head of asset allocation at Schroders Private Bank....
...“I read with interest some comments made by policy makers because it is all about confidence,” says Robert Stheeman, head of the UK debt management office....
...The period Robert Burke calls the “Ralph/Calvin/Donna years” was, indeed, the last time US fashion presented a coherent face to the world....
...Robert Bailey, a buying agent, says he also has a growing number of City bankers asking him to find rental properties for them, rather than homes to buy, due to changes in the payment of bonuses....
...Ethan Bellamy, Wunderlich Securities/Robert Baird & Co Ethan Bellamy, now at Robert Baird & Co, is a senior analyst covering the energy sector with a focus on master limited partnerships (MLPs)....
...AT&T was among more than 30 telecommunications carriers and private equity groups, including Carlyle Group and Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts, that expressed an interest in acquiring the Alltel spectrum after...
...Over all of them hovers a giant invisible thinks-balloon containing the words: “Where is Robert Altman when we need him?” ………………………………....
...However, they said an offer for Hammerson from Vornado Realty Trust, a US Reit, could not be ruled out, nor could a move from the Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund....
...Architects such as Richard Meier and Robert A.M. Stern have designed glass-clad high-rises where apartments easily fetch $5m....
...Equity Office Properties on Monday agreed to give a consortium of investors led by Vornado Realty nine days of access to its books, paving the way for a formal counterbid to be tabled for Sam Zell’s commercial...
...A trio of investors led by Vornado Realty Trust has launched a $39bn cash and stock bid for Equity Office Properties Trust, Sam Zell’s commercial real estate empire....
...Vornado Realty Trust, the US property group, has joined the consortium of investors working on a rival bid to take over Equity Office Properties, Sam Zell’s commercial real estate empire, people familiar...
...These include Oaktree Capital, which has hired Ralph Parks, formerly head of JPMorgan’s Asia-Pacific operations....
...But it is known that he came to the deal later than Ralph Alexander, then responsible for Russia, and Robert Dudley, now TNK-BP’s chief executive....
...But Robert Barrie, economist at CSFB, said the recovery was developing exactly as might be expected. “We had the exports, we’re getting the investment, and we will get consumer spending . . ....
...But by Thursday afternoon, only one credible offer for the whole company, from a consortium including Apollo Management, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, and Texas Pacific Group, had been tabled - and at a price...
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