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...They followed the Pinault family of Ch Latour et al, who, in 2013, bought what is now called The Eisele Vineyard from the Araujos, and were so confident of their savoir-faire that they didn’t even impose...
...This time the impact is broader and, in a worst-case scenario, could result in a slimmed down version of Dubai Inc....
...Last month, Australia called for an international inquiry into the disease’s origins....
...Many French cinema owners, who are putting pressure on Cannes to resist Netflix et al, see the streamers’ disruptive attitude as an incursion into their territory....
...They argue that it makes little sense to ban a non-strategic company such as Rusal while leaving Sberbank, VTB and Gazprom et al still tradeable in the US....
...Thanks to a series of court rulings since the mid-2000s, such as eBay v MercExchange in 2007, Mayo Collaborative Services v Prometheus Laboratories in 2012 and Alice Corp v CLS Bank in 2014, and the subsequent...
...Page and Brin are best known for innovations in web search — not to mention their long-range ambitions, such as driverless cars....
...… Bark, by Lorrie Moore, Faber, RRP£14.99/ Knopf, RRP$24.95 Sixteen years since her last volume of stories and five years since her last novel, Moore returns with what our reviewer called a “collection...
...Masterpieces of Chinese Painting: 700-1900, edited by Zhang Hongxing, V&A Publishing, RRP£40/$60 The world’s oldest painting tradition explored in the glorious catalogue to the V&A’s current, once-in-a-lifetime...
...While the black taffeta evening gowns and sturdy looking peacoats on Karlie Kloss et al shouted winter, the models’ peachy complexions were all spring – try Bobbi Brown’s Sheer Color Cheek Tint in Sheer...
...So it’s not surprising that the first response from Buchheit et al is to answer back with bits of the bond contract that suggest sneaky loopholes instead....
...Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume One : Not For Turning, by Charles Moore, Allen Lane, RRP£30, 896 pages Published within weeks of Lady Thatcher’s death, Charles Moore’s biography is the...
...Either the sovereigns that matter will, after many years of austerity, restore solvency or there will be orderly restructuring of Italy, Spain et. al. in addition to Greece, Portugal and Ireland....
...“But the international style had become the language of AT&T,” says Scher. “And that was bad. I had been part of the hippie rebellion. Corporations were the enemy.”...
...Shi Cheng: Short Stories from Urban China, edited by Liu Deng, Carol Yinghua Lu and Ra Page, translated by Eric Abrahamsen, Nicky Harman, Julia Lovell, et al, Comma Press, RRP£9.99, 224 pages An anthology...
...In theory, the Commission has the best view into the system....
...He announced a $4bn order for 51 Airbus A320 family aircraft for his new leasing company, Air Lease Corporation....
...in some of Europe’s best-known brands....
...Aside from Citi, Kingdom owns some serious assets – stakes in companies like Apple, Pepsico, Proctor & Gamble, News Corporation – as well as genuine trophy assets like the Hotel George V in Paris....
...“Our competitors get into these brand wars like Coke v Pepsi,” says Zimmer at UTA....
...“It’s not the best or only way to change things but it is another way. We are a morale booster for activists. It shows corporations are not impregnable fortresses.”...
...into other parts of Dubai Inc., such as Investment Corporation of Dubai, which is emerging as the emirate’s “good bank” of assets....
...Some excellent interior images from Andreas Gursky, Andrew Moore and Ahmet Ertug are also up for grabs....
...What really happened at Northern Rock, Royal Bank of Scotland et al? This gives you a clearer idea....
...They brought an international dimension, with discussions that took the business out into other countries.”...
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