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...Hermès, L’Oréal, Dior et al sell an idea of French high-end craftsmanship that derives almost whole cloth from the 17th-century court of Versailles....
...Ultra-rich Americans come out in favour of wealth tax (FT) Wildlife conservation is an afterthought in the green bond market (FT) Morgan Stanley has introduced a new set of investment products that let people...
...Not only did he design and manufacture cheap homes with his Standard Houses Corporation but he built entire settlements in Indian Head and Suitland, Maryland....
...Serious Sweet, by AL Kennedy, Cape, RRP£17.99 Set over the course of a single day, and travelling from Piccadilly to Chiswick via Knightsbridge, AL Kennedy’s latest novel is an ambitious, perambulatory...
...Bayer is less well known than his contemporaries at the Bauhaus – Walter Gropius, Wassily Kandinsky, László Moholy-Nagy et al – perhaps because, having emigrated from Germany in 1938, he spent so much of...
...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...
...Scandicrime by an American....
...The US role in the global corporate economy consists disproportionately of consultants, designers, personnel managers et al., who make a good living showing foreign leaders how to organise their businesses...
...China ● Deirdre Connelly, president, GSK North American Pharmaceuticals ● Jacynthe Côté, chief executive, Rio Tinto Alcan ● Maria das Graças Silva Foster, gas and energy director, Petrobras ● Barbara...
...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)....
...www.cassina.com 5 TV Sofa Bokja One of my personal highlights from December’s Design Miami was a preview of the Al-Sabah Art & Design Collection, the new design venture from Sheikh Majed Al-Sabah of Villa...
...What really happened at Northern Rock, Royal Bank of Scotland et al? This gives you a clearer idea....
...Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae (on behalf of) suing in NYC and DC: Bassman v. Syron, et. al (FRE) Agnes v....
...“We need to provide more products – like derivatives and exchange-traded funds – and get more international companies to list here.”...
...THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GUILTY PLEASURES edited by Michael Moran et al John Murray ₤12.99, 352 pages Classic toilet material: its half-page alphabetical entries are eclectic, opinionated tilts at icons and...
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