Hints and tips:
...Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), the C$400bn global investment group, told my colleague Josephine Cumbo that the UK stood out because of its “pro business” stance....
...There’s not much precedent to support the idea that Shina et al can walk away based on a MAC clause: WPP was forced against its will to buy Tempus in 2001, Guy Hands couldn’t scrap a bid for East Surrey...
...China wants to lead in tech, so having two players chasing the market caps of Facebook et al is a plus....
...Facebook et al may not need the intellectual capital, but they sure needed their cash....
...Take Weargrace, for example, a contemporary yoga label designed and produced in Italy by Karen Joyce, former director of image for Gucci Group....
...While the black taffeta evening gowns and sturdy looking peacoats on Karlie Kloss et al shouted winter, the models’ peachy complexions were all spring – try Bobbi Brown’s Sheer Color Cheek Tint in Sheer...
...The group’s explanation is that the deals have been struck between the bankers and a Georgia-registered banking subsidiary. Mr Gilauri et al have normal contracts with the UK-based holding company....
...Hires Phoebe Philo as design assistant. 2000 Designs wedding dress for Madonna’s marriage to Guy Ritchie. 2001 Launches her own fashion house as joint enterprise with Gucci Group (now PPR luxury group)...
...Whatever Mr Cameron et al might think, restraint is not a word in most bankers’ vocabularies. Patrick Jenkins is the FT’s Banking Editor Patrick.Jenkins@ft.com...
...Messrs Cable, Darling et al say they don’t care! They should. Moving key staff (100 or so) plus capital is relatively inexpensive....
...Had the central bank allowed the failure of Long Term Capital Management to run its course, Lehman, Bear Stearns, et al would still be here....
...And, as the new faces took their places next to Wintour, Menkes et al for the Dolce & Gabbana show, the Italian brand’s in-house cameras rolled, streamlining the event directly on to YouTube....
...The case, Gallus et al. v....
...As for Japan’s deteriorating economic climate – not to mention the downwards direction of the Nikkei average – the situation may well become “more difficult” and Sugiyama et al may have to change their minds...
...After spending billions of dollars at the wrong price for shares in Merrill Lynch, Barclays et al, Singapore’s state-backed investment body Temasek says it still “sees value” in banking stocks in the US...
...There can be little doubt that Eden et al will achieve or better the top-of-the-band pricing of $18.50-a-share....
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