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...Woman, Life, Freedom by Marjane Satrapi et al (Seven Stories Press) The much-feted author of the graphic novel Persepolis leads a collection of vivid, “visually stunning” accounts of the current unrest gripping...
...group that has the market on edge (FT) Amundi boss targets China’s wealth management boom (FT) NextEra Energy CEO rules out hostile M&A after offer to Duke Energy (Reuters)...
...GK says it offers services including interior design, communication and “vision”....
...And, as lockdown measures are softened, the return of the likes of Gregg's, Starbucks et al to the UK FtG market will increase competition....
...SoftBank, WeWork’s biggest outside shareholder, is urging the lossmaking property group to shelve its hotly anticipated offering, after it received a cool reception from investors....
...He joins from law firm Simmons & Simmons. SoftBank Group has hired Sarah Lubman from Brunswick as a partner in its corporate communications division....
...Morgan Lewis, the global law firm, has hired Karun Cariappa as a corporate partner and Helen Fok as an investment management partner. They both join from Simmons & Simmons....
...“Uncertainty around Homebase, Poundworld et al presents opportunity for B&M from both a property and a capacity withdrawal perspective....
...The PIF has around $230bn in assets under management, its chief Yasir al-Rumayyan told Bloomberg TV....
...That figure pales against the total value of the US housing market – $23.7tn at the end of 2012, according to Zillow – but it could grow exponentially if Blackstone et al are able to get their hands on cheap...
...Masterpieces of Chinese Painting: 700-1900, edited by Zhang Hongxing, V&A Publishing, RRP£40/$60 The world’s oldest painting tradition explored in the glorious catalogue to the V&A’s current, once-in-a-lifetime...
...In 2004, Sheikh Mohammed famously said that what was then on display in Dubai represented only 10 per cent of his vision....
...And why, now, doesn’t someone come along and eat Durant for lunch, in the way that Blockbuster has been laid low by Netflix et al? There are two answers (at least)....
...What really happened at Northern Rock, Royal Bank of Scotland et al? This gives you a clearer idea....
...The leverage game is over for the foreseeable future and not just because regulators will tell Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley et al to go easy on the debt as a quid pro quo for borrowing from the Federal...
...However, keep an eye on that share price: BSkyB shareholders seem a bit rattled by both the competition from BT et al and by the fact that Sky is down £160m on its ITV investment....
..., to buy the Savoy Group of hotels....
...Group Heidi Miller, EVP, JPMorganChase Hamid Moghadam, Chairman and CEO, AMB Property Corporation Meridee Moore, Managing Partner, Watershed Asset Management John Morgridge, Chairman, Cisco Systems...
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