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...Skye, Scotland; D Brooksbank, Norfolk; Mark Humble, Taunton, England Polymath 1,042: J....
...“If I were King of Lisbon, I would soon rule over the whole world,” said Charles V of Portugal’s 16th-century capital....
...Chesapeake, a pioneer of the US shale energy industry, and smaller rivals such as California Resources and Gulfport Energy, have all hired advisers to help them restructure their debt, the FT reported....
...Social Capital Hedosophia marks the 23rd such deal in 2017, already making this year the busiest for this type of deal since 2007 when 66 Spacs listed, according to Dealogic....
...Asked why the property was transferred multiple times among LLCs, vice-president Mark Haesloop denied the deals were “right hand to left hand . . . They are all separate entities....
...Not only does it place Apple at the top of a growing list of US companies that are charged with massive tax avoidance at a time when discontent about globalisation generally is at a new high, it marks the...
...“If we continue to benefit from this trend of digital growth we get a lot of wood to chop,” he says, pointing to Amazon’s recent acquisition of the rights to screen the HBO back catalogue, in a deal worth...
...The American wine critic Robert M Parker Jr, granddaddy of US wine commentary, has presumably been watching this phenomenon from his base in the woods of Maryland for some time....
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...“Our competitors get into these brand wars like Coke v Pepsi,” says Zimmer at UTA....
...At the start of the 20th century they were typically made up of about five raw materials: wood, rubber, steel, glass and brass....
...“The change began with fabrics,” say Finch, winner of December’s New Zealand Open. “With the old golf wear, you could end up with salt marks from sweating, and creasing....
...Ronnie: The Autobiography By Ronnie Wood Pan Macmillan £20, 358 pages FT bookshop price: £16 Roguish anecdotes tumble from Ronnie Wood’s autobiography: horseplay with Rod Stewart and Keith Richards, a wife-swapping...
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