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...I very much like the outdoor teak furniture made by Carl Hansen & Søn, a family-owned Danish furniture company, founded by master cabinetmaker Carl Hansen in 1908....
...I’m drawn, therefore, to the BM1771 table, created by Børge Mogensen for Carl Hansen & Son in 1971. This outdoor dining table is inspired by Shaker furniture and feels timeless....
...In the taking of sides, I’m on Team Hairy. Find out about our latest stories first — follow @financialtimesfashion on Instagram...
...As we leafed through the book, a framed portrait of Romolo Bulla Sr watched over us sternly, high up on the wall. Romolo Sr was, by all accounts, a difficult man....
...Some of them were at a recent screening of the film, part of a tribute to producer Edward R Pressman, who died in January....
...Edward Luce: The sooner people see Elon Musk’s political motives for what they are, not what he claims them to be, the better, writes our US national editor....
...The request came a day after short seller Hindenburg Research released its report on Carl Icahn’s company. 3....
...Ronald Reagan quipped there was nothing scarier than the words “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help”....
...I’m also thinking about the consequences of those compromises....
...Read less David Ricardo and more Carl von Clausewitz. Thanks again for joining Peter!...
...Davis Polk has hired Paul Scrivano, Ropes & Gray’s global head of M&A, as a partner working between his resident northern California and New York. Latham & Watkins has hired 17 partners....
...Now I’m reading his new book The Upswing....
...Nicholas II of Russia, Edward VII and George V of Great Britain, Chulalongkorn of Siam and the Duc d’Orléans were among its early patrons....
...“I’m embarrassed to tell you how many times I’ve read Clarissa,” Trump admits....
...But I’m never going to be right by design, with no luck involved....
...Edward Spiro, a partner at Morvillo Abramowitz law firm, Mr Vance’s former firm, believes his ex-colleague will not be swayed by such concerns....
...But that never stopped anyone in Florida, as anyone who has read a Carl Hiaasen novel knows....
...Job moves Law firm Freshfields named Georgia Dawson (pictured below) as its first-ever female senior partner, replacing Edward Braham after an election process that was delayed by the pandemic....
...You can email the team on swampnotes@ft.com, contact Ed on edward.luce@ft.com and Rana on rana.foroohar@ft.com, and follow them on Twitter at @RanaForoohar and @EdwardGLuce...
...For example, last month Occidental Petroleum used a poison pill to prevent activist Carl Icahn from orchestrating the launch of a hostile takeover....
...One Covid-19 related M&A matter to start: US telecoms group Verizon has acquired video conferencing company BlueJeans Network, one of the services we all now find ourselves on. More here....
...(FT) Occidental boss to stay Occidental Petroleum chief Vicki Hollub looks set to keep her job at the struggling oil producer days after Carl Icahn urged her sacking....
...(FT) Carl Icahn’s succession plan Carl Icahn, now 83, finally has a succession plan. But one of the world’s most famous investors isn’t ready to hand over the reins just yet to his son Brett....
...Vodafone could be on the hook for an unwanted €1.3bn bill if it loses out, which would give the UK company yet another M&A-related headache to sit alongside its Indian fiasco....
...Properties cost between €2,000 per sq m for a house in either Bourg-d’Oisans or La Garde-en-Oisans, a smaller village also on the road up to Alpe d’Huez, where prices rise from €2,500 to €7,000 per sq m....
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