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...Hermès, L’Oréal, Dior et al sell an idea of French high-end craftsmanship that derives almost whole cloth from the 17th-century court of Versailles....
...And I said products specifically for saving for your long-term care. [MUSIC PLAYING] Now there’s one Isa product that we haven’t mentioned so far which is the one for children, the junior Isa....
...Yet that same year, it didn’t have a single film in the American box-office top 10....
...Then the Americans came....
...(All three are on the board of the Foundation, together with their half-brother; Benjamin and Simon are involved in its day-to-day running and projects.) His family would often join him on set....
...is the FT’s global business columnist and author of “Homecoming: The Path to Prosperity in a Post-Global World” Ursula von der Leyen President by Janet Yellen Ursula von der Leyen has navigated the day-to-day...
...If we are right that consumer spending, despite some recent softening on the margin, is still at or above trend, that is another thing for Powell et al to fret over....
...The primary driver of wealth, the primary asset on most Americans' balance sheet, is a home. Most of the ways in which Americans build wealth involves borrowing money....
...The two men — a 42-year-old product of the middle class and a 78-year-old art patron and heir of extreme wealth — are not said to be close....
...As always, you can reach us at Imani.Moise@ft.com or Sid.V@ft.com. Thanks for reading....
...(NPR) Opinion: There is still work to be done cracking down on methane and other superpollutants (Bledsoe et al, NYT)...
...“The IMF at the end of the day is a political animal,” Al-Hussainy says, “and historically it has been in their interest [to increase support] when the foreign policy objectives align”....
...Yet South Sudan inherited oilfields producing some 350,000 barrels a day of oil in 2011 and Beijing as a top oil investor via the China National Petroleum Corporation....
...In June, South African energy company Anglo American mimicked Rusal’s spin-off with a float of its coal business Thungela Resources....
...Actually, he has quite a few — a level of extravagance far beyond what the others enjoy, and beyond even the levels of some of the world’s largest corporations and their executives....
...In the US, a survey by the American Pet Products Association in December found that 10 per cent of respondents got a new pet as a direct result of the pandemic....
...Et cetera, ad nauseam. The numbers seem to back up the thesis....
...Although this last theme might seem oddly non-political, that positive-affect language was a hallmark of politically left-leaning trolls in the 2016 election interference (Marcellino, Cox, et al., 2020)....
...(FT) KKR homes in on Japan property The US private equity firm is planning to participate in a wave of transactions generated by railway companies, manufacturers and other corporations with substantial...
...As the US heads towards the presidential election, some corporations have announced that they will make election day, November 3, a paid holiday....
...The days of easy money in football may be over....
...Sign up and tune in tomorrow, August 5, from 12-1pm ET here. Biden’s plan for US power generation . . . Joe Biden wants to cut carbon out of American electricity by 2035....
...The CDC only issued a cryptic tweet advising Americans to: “Follow the instructions on the product label.” “I can’t even get my calls returned,” says Garrett....
...Andrew Garthwaite et al at Credit Suisse has had a fiddle about with the model portfolio, resulting in insurers getting a push....
...My own feeling is that this will not be a V or even a U-shaped recovery, but a downwardly trending W that has a high risk of turning into a L....
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