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...Philippe Mercier’s portrait, which may have been painted here, captures the musician at work, ink quill hovering over sheet music, dressed in his hallmark dashing red house coat....
...The artist patriotically offered the picture to George II — who rejected it as a mockery of his army....
...Youri Mercier, deputy secretary-general at the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry, whose members include Nike, Puma and Adidas, said delays of several weeks were having a “huge impact” on...
...The best book I’ve read in the past year is Finding Your True North by Bill George, a businessman and Harvard Business School professor....
...Georges Kern has been a regular user of Instagram since January 2015, but until July 12 last year the photos he posted were mainly close-ups of IWC watches interspersed with shots of celebrity ambassadors...
...When she finally decided to greenlight the idea she called George Malkemus, the footwear impresario who launched Manolo Blahnik stateside in the 1980s....
...Baume & Mercier decreased prices on its Classima range by 10 per cent two years ago....
...Space, says Mercier, needs to be considered in the same breath as sea and air when it comes to defence....
...They commissioned portraits enhancing their own cultural currency as leaders of a leisured class, such as Philippe Mercier’s record of four royal children in “The Music Party”, and they bought Canalettos...
...“There’s a proven interest in the renminbi in London and it’s growing fast,” said Jean-Marc Mercier, global head of debt syndicate at HSBC....
...Similarly, Georges Kern, the head of IWC, was asked to perform the same task for Baume & Mercier....
...Baume & Mercier has also been working on the Fotografia Festival Italy and the Elysée Museum in Switzerland....
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