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...I’m keen to use a word like ‘girlishness’ rather than femininity, because it’s not actually a gendered concept any more,” says Diamond....
...Bob Diamond and Rich Ricci, the ex-Barclays duo behind the tie-up, are hoping to defy a slump in company listings and a paucity of dealmaking....
...The European Central Bank meanwhile is unlikely to offer relief in the form of interest rate cuts any time soon, as its president Christine Lagarde made clear to the FT last week....
...“It reflects the changing Danish relationship with the EU,” Christine says....
...A group of countries including Poland will use a meeting of ambassadors tomorrow to reiterate demands for measures targeting Russia’s nuclear energy and diamond industries and for a review of the level of...
...For example, John Lewis makes a very nice water hyacinth planter with a diamond-patterned weave, which has a waterproof lining so plants can be de-potted straight into it....
...Other measures included in the package are likely to be support acts: a ban on imports of Russian diamonds for non-industrial purposes (Belgium’s sole voice of opposition be damned), a ban on imports of...
...As Christine Checinska put together Africa Fashion, the latest exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, it became clear that jewellery designers should have a section of their own....
...Why did Christine choose not to invite Mary to her baby shower? What was the designer of that mansion thinking with that interior waterfall?...
...Among those who pushed for action was Christine Lagarde, the European Central Bank president....
...The Miami-based company, which last year found itself at the centre of the crisis when coronavirus broke out on its Diamond Princess ship, also said all booked guests are being offered credits or a full...
...However, Christine Whitehead, professor of housing economics at the London School of Economics, warned there was “no quick-fix solution” to the capital’s housing crisis....
...Colby Smith Christine Lagarde, European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde found out the hard way in 2020 how sensitive markets are to every utterance by central bankers....
...Instead what we got was the impression of the ECB not being in control’ Richard McGuire of Rabobank And Christine Lagarde — fresh to the top job at the European Central Bank — triggered a sovereign bond...
...Petra Diamonds has seen its revenue fall year-on-year even with a major diamond find in the period....
...Christine Lagarde’s arrival at the helm of the European Central Bank is no exception....
...The theme was chosen for its popularity in China, says chief executive Christine Hutter — with the depiction of each animal created by university students and local artists from Dresden, just a few miles...
...This leaves the spot light firmly on Christine Lagarde, as early as today, and another simple rate cut may not be enough to impress markets....
...New head Christine Lagarde has already raised eyebrows with the assertion that protecting jobs to the detriment of savers was the right thing to do....
...Edward Luce responds I am as big an admirer of Christine Lagarde as you, Rana....
...(FT) Louis Vuitton’s sparkling ambitions Last April, a 1,758-carat rough diamond, the second-largest found in a century, was unearthed in Botswana. Its surprise buyer: Louis Vuitton....
...My first born and a small diamond? (I have taken presents to funerals in my time.) But I forced myself to show up empty-handed. It was the least I could do....
...Photograph: Rick Diamond/Getty Images...
...Natural pearls were so valuable that “it wasn’t uncommon for a captain to be murdered” for one and be thrown overboard by the greedy crew, says Paspaley’s granddaughter, Christine Salter....
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