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...Its holdings include a $240mn investment in 300 West Sixth, a 23-storey office building in Austin, Texas, and a $1bn holding in a Blackstone European property fund....
...US financial editor Brooke Masters says few companies appear to be trying to find creative ways to cut labour costs....
...(Tamami Shimizuishi, Nikkei) Smart reads Here’s a useful overview from our colleague Brooke Masters of the ESG tightrope that US businesses are being forced to walk, amid mounting pressure from regulators...
...This year, a Las Vegas Grand Prix is on the calendar to add to Miami and Austin. And the number of US viewers is on the up....
...Pimco opened a large office in Austin, Texas, in 2018 and consolidated its emerging markets team in New York....
...The firm has also added a new outpost in Austin Texas to make it easier to recruit people with expertise in tech and more diverse backgrounds....
...Now, as the world reopens, companies are seeking to combat the looming issue of alcohol sceptics, writes Brooke Masters....
...Brooke Masters Will China invade Taiwan? No, not this year at least....
...From there, despite shaky English, he embarked on an academic career spanning San Francisco State College, the University of Texas at Austin, before becoming provost at the University of Pennsylvania and...
...(FT, Straits Times) The AstraZeneca debacle shows how a public relations triumph can, if handled badly, turn out to be a trap, writes Brooke Masters....
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...Kupietzky served as head of Sidley Austin’s Los Angeles corporate and finance practice. Smart Reads +100 The hot number in Silicon Valley is $100m....
...From a single store in Austin, Texas, in the 1980s, Whole Foods helped create the market for organic and natural produce in the US, expanding through more than a dozen acquisitions to become the nation’s...
...Austin is more of a breeder, concerned to improve the shape and stamina of the older roses....
...“I like the idea of sticking with tradition, but it would be nice to see the prince adopting a modern look,” agrees Ryan Hackett, head of design at Austin Reed....
...Mark Baxter, head of men’s wear at Austin Reed and Viyella, agrees: “The knitted tie has a great versatility that helps create an edge to a formal outfit....
...“The look is much more subtle this autumn with colours such as burgundy, dusty pink, pale blue and lilac growing in popularity,” says Dawn Goldstein, men’s formal wear buyer at Austin Reed....
...“It’s a very sharp look, so you need a modern silhouette which is understated,” says Dawn Goldstein, men’s formalwear buyer at Austin Reed. “This means slimmer lapels and a more tailored jacket....
...Simon Allen, men’s accessories buyer at Austin Reed, has noticed an increase in colourful, highly patterned socks....
...Then there’s Austin Reed’s Signature range, which “fits above our ready-made and our made-to-measure lines but is not quite true bespoke – there are more than a hundred different linings and a choice of...
...Even more extreme than Kilgour’s revamp, however, has been that of Austin Reed....
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