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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....
...“There is a growing appreciation for unique, artisanal products that reflect personal style,” says Pom Harrington, owner of Peter Harrington Rare Books....
...Then the Americans came....
...She is speaking from her home in Southampton, Long Island, where she lived with her husband, the artist Roy Lichtenstein....
...The mid 19th century saw the arrival of Italy’s big breweries — Peroni, Moretti, Poretti, Menabrea et al — as well as the grape phylloxera blight that drove demand for alternatives to wine....
...Independent hawkers are in on the fun too: there’s even a new family-owned bakery in town, Buns from Home, that’s dedicated almost entirely to buns — chocolate, coconut, pistachio et al....
...As always you can reach me at sid.v@ft.com. Thanks for reading....
...Biden has also continued to give billions in military aid with only minimal conditions attached to Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s dictatorial regime in Egypt....
...(NPR) Opinion: There is still work to be done cracking down on methane and other superpollutants (Bledsoe et al, NYT)...
...In the US, a survey by the American Pet Products Association in December found that 10 per cent of respondents got a new pet as a direct result of the pandemic....
...al — arrived....
...“A rapid ‘V-shaped’ recovery is becoming less likely by the day,” Bain and Company economists said, echoing Mr Brilliant’s concern about the business impact of the virus spreading to other big manufacturing...
...After a week in which the US and the eurozone recorded historic slumps in gross domestic product in the first quarter — and a further 3.8m Americans filed jobless claims bringing the total since the crisis...
...Andrew Garthwaite et al at Credit Suisse has had a fiddle about with the model portfolio, resulting in insurers getting a push....
...“American fashion has suffered not from creativity, not from a lack of great product, but from a lack of runway to execute.”...
...The CDC only issued a cryptic tweet advising Americans to: “Follow the instructions on the product label.” “I can’t even get my calls returned,” says Garrett....
...This finding is also in line with previous literature on the subject (Yoshikawa et al., 1995; Pras et al., 2009; Pras & Guostavino, 2010)....
...Per Starr et al., a 10 per cent increase in the number of non-competes leads to 6 per cent lower wages in states that enforce the agreements versus those that do not....
...The same holds true for American card companies that now face nearly insurmountable competition from Tencent and Ant Financial in the payments space....
...Like the pioneers with their sense of American exceptionalism, there’s a messianic fervour to California’s remaking of the world....
...Edwin Heathcote is the FT’s architecture and design critic Photographs: Richard Davis/De Havilland Aircraft Museum; V&A; Estate of Bertrand Goldberg; Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace’; HB-13583-H, Chicago...
...My style icon is Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned, wife of the former Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani....
...In the Netflix world, Comcast et al still deliver the content, but they need to find a new way of getting paid....
...“It’s not like some guy was fired and he went home and got his gun and started shooting. They trained for years for this.”...
...They know me by name, and always recommend their best products. Then if it’s a sunny day I go to the Puces de Vanves fleamarket (avenue Georges Lafenestre, 14th) five minutes from home....
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