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...The dispute has drawn attention to the role of Ben Elliot, the high-society fixer appointed party co-chair by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in 2019 to turbo-charge fundraising....
...with an “authentic” folk song about collective agricultural machinery....
...“There are no sweeping generalisations in the art market,” says Elliot McDonald, senior vice-president of international gallery Pace....
...Authorities in Singapore have warned residents that fire hotspots could escalate from June, and are co-ordinating plans to mitigate the risk of haze returning from Indonesia and Malaysia....
...Busy as they may be, the power lies mostly in the hands of the Porsche-Piëch dynasties — VW’s controlling shareholder which hopes to turbo-charge Porsche into a luxury asset to rival brands such as Ferrari...
...Nokia, the story goes, didn’t have enough software savvy to keep up with visionary Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and design whizz Jony Ive....
...Jenny Chan, co-author of Dying for an iPhone, which details the lives of Foxconn workers who assemble Apple products, points out that China’s labour infrastructure is uniquely supported by the state....
...Robertson is a TikTok influencer who, together with peers Jack Harris and Elliot Renshaw, co-founded Stocked, a vintage pop-up event on its second edition....
...The well-connected Old Etonian was appointed by Boris Johnson, the Tory leader and UK prime minister, in 2019 to turbo-charge fundraising....
...By my calculations, you could set up a simple gun-making shop with less than $100,000 in (used) machinery. With even moderate care, a gun can be perfectly functional for decades....
...“If the company monetises some of the stakes in its remaining listed subsidiaries, Hitachi Construction Machinery and Hitachi Metals . . . it would have additional liquidity to manage its total debt and...
...Japan Inc has found a new purpose for automation: business continuity in the uncertain era of Covid-19....
...Other businesses — which span machinery, food and retail — have also suffered. Local consumption in Japan fell nine consecutive months to the end of June....
...Travel bans prevented Ocme, the Italian machinery provider, from sending a team of technicians to Mexico City to carry out the work....
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...Public interest was immediately strong — more than 1,000 volunteers contacted the trial co-ordinators in a single day....
...much power’ (FT) Insurer Hastings receives takeover approach from top shareholder (FT) Aston Martin says accounting error caused it to understate 2019 loss (FT) BC Partners buys stake in €3bn Italian machinery...
...Baillie Gifford’s flagship investment trust has holdings in French luxury, US biotechnology, Chinese gaming — and, serendipitously, Tesla, whose turbo-charged shares leapt 50 per cent in the space of a few...
...Ben Elliot,pictured below, right, an old Etonian with links to the British royal family, has made a business out of it as co-founder of Quintessentially, a luxury (obviously) concierge service....
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...Hill has watched Putin for years and co-authored a book on the former KGB officer. How has he changed? “He has kind of got himself in a bubble . . . He was much more attuned to the world around him.”...
...This is a very important factor for us — the willingness to co-operate with us and how much they can support us.” Heifei Risever Machinery was founded by Mr Lai’s parents in Anhui province in 2001....
...1976; Daniel Boorstin, librarian of US Congress, Washington, DC, July 29 1976 Fifth row: Felix Rohatyn, chairman, Municipal Assistance Corporation, New York, April 15 1976; William Paley, chairman, CBS Inc...
...Curve user Matt Elliot tweeted: “I spend more on Amex through Curve, due to many places not accepting it natively.”...
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