Hints and tips:
...Colleagues who fancy tweaking the old lion’s tail as he goes should stage a huge leaving party. If there’s one thing he hates, it’s a fuss. jonathan.guthrie@ft.com...
...Terra New York T1 Bubble Coat in Love Blue, £255.80, terranewyork.com 9 Pantone-coloured wrenches bring a cheery efficiency to roadside repairs....
...The Ritz-Carlton has a towel ($75) created by swim brand Onia, which features a Ritz-Carlton lion’s head, and the St Regis chain has collaborated with jewellery designer Alexis Bittar to create The St Regis...
...Brad Durham, managing director of EPFR, a global fund data provider, expects equities and emerging markets to get the lion’s share of flows in the next 12 months....
...Lion already has investments in retailers including American Apparel and La Senza, and was attracted by All Saints’s growing presence in the US....
...Apparel and La Senza....
...He backed an even more colourful character recently when Lion provided an $80m loan to American Apparel, the US chain best known for the quirks of its founder, Dov Charney. people@ft.com...
...Apparel group Limited Brands also added 1.6 per cent, to $31.19. Tiffany & Co , the jeweller, dropped 1.4 per cent to $63.11....
...The four are slated to receive the lion’s share of investment this year, along with the two priority markets of Brazil and China....
...Another deal came in the retail sector, where Jones Apparel Group said it would buy Barney's New York for about $294m. Jones shares lost 3 per cent to $34.91....
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