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...The same collection also lent the V&A a gold and enamel box, and both have been retained in Britain. So this is a tricky one: do those objects count as public art, or as pieces of private wealth?...
...Today, she is wearing jeans and a black V-neck, with a silk scarf tying back her hair and gold hoop earrings. She flew in from Frankfurt this morning, having just played two concerts there....
...Mr Hambro, the canny 72-year-old gold bug, accused Renova of trying to pick up Pog on the cheap. But Mr V won the day, even if he lost Fabergé to Mr G....
...The Japanese yen and gold and sending in indices of implied volatility to the highest levels of the year....
...It is opposed by Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton, who hailed it as a “gold standard” for trade agreements while serving as secretary of state shawn.donnan@ft.com Letter in response...
...In the foyer of the company’s main building, Whitacre tower, stands the Spirit of Communication — a 24ft statue in resplendent gold leaf that is known by staff as “Golden Boy”....
...We just think some people are comically underestimating how hard it would be to force India’s v v diffuse population to give up its gold....
...The FT remains committed to the gold standard of journalistic excellence. We will continue to report without fear and without favour....
...Meanwhile, in the US, the fabric was sold to more than 200 designers via Greeff Fabrics Inc. Yet it wasn’t always obvious that it was destined for such success....
...MacBook v netbooks A gold-coloured MacBook with a retina display costing upwards of $1,299 may seem far removed from my trusty old Asus Eee PC....
...Its ETF operations have been affected by continuing withdrawals from the SPDR Gold Trust, the world’s largest gold ETF....
...AT&T to buy DirecTV for $48.5bn: “AT&T has agreed to buy DirecTV in a $48.5bn deal that will further shake up the country’s fast-changing pay-TV market....
...(WSJ) AT&T looks to justify its $48.5bn DirecTV bet: AT&T’s $48.5bn agreed cash and stock bid for DirecTV, represents a big bet on video and on consumers’ appetite for bundled pay television, mobile and...
...He reportedly outbid three kings for it, including Britain’s King George V – today it remains the only rare stamp not in the Queen’s collection....
...(Financial Times) AT&T is in advanced discussions with DirecTV, the largest US satellite-television provider, over a deal worth almost $50bn that would further shake up the country’s fast-changing pay-TV...
...(Financial Times) In response to regulation, Goldman ditching less profitable clients and changing rules for hedge funds (WSJ) Argentina v holdouts: plus ça change (Financial Times) Espírito Santo: the...
...Chairman Charlie Ergen recently contacted DirecTV Chief Executive Officer Mike White to discuss a merger of the two satellite television companies, according to several people with knowledge of the matter...
...Top shareholdings: Coca-Cola; ConocoPhillips; DirecTV; GlaxoSmithKline; General Electric; IBM. Portfolio Value: Berkshire’s equity portfolio was valued at $103.3bn at the end of June....
...Awkward (Financial Times) Moscow’s ‘political technologists’ specialise in creating pure spectacle (Financial Times) Sleaze v spin in Mexico’s race for reform (Financial Times) The SEC is turning into...
...(WSJ) COMMENTS etc For Moscow, Ukraine is always ‘Little Russia’ (Reuters) Europe has to stop hiding beneath the bedcovers (Financial Times, Stephens) US v China: is this the new cold war?...
...the few people ever to have bested the News Corp chairman, having covertly built up an 18 per cent holding in the Murdoch-controlled conglomerate before exchanging it for News Corp’s controlling stake in DirecTV...
...4,036 Dax up +16.37 (+0.19%) at 8,472 Currencies €/$ 1.29 (1.29) $/¥ 102.47 (102.46) £/$ 1.51 (1.52) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.33 at 103.58 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.49 at 95.69 100 Oz Gold...
...In the middle of the last decade, Mr Malone amassed an 18 per cent holding in News Corp, the largest stake after Mr Murdoch, then swapped it for News Corp’s interest in DirecTV, the US satellite business...
...waists and shiny PVC panelling; and sophisticated V-necked dresses in blended wool and cashmere combos seemed one-dimensional from the front, but were sculpted into sweeping, criss-crossed shells of fabric...
...Last year he was presented with a gold record when Foreigner’s 1981 hit “Juke Box Hero” reached 500,000 downloads....
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