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..., you’re good to drive a car”....
...Falling demand for Paris homes this year, meanwhile, is helping buyers drive harder bargains in Le Marais....
...And ever since he had wanted to drive one. He still has the letter. “The last car I bought, just to put things in perspective, was a Mercedes V-Class, to put all the kids and the dog in it.”...
...We’re going to get V-shaped recovery. We’re going to get a short bounceback because of the really low interest rates. Didn’t happen in 2009. Everyone said 2010, they’ll go up. Didn’t happen in 2010....
...Eyal began her career in 1990 with Batsheva, the Israeli company founded by modern dance pioneer Martha Graham, and went on to found L-E-V in 2013....
...Sectors such as clothing and restaurants are braced for downturns as consumer confidence dips across the world in what columnist Rana Foroohar dubs a global “buying strike”....
...The artist charged with putting V-A-C on the map is Iceland’s Ragnar Kjartansson....
...Charlie regards restaurants as an indulgence. He carries nuts, grapes and bits of chicken in his fridge, and vodka for sundowners....
...His Kyoto Kitchen Japanese restaurant has survived the pandemic, unlike The River Cottage Kitchen that closed in July 2020....
...Seoul is in talks with other governments about quickly loosening travel restrictions as the vaccination drive gathers pace....
...Despite the resurgence of Covid-19 in China, shares in LVMH, Kering and Hermès are trading at near all-time highs. Shows are back because they drive sales and media attention....
...Yet Merckx comes out in his jeans and V-neck jumper to wave us off. There is a genuine smile on his face as we roll into a downpour....
...The lifting of restaurant restrictions and a successful US vaccination campaign helped Coca-Cola regain some of its fizz in the first quarter, with case volumes back at levels last seen in 2019....
...“The river hasn’t frozen yet so you can’t even drive there,” Ms Letochkina said. “If you call a doctor, he has to drive 60 kilometres and it doesn’t happen every day....
...Many states and large companies intend to turn general green promises into action to cut carbon in the next few months. This is not going to be an easy or V-shaped recovery....
...However, most McDonald’s in the country do not have a drive-through facility. In the US, 95 per cent do, dodging the problems of social distancing....
...Rishi Sunak’s reduction in the value added tax rate for pubs and restaurants....
...In recent decades the securities helped build all those franchised restaurants, hotels and suburban offices you will drive through after getting off a late-night plane to the US’s interior....
...“The key test of the V-shaped recovery thesis is likely to come with the restart of schools, and whether that helps drive . . ....
...So when a song is played on a radio, on Pandora, or in a public venue like a restaurant or nightclub, a royalty must be paid....
...“But places like the George V [in Paris], they like bands to come in and bash it up, as long as they pay for it,” he adds, taking a ruminative puff on his e-cigarette....
...“Longer term, we believe that it’s likely the current environment will drive a structural shift in consumer consumption patterns,” Mr van Dijk said, driving people away from restaurants and towards delivery...
...We emerge from the backstage spaces into the kitchen, built in a V-shape, pushing out into the dining area like the prow of a ship....
...If I were going to recommend a place to stay in Budapest, the Four Seasons Gresham Palace, in District V, is just incredible....
...According to Mr Maa, while there is a role for incentives, restaurants now see the app as a way to acquire customers. “Those restaurants have started spending advertising dollars with us,” he said....
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