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...London’s new Peninsula Hotel uses the marzipan-like Perry Pear in a highball of cognac and Earl Grey tea....
...When the local rock stars are not having a barney, that is....
...Earl Pomeroy, a former Democratic member of the House ways and means committee, said tax writers had made hard work of crafting a bill that could win sufficient support from their own party....
...“Tax reform for corporate taxation is perhaps more urgently needed than reform on the individual side of the ledger,” says Earl Pomeroy, a former Democratic member of the House ways and means committee....
...Mr Shahenshah, of Earl’s Court Square, London, and Mr Ullah, who is based in Texas, both stood in the dock at Westminster Magistrates Court to confirm their names, ages and addresses....
...David Autry, one of Lockett’s lawyers, said: “This was botched, and it was difficult to watch.” Lockett was convicted of the 1999 murder of a 19-year-old woman....
...Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, a Democrat but no fan of Mr Obama, has called the EPA’s coal policies “misguided”....
...Ms Earl says Ms Sykes’ collection has already been bought by Bergdorf Goodman and Barneys. “The catwalk collection really does open the door in terms of international markets,” she says....
...The bidding war for the upscale department-store chain Barneys New York intensified over the weekend, as Istithmar, the Dubai government’s investment arm, increased its offer to $900m from its original bid...
...Fast Retailing, Asia’s largest apparel retailer, said it was evaluating whether pursuing Barneys would be in its shareholders’ best interests....
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