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...The architecture critic Charles Jencks called Goff “the Michelangelo of kitsch”, which is a little harsh but not off the mark....
...Hoare & Co may have been founded during the reign of Charles II, but the once seemingly antiquated partnership structure of the world’s oldest family-owned bank is regaining fresh attention, writes Daniel...
...Goff was unique but not alone....
...“People are getting into the habit of eating out more,” says Charles Ind, managing director of Bowmark Capital, the private equity group behind restaurant chains Las Iguanas and Drake & Morgan....
...Also, Charles Haresnape, managing director of residential mortgages at the bank, points out that house prices are already sharply lower than they were in 2008....
...However, Charles Middleton, managing director of Triodos UK, says there is no shortage of ethical businesses that “stack up well commercially”....
...US broker Charles Schwab last week paid $119m (£75m) to settle allegations that it misled investors about the risks involved in an ultra-short bond fund by describing it as a cash alternative only slightly...
...But even with the gravitas of a board that also includes Sir David Walker, who led a report into corporate governance in the banking sector, Charles McCreevy, a former European Commissioner, and John McFall...
...It has secured a colourful mix of directors, including Sir David Walker, who last year published a report into corporate governance; Charles McCreevy, the former European Union internal markets commissioner...
...Nic Clarke, an analyst at Charles Stanley, said the bank’s impairment charge rose by more than 50 per cent in 2009, but that it had “improved somewhat in the first quarter of 2010”....
...Charles McDowell, a buying agent, has already received a number of “serious approaches” from City buyers....
...Charles McDowell, a property buying agent, said the flexibility of interest-only loans appealed to buyers at the top end of the market....
...Charles McDowell, a London buying agent, said he had recently agreed several deals for clients paying up to £3,000 per square foot for properties in Chelsea and Knightsbridge....
...Sharlene Goff is the FT’s deputy personal finance editor, based in London …………………………………………....
...Charles McDowell, a prime property consultant in London, told the Financial Times that lenders had asked some of his clients with large buy-to-let property portfolios to come up with more cash after falling...
...Charles Peerless, at the Winkworth chain, believes there are still healthy yields to be had in the luxury apartment market....
...younger people who are choosing Yorkshire, Dorset or places such as The Cotswolds over Paris, for example, because flights are becoming less flexible and more expensive, and the exchange rate is weak,” says Charles...
...Charles McDowell, a property consultant, said that the severe market downturn, along with higher tax charges, could encourage financial professionals to leave the country....
...to grow The very rich will go on accumulating wealth faster than previously forecast, in spite of the turmoil in financial markets and the US economic downturn, according to a recent survey, writes Charles...
...Charles revealed the links between the accused and the Russian security services and organised crime – a chilling and meticulous piece of reporting....
...Charles Gowlland, investment director at Smith & Williamson, says one plus point is that there are so many different funds of hedge funds, all with contrasting strategies, that at least some that have continued...
...Charles Stanley downgraded Alliance & Leicester from “hold” to “reduce” following its results. It also recommends that clients reduce their holdings in Bradford & Bingley....
...Jeremy Batstone-Carr, head of private client research at Charles Stanley, which has a hold recommendation on the stock, said investors who had gone into the stock recently, or who were thinking of buying...
...“Next year, we’re going see more people in these brackets with debt problems,” predicts James Falla, of debt consultancy Thomas Charles....
...Harder Residence Bruce Goff, Mountain Lake, Minnesota, 1980 “Goff worked with Frank Lloyd Wright for a number of years before starting his own practice.”...
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