Hints and tips:
...Robert Denham Oakland, CA, US...
...Tina Cannon LeahySacramento, CA, US...
.../ From Jon Johannessen, Venice, CA, US Biden’s one compelling argument to avert defeat / From Robert Denham, Oakland, CA, US Here’s another reason for Americans to back Trump / From Michael J (Mike)...
...People warned about Trump’s threat to democracy in 2017 but the republic is still alive and kicking. I have heard variations on this line from many inside and outside business....
...Dylan Nakano Shepard San Francisco, CA, US...
...On display will be art de Santillana produced on Murano as well as in the Czech Republic....
...Bank failures in the US, including SVB and First Republic, illustrate the fragility of using deposits and other short-term debt with razor-thin equity funding to make long-term investments....
...“A-ca-buh”, it came out in French. Then someone set a dustbin on fire — the perfect Instagram image — and other demonstrators began filming it....
...Letter in response to this article: An unfortunate headline choice for some readers / From Tina Cannon Leahy, Sacramento, CA, US...
...Richard Watson Sacramento, CA, US...
...Plus ça change. Apple will be one to watch in the earnings reports, where transport will also be a strong theme....
...The only president in the history of the Fifth Republic to decide against seeking a second term, Hollande could have receded into obscurity....
...Letter in response to this article: China sets Taiwan a trap, but not as you envision it / From Steve Stein, Larkspur, CA, US...
...Late on Thursday, several of the country’s largest banks announced $30bn in aid for First Republic Bank in order to shore up investor confidence in the California lender....
...Niccolo Caldararo Department of Anthropology, San Francisco State University, CA, US...
...I have heard from retailers such as Asda, whose goods are still subject to checks on their way into Larne, despite having no stores in the Republic of Ireland that they could go on to....
...Letter in response to this article: US bosses hold little sway with conservative voters / From Scott Rasmussen, San Francisco, CA, US...
...Letter in response to this article: West may provide Putin with the enemy he needs / From Richard Watson, Sacramento, CA, US...
...Uwe Siemon-Netto Laguna Woods, CA, US...
...Letter in response to this article: A deal on Iran’s stored oil would suit both sides / From Erik Ridgley, Los Angeles, CA, US...
...The best gift I’ve given recently is the show I’ve just curated at Venice’s Ca’ d’Oro, From Donatello to Alessandro Vittoria 1450-1600: 150 Years of Sculpture in the Republic of Venice....
...The dispossessed middle-class, inflated out of prosperity, tore up the Weimar Republic, not just or even mainly the beggars and the people queueing at the soup kitchens....
...At the Club, you can rent a member-owned 1935 Caproni CA 100, a 1961 Cessna 305 Bird Dog and a 1946 Seabee....
...In Italy, an electoral college will begin voting for a new president of the republic on January 24....
...Slovakia and the Czech Republic set out new restrictions on Thursday. And Belgium has imposed a four-day homeworking rule to come into force next week....
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