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...They all have potential.” In other words, if you assume that you’ve seen this fire before, you will misjudge it....
...: the asset managers whose portfolios reach far beyond traditional financial assets and into all aspects of everyday life....
...Only 42 of 243 funds in Trustnet’s database of all companies unit trusts have outperformed L&G’s UK index tracker fund (which tracks the All-Share index) and 18 of these are other trackers, mostly of the...
...Verglas asks, as we bid each other goodnight. I think about it....
...“She has an unbelievable eye, and knew which paintings to choose to become rugs, and which other artists to collaborate with to create one-of-a-kind pieces. There is no plug and chug with her....
...Now 65, she drinks and smokes constantly, her thrilling rudeness much admired by other well-heeled hostesses....
...TCI The Children’s Investment Fund Management was established by Christopher Hohn in 2003 and has offices in London and New York....
...Danone, Tyson Foods of the US and Unilever, the Magnum ice-cream and Lipton tea producer, all grew faster, but mainly driven by price rises....
...If you answered yes to these questions, you are probably Burberry’s chief creative and (until July) executive officer Christopher Bailey....
...And curators Christopher Lew and Mia Locks have blazed a logical path through all the jangling abundance....
...Alongside the samovar, Selfridges has other teaware, such as “The Accidental Expressionist”, a Pollock-style splattered set made for 1882 Ltd by Martyn Thompson....
...Other carmakers are following its lead....
...and brands are following suit with fabrics, furniture and accessories in all hues of the spectrum....
...“It’s 11 o’clock on a Monday night and you’re frustrated with each other and asking, ‘Why are you not seeing it my way?’” he says....
...Investors, for their part, appear similarly optimistic....
...Some strategists have likened it to the Big Bang, others to “racehorses storming out of the gates”....
...Still, Harold Thompson, an industry analyst at Deutsche Bank, thinks L’Oreál’s success comes less from its R&D budget – which is big compared with competitors, but still small as a portion of sales next...
...influential housing block, L’Unité d’Habitation, by French designer Ora-Ïto among others....
...After all, UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon and New York mayor Michael Bloomberg have appeared on the cover of L’Uomo Vogue and been interviewed inside by Sozzani, so if they don’t mind … “I don’t think...
...“I’m not bothered by people trading down, because if you look at our products in Australia it’s towards the value end of the market and similarly in the UK we’ve got huge strength in the value end,” said...
...But she knows the pain: in her shopping basket is an anaemic medley of white bread, milk and bulk packs of chicken drumsticks that will enable her to double up and cook meals for her similarly stretched...
...Situated next to the Trelawney council estate, a few shops down from ‘The Yuppie Barber’, it’s at the crossroads of gritty and gentrified east London....
...All are infused with the beguiling, dreamlike logic of fairy tales and presented with beautiful simplicity and clarity. Bewitching, whether enjoyed with others or by oneself....
...Taylor, Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh … were kind of heroes to Christopher Booker and Paul Foot and myself. We wanted to read all their books and know all about them....
...Christopher Thompson is a freelance writer. His last piece for FT Weekend Magazine was about Somali pirates going on trial in Kenya. Read it at www.ft.com/pirates...
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