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...This exhibition at the V&A invites us into the opulent world of master goldsmith Carl Fabergé and his London clientele....
...The UK’s army chief, General Mark Carleton-Smith, has said its future is “boots and bots” — troops and robots advancing together to the battlefield supported by “swarms of drones” which identify artillery...
...They both smiled at the camera, holding up a peace sign. Avatars will also be used for the next generation of online conferencing....
...The rape resulted in a pregnancy, and Allred returned home to the US to have an illegal abortion (this was before Roe v Wade)....
...Dell’s holding company, Denali, has set up a capital stock committee, made up of independent directors, to review any changes to the shares in future....
...(Masslive.com) Campaign commentary Thank Reagan and Bill Clinton for Trump’s dog whistle ways (Sally Kohn, Time) The media v Trump (Ezra Klein, Vox) Trump may cost the GOP a generation of voters (Michael...
...Holding Napoleon off until reinforcements arrived, Wellington was much helped by heavy rain before the battle....
...Like the other big music labels, the Vivendi-owned group has a small stake in Spotify, holding about 5 per cent of the company....
...What’s holding US firms back?...
...In the Tate exhibition, Jon Savage’s photographs of “Uninhabited London” are an indictment of contemporary life: the ruin as failed economic policy....
...He is far gentler in the flesh, almost feline, padding around his LA house in his customary V-neck T-shirt and high-waisted trousers so softly that he hardly makes a noise....
...… Helen Macdonald Author of ‘H is for Hawk’, winner of the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction To Richard Kerridge, British reptiles and amphibians are creatures as exciting, strange and savage...
...Other media groups that have made the switch include Liberty Media and DreamWorks, which is currently promoting Puss in Boots on the large digital billboard Nasdaq owns in Times Square....
...Where Power Lies: Prime Ministers v the Media By Lance Price Simon & Schuster £20, 528 pages FT Bookshop price: £16 Entertaining Politics: Satiric Television and Political Engagement By Jeffrey P Jones...
...The market’s love affair with media and technology companies was over....
...With seemingly a new lease of life, the next day Mr Geithner argued for sweeping new powers to wind up bank holding companies....
...$58bn takeover of Gillette and ConocoPhillips’s $35bn acquisition of Burlington Resources in the US to Telefonica’s $32bn takeover of O2 in Europe and Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial’s $41bn acquisition of UFJ Holdings...
...Rivals say that savage competition and rapid changes in technology also make it dangerous to try to create a standard platform. ?...
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