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From Daniella Acker, Professor Emerita, School of Accounting and Finance, University of Bristol, UK
...’t be fooled by banks’ reported satisfaction levels / From Daniella Acker, Professor Emerita, School of Accounting and Finance, University of Bristol, UK...
...“The campaign’s lawsuits so far don’t advance arguments to alter enough votes in enough states to change the outcome in the Electoral College,” said a Republican elections lawyer....
...Think clarinet and you think Acker Bilk, waistcoats and bowler hats....
...In a world of Charlottes, no wonder we’re finding ourselves drawn to the women who don’t paper over the cracks, but holler right into them....
...woman’s body on a windswept beach — or the striking realism of the brilliant fragment “Motherlogue”, the transcript of a mother talking to her daughter on the telephone devoid of traditional punctuation: “don...
...I don’t mean to sound like Dr. Frankenstein or something. But this is fateful!”...
...In May, Sotheby’s auctioned the collection of New York financier Don Stott, bottles lovingly gathered over a half century....
..., Karl-Henning Kalland, Martha Chekenya, Lars A Akslen, Linda Sleire, Per Ø Enger, Rolf K Reed, Anne M Øyan and Linda EB Stuhr Letter in response to this article: Vital missing detail / From Daniella Acker...
...Most leaders don’t have such a clear track record. Indeed it may be the opposite, with success coming from the opportunities that were wisely turned down....
...Acker Merrall, helped considerably by its arm in Hong Kong, has risen from modest beginnings to selling more wine than any auctioneer in the world....
...But the studies don’t show proof it is better, and it is enormously costly.”...
...Don’t just check out the usual international suspects – Christie’s, Sotheby’s, Bonhams, Acker Merrall & Condit, Zachys and the like – often you will do better at smaller regional auction houses....
...Offered at auction in April 2008 by New York’s Acker Merrall & Condit, they would have been worth $1.3m if authentic....
...Years later, to my even greater surprise, I bumped into C Edward Acker....
...People don’t know where to invest their money if they sell. Those with no specific investment plans will hang on to their collections today,” says Mr Curiel....
...“A lot of newer assets like ETFs don’t have a long returns history – and the longer you look, the less representative it is of the present,” explains Acker....
...Two weekends ago, auctioneers Acker Merrill had huge success selling the contents of an American burgundy lover’s cellar in Hong Kong....
...On Friday and Saturday Acker Merrall & Condit will auction a six-pack of magnums of 1971 Romanée Conti for about $185,000 and three cases of 1982 Chateau Petrus, which each could sell for $72,000....
...Stephen Browett of the biggest fine wine traders Farr Vintners says: “We don’t have so much a policy of ‘where’, more of ‘how’ wines have been stored....
...You don’t copy Swatch, you copy only Rolex. My first reaction was to say, ‘OK, I don’t like the system but it’s good for fame.’ It was a very badly copied label. Then I saw more and more fakes....
...“We don’t see the strong euro hitting demand for top wines. Maybe we’d be growing even faster without the euro problem, but our average per-bottle price is $150,” he says....
...Providing they maintain quality and don’t lift the prices to a ridiculous level, I see no reason why investors shouldn’t continue to celebrate some very healthy and steady returns.”...
...The Zacharias – Jeff, who is 44 and seldom without a smile, his wife Frederique and his father Don – were on hand to meet and greet clients and guests and to oversee the sale....
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