Hints and tips:
...Police say last week’s riots involved “hooligans” and opportunists and Coveney said “some far-right activists in the UK are also active in Ireland”....
...It’s about 40 minutes from my home in California, and I go there at least once a week to walk and quietly meditate....
...Each piece of traditional earthenware takes several weeks to make; the ceramics are cast in their moulds using clay from Stoke-on-Trent and left to dry before being hand-painted, fired, glazed and fired...
...I had never thought to change the £2 Ikea orbs that have been hanging in my living room for at least a decade until I read Clara Baldock’s piece about the upgraded versions now available to buy....
...For those making the switch, Kennedy says: “After your pores have been blocked for years, your body may sweat more for the first few weeks before adjusting and working its magic.”...
...The eponymous brand, initially launched exclusively through Net-a-Porter, sold out of stock in the first week and became a $2mn business within a year....
...Michael Stott and Clara Nugent look back at a week that still contained some surprises....
...Pedro Sánchez to return to power this week....
...Global political tensions have dented art-market confidence for weeks, while the economic downturn has weighed on it throughout what Hufkens describes as a “very strange year”....
...Its quest to remake the world through Stoicism, Effective Altruism or whichever whim-of-the-week is sweeping the Santa Clara Valley, is teenage....
...says Santa Clara’s Polden. The FTC is seeking an order to permanently stop Amazon from engaging in the allegedly illegal conduct....
...The Liberty were the sister project of New York Knicks owner Jim Dolan from the league’s inception until 2019, when Joe and Clara Wu Tsai bought the team and moved it to Brooklyn....
...To protect insured depositors, the FDIC created the Deposit Insurance National Bank of Santa Clara (DINB)....
...Last week, Google announced a premium subscription plan costing $20 a month for use of its most capable model, Gemini Ultra, which early users claim is indistinguishable from OpenAI’s GPT-4....
...While their corporate sibling, the Brooklyn Nets — both are owned by Alibaba co-founder Joe Tsai and his wife Clara Wu Tsai — have been the subject of big spending and implosion over the past couple of seasons...
...This week, I will focus on Austria, Ireland, Malta and Switzerland — but first, a few words on Finland and Sweden....
...The UAE group, formerly known as Etisalat and rebranded e&, told investors last week that it was considering increasing its stake in Vodafone to 20 or 25 per cent to secure “enough influence” over the group...
...Inspired by railway signs, it has the date, month and day of the week printed on a series of cards which can be fanned out for the user to choose the appropriate combination....
...Enjoy the rest of your week, Elaine MooreDeputy head of Lex lexfeedback@ft.com...
...Start-up founders have resorted to selling uninsured deposits as they need to pay staff as early as next week....
...Until this week we always recommended to founders, after we decided to make a seed or venture investment, that they immediately open a bank account at SVB....
...MVT hopes this experiment could become a model for the industry and last week asked Coldplay, the UK band, to follow suit....
...It costs £800 a week for a place in a care home and £1,078 a week in a nursing home, according to data provider LaingBuisson....
...“I don’t care what industry they’re in — every CEO wants their employees back in the office five days a week....
...And its annual meeting this week will not help to settle nerves....
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