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...Unusually, Kothari has used portrait-cut diamonds for a minimalist collection....
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...“But in all honesty we thought we’d go out there and find a 20p coin or an old key.”...
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...I have a collection of ceramics, both contemporary and vintage....
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...But the message from the Morgan Library (originally the personal collection of Wall Street financier John Pierpont Morgan) is worth pondering today....
...UK money supply growth turned negative for the first time since 2010 when comparable data collection began as higher interest rates weigh on lending, according to the Bank of England....
...They’re not about shilling coins. They’re about efficiencies deep in the back office of large financial institutions....
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