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...But then you notice the discreet pedestals at each end of the installation, created by Los Angeles based PlayLab, Inc. Each showcases four “historiated sculptures” encased in glass....
...H&M’s chief executive Helena Helmersson has quit after just over four years in the top job as the Swedish fast-fashion group struggles to improve profitability....
...Pecker met Trump around the time of the George launch, and their friendship intensified once Pecker acquired American Media Inc, which owned the National Enquirer, in 1999....
...(H/T Dan McCrum.) (Enlarge) (Zoom) (Crude spot-the-difference video) There’s a lot going on there so the most we can do in a hurry is to pick out a few landmarks....
...But it will take a long time to dismantle the reputation of a chair that Seinfeld once joked should be rebranded as the “half-conscious deadbeat with no job, home all day, eating Cheetos and watching TV...
...Increasing barriers to achieving financial security have led a younger generation of investors to say, “F@$K it”....
...Representatives for H&F and Bain Capital declined to comment....
...While some bubbles, like the property one that underpinned the 2008 financial crisis, are unproductive, others — such as the 1920s stock bubble, which triggered the Depression but also helped fund and fuel...
...And there’s a lot pointing to the use of H-1B visas [for foreign workers in speciality occupations] as exactly that sort of blackmail....
...If you read the news you may have noticed rather a few breathless articles comparing the crisis to the former US investment bank run by the charming Dickie Fuld (h/t Bloomberg’s Dani Burger for that data...
...“The past year has shown people they can do their jobs just as well from here as from anywhere else,” concludes Elizabeth Hanley, president of Windsor Real Estate Inc....
...But investors in H&F’s older fund are hardly losing out in the sale to its new funds....
...To make vertical integration work, companies should focus on areas with significant intellectual property where suppliers are hard to find....
...Ferret-to-ferret transmission of Covid is now scientifically attested, but what about F-2-H, ferret-to-human? Next year’s virus may mutate again from animals to humans....
...Would there be any red flags for the retail investor in BPY’s 336-page 2019 annual report (20-F filing to SEC)?...
...Palihapitiya, who was raising money via Spacs before it was fashionable, has just landed his second deal — a $4.8bn merger with SoftBank-backed property start-up Opendoor....
...At the time, H&F outbid Permira in a shootout for the group....
...But the demands also largely mirrored those made by international investors for years as they have struggled to unshackle Korea Inc from opaque corporate governance structures common among the chaebol....
...Jordan Robins, executive vice president and COO of First Capital Realty Inc, which is involved in the retail development of East Bayside, is impressed by forward-looking developers who are willing to commit...
...Previous owners of the retailer, which is headquartered on Manhattan’s Madison Avenue, include Robert Campeau, the late Canadian property developer....
...I refer readers to the “Consolidated Statement Of Cash Flows” in Brookfield’s 2019 annual report, page F-13, if they would like to draw their own conclusions....
...The night we arrived we went to a bar near the Arno river, where, in a toilet cubicle, I noticed that someone had scratched “f*** Airbnb” into the door with their keys....
...In May, H&F and Blackstone failed in a bid to buy the whole Scout24 business....
...Property executives are unlikely stewards of youthful clothing brands....
...The bankruptcy of J Crew, which has about 500 outlets, is the latest blow to the retail property market....
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