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...It is Abel’s operational record that gives Christopher Bloomstran, a Berkshire shareholder at investment group Semper Augustus, hope that he will be able to further sharpen the performance of Berkshire’s...
...“While he’s largely been out of much of an operational role, he remained a sounding board to the end,” said Christopher Bloomstran, president of Berkshire shareholder Semper Augustus Investments....
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...“Hardly was his back turned when the merchant missed his valuable Semper Augustus, worth three thousand florins, or about 280 pounds sterling,” wrote Mackay....
...Designed by the French-Mauritian architect Eric Chavoix, who formerly worked for the architect Jean Nouvel, it overlooks the ocean from the grassy black basalt cliffs of Pointe des Diamants on the west coast...
...Adam Low film director Akram Khandancer and choreographer Ayelet Waldmanwriter Augustus Casely-HayfordDirector V&A East Prof Carl GombrichLondon Interdisciplinary School Caryl Churchillplaywright Cate...
...For the aviation sector in general, February and March were likely to bring even worse traffic figures, said Eric Lin, head of research for UBS China....
...The company had been working towards a local initial public offering to fund the construction of Singida, with chief executive Eric Zurrin previously telling us the usual ways of funding projects — equity...
...Cathay Pacific has replaced its chief executive Rupert Hogg with Augustus Tang, formerly group chief executive of Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company, as it faces mounting pressure from Beijing....
...Charles Portis’ Norwood, Eric Vuillard’s 14 Juillet, Max Porter’s Grief Is the Thing With Feathers. Who would you most like to sit next to at a dinner party?...
...Or perhaps in celebration of a dining room that defined an artistic moment in which James McNeill Whistler, Walter Sickert, Augustus John and Aubrey Beardsley could be found chatting together?...
...Other artists with a secure place in history who seem under priced include Graham Sutherland, the sculptor Jacob Epstein, Victor Pasmore, Augustus (and Gwen) John, and William Roberts....
...The company also made Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation service, using artist Eric Ravilious’s Golden Persephone design, and more recently has produced private commissions for the Prince of Wales and Duchess...
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