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Letter
Letter: EU must learn the right capital markets lessons
...Yuriko Backes Luxembourg Minister of Finance Magdalena Rzeczkowska Polish Minister of Finance...
May 15, 2023
Live news updates from December 9: Putin threatens to cut oil output, Bankman-Fried to testify at Congress
Luxembourg minister warns EU over response to recent US legislation
...“US-EU relations are more important than ever on so many topics so we need to preserve it,” said Backes....
December 9, 2022
FT Live
Business of Luxury Summit
Gathering leaders in luxury for the 20th year
Sunday, 19 MayVenice, Italy
The crisis in European equities
Why Europe’s stock markets are failing to challenge the US
...Data visualisation by Patrick Mathurin Letters in response to this article: EU must learn the right capital markets lessons / From Yuriko Backes, Luxembourg Minister of Finance and Magdalena Rzeczkowska...
April 25, 2023
HTSI
Fashion’s surreal season
...Photographer’s assistants, Corinna Schulte and Katrin Backes. Stylist’s assistants, Marie Poulmarch, Tine Kozjak and Aylin Bayhan. Make-up artist’s assistant, Céline Planchenault. Production, Brachfeld...
November 11, 2021
Watches & Jewellery
Luxury watch leaders braced for risk and opportunity in 2019
...Take Indonesia, which according to Vartkess Knadjian, chief executive at London-based watchmaker Backes & Strauss, has “very wealthy entrepreneurs who shop in places like Singapore, and retail environments...
January 14, 2019
InterviewHow to Lead
Lego’s Niels Christiansen: picking up the pieces
...“It’s important for the parents that the kids don’t get lost in the digital,” says Elisabeth Kahl-Backes, one of the designers....
August 19, 2018
FT Live
FTWeekend Festival
Where the FT Weekend paper comes to life
Saturday, 7 September London, UK
News in-depthGerman economy
Fears of being left behind tinge Stuttgart’s prosperity
...Mr Backes argues that the city, which was rebuilt after the second world war to suit motorists above others, needs fundamental change....
September 17, 2017
Personal & Household Goods
Digitised diamonds battle to defy thieves
...As Vartkess Knadjian, chief executive of Backes & Strauss, the world’s oldest diamond company, points out, removing such an engraving is an easy job for an experienced diamond polisher....
March 16, 2016
Personal & Household Goods
Niche Swiss watch brands try to woo crowds at SIHH
...Throughout SIHH, courtesy limousines waft between the Palexpo exhibition centre and Watchland, ferrying guests to see the latest WPHH timepieces, including watches by Backes & Strauss, Pierre Kunz, Barthelay...
January 18, 2015
Personal & Household Goods
UK visa rules deter Chinese shoppers
...Backes & Strauss, a diamond watch specialist, has not yet focused its marketing on Chinese visitors. But it awaits visa changes with interest....
January 19, 2014
Life & Arts
An era of openness
...“The reception rooms moved to the ground floor, along with the kitchen,” says Backe-Hansen....
April 19, 2013
Personal & Household Goods
The Riviera: Captive film crowd drives business presence
...Backes & Strauss, Swiss makers of diamond encrusted watches, plans private client soirées in Monaco and British jewellery designer Sheeva Moshiri will hold business meetings in the region....
June 8, 2013
Life & Arts
Jewel personalities
...Companies such as Leviev and Backes & Strauss, which were previously diamond wholesalers, have entered the world of retail....
February 22, 2013
Personal & Household Goods
Second lines: Watch out for the ‘younger brothers’
...Take, for instance, Backes & Strauss....
September 7, 2012
Personal & Household Goods
Queen’s jubilee: Celebratory timepieces by royal appointment
...Backes and Strauss, which specialises in large, heavily diamond-set watches, was given permission to create a Jubilee watch carrying the royal cipher....
June 8, 2012
FT Live
Future of Retail
Securing long-term business growth with technology innovation
Tuesday, 17 SeptemberLondon, UK
The Job
The job: House historian
...Melanie Backe-Hansen, House Historian I spend my days sifting through old maps, deeds, census data and electoral records in order to discover the history of homes....
January 15, 2012
Personal & Household Goods
Wacky racers: Sales psychology for the extremely wealthy
...This year’s exhibiting watch brands include Franck Muller, Roger Dubuis and Backes and Strauss – all of which are known, it is fair to say, for eschewing the subtle, low-key approach to watchmaking in favour...
March 7, 2012
Life & Arts
Mews from nowhere
...Many are in very charming cobbled streets and conservation areas, yet the buildings themselves rarely have listed status so they can be radically altered inside,” explains Melanie Backe-Hansen....
September 30, 2011
ReviewLife & Arts
The Taste of War
...Hitler appointed Backe as his acting minister of food and agriculture in May 1942....
January 14, 2011
Jewellery watches: Complicated minds, perfect bodies
...Vartkess Knadjian, CEO of diamond watch specialists Backes and Strauss, says: “We sold a unique piece with pale lime-green diamonds and a $1.5m model as soon as it was released.”...
November 13, 2010
What to buy for the holidays: How deep is your horological pocket?
.... £19,000-£29,000 Simon de Burton 3 Backes & Strauss Piccadilly Diamond Dial Backes & Strauss, the world’s oldest diamond dealer, has been doing an impressive line in gem-set watches since 2007 and has...
November 13, 2009
World
Bling watches: Showing off takes on a new meaning
...Vartkess Knadjian, managing director of diamond specialists Backes & Strauss, which now makes watches with the Franck Müller workshop, says: “There are still emerging markets customers who buy for carats...
September 14, 2009
World
Backes and Strauss: Ancient jeweller puts its mind to horology
...Educated in the UK, he went on to join Backes and Strauss in 1976....
September 12, 2008
World
Emerging brands: The new kids on the block
...in 1789, Backes and Strauss is the world’s oldest diamond company – but it only made its first watch 12 months ago....
November 10, 2007
Life & Arts
Against the odds
...This created a dramatic change in its reputation,” says Melanie Backe-Hansen, historian for estate agency Chesterton....
March 15, 2008

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