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...“He has the most encyclopedic memory of deals, products and companies and can pull examples and learn from them,” said former colleague Alexander Hardy, chief executive of US biotech group BioMarin....
...First made in 1985, these fuzzy palm-sized creatures are the product of Epoch, a Japanese toy and computer-games company....
...The company has been reeling from the billions in debt it took on to acquire Monsanto and the mounting costs around the crop company’s weedkiller glyphosate litigation cases....
...the piece is reset with the Cullinan III, IV and V diamonds from Queen Elizabeth II’s jewellery collection....
...In the 1960s, Rabanne’s designs were worn by some of the stars who defined the age: popular French singer Françoise Hardy, Brigitte Bardot and Jane Birkin....
...They begin with a sequel to the English King Henry V’s victory over the French at Agincourt....
...And Topo Designs, a Colorado brand known for its hardy backpacks, is about to launch its Mountain Series collection of colourful, retro-looking carriers made from 100 per cent recycled nylon....
...This year, the V-Dem Institute at the University of Gothenburg confirmed that “for the first time since 2001, there are more autocracies than democracies in the world”....
...These clothes, by contrast, will last a lifetime: in hardy wools, canvas-lined, they were substantial....
...(FT) Dockwork ers v robots Dockworkers in Los Angeles are making a last stand against the automation of lucrative port jobs....
...The Brazilian national oil company owns 50 per cent of the Netherlands-based Petrobras Oil & Gas B.V, while BTG Pactual SA and the UK-based Helios Investment Partners hold the remaining stake in the venture...
...Smart reads David v Goliath Large consumer goods companies are starting to feel the impact of their smaller, more innovative rivals....
...Bombarded Day two of the Bombardier v Boeing tariff scandal and attention has turned on the British government’s motivation to fight back against proposed US action against the Canadian company....
...AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner and Bayer’s purchase of Monsanto) that are still pending approval from the competition watchdog....
...According to the market research company NPD, sales of tabletop games in the UK rose 20 per cent in 2016....
...(BBC) Video of the day Google v Apple, round 2 As Google again draws level with Apple as the world’s largest company, John Authers looks at the historic performance of companies once they have become the...
...Recently, their targets have included a growing number of Chinese companies....
...Much of the public unease about GMOs is bound up with doubts about Monsanto, which sued farmers in a string of unpopular lawsuits....
...The more buoyant and hardy plastics leave the shore and accumulate in the gyres....
...Photographs: Rebecca Lupton; Christopher Furlong/360; Craven Dunill Jackfield; V&A/DeMorgan...
...It makes sense: London’s design roots are embedded in the principles of a couture-like craftsmanship, from Savile Row to Charles Worth and Hardy Amies....
...A textiles expert at the V & A is helping to prepare a book on Tibor Reich’s life and work....
...“The [London-based] V&A and the Crafts Council have them but, other than that, in the regions we’re very significant.”...
...But then Kilgour was acquired by 14 Savile Row (which also owns Hardy Amies)....
...Hazel Forsyth, curator of the exhibition, puts it down to a mixture of politicking among the big London institutions, such as the British Museum and the V&A – including a battle for custody – and interest...
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