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...Trump on Friday posted a surety bond to cover a separate $83mn judgment for defaming the writer E Jean Carroll....
...A quarter of a century after Trump Sr’s death, his son seems unable to cover roughly that amount....
...The Scottish lawyer, now in his mid-40s, joined Kirkland just under a decade ago to set up its Houston office....
...On a balmy Friday evening in the middle of August, senior partners from two of America’s most powerful law firms were among the thousands packed into Chicago’s Wrigley Field as Bruce Springsteen and the E...
...Wobbly, overleveraged US corporations such as Diebold Nixdorf and Incora are flocking to Houston, the new go-to place for a Chapter 11 bankruptcy....
...That’s because the spirit endures, and the bar encapsulates it: high stools, barefoot dress code, strong mojitos, cool breezes, big stories. nihi.com SR...
...Wall Street (meaning Houston and Denver) are raising estimates for next year, with Raymond James reaching for $4/mmbtu and Morgan Stanley $5/mmbtu. The facts have not really changed....
...Marine engineer James Fisher & Sons is leading the FTSE 250 fallers after middling interim results trigger smallish forecast downgrades....
...“We’re sitting on a precipice of a lot of E&P [exploration and production industry] restructuring right now....
...Law firm White & Case has added Mingda Zhao and Emery Choi to its M&A and oil & gas practice in Houston. Both join from Vinson & Elkins....
...“I even heard that James Bond’s not coming out, so it really must be hell out there.”...
...These were the kinds of figures who populated Bush Sr’s administration. Many of them, such as James Baker, were in the National Cathedral on Wednesday....
...What else we’re reading Vaping fears casts cloud on Big Tobacco The e-cigarette, an innovation marketed as “reduced risk”, was supposed to be the future of the ailing tobacco industry....
...Bush Sr....
...Last month US casino magnate Tilman Fertitta acquired the Houston Rockets for a record setting $2.2bn, the highest price ever paid for taking over an entire NBA team....
...There was a Formula E electric racing car on one floor that attracted a lot of admiring attention....
...Trevor Traina, the e-commerce entrepreneur behind IfOnly — and a collector of photography and contemporary art — says that there has been a marked shift away from physical goods....
...“I find it very hard to imagine him running back towards the middle – it is not in his temperament,” said James Henson, of the University of Texas....
...In an fundraising e-mail sent shortly before the debate began, the Obama campaign urged Democrats to watch the event, calling the Republican primary a “race to the right”....
...… JAMES FERRAGAMO Age: 40 Title: director of women’s leather goods, Salvatore Ferragamo One of the twin sons of Ferruccio Ferragamo (chairman of the Ferragamo Group), James is currently the only third-generation...
...For staff steeped in a culture that prizes technical capability, the skill and creativity of the Houston-based team working on the spill have been a source of pride....
...In a sign of BP’s commitment, Inglis moved the headquarters of his global E&P division to Houston. For the White House, too, there was an opportunity....
...“I’ve just got to check my e-mail. I want to see if my daughter got into private school.”...
...James Loughran, classical conductor. Ian Luder, former City lord mayor. David Price, chief executive, Chemring, the defence group. Tessa Ross, controller of drama, Channel 4....
...Any emphasis FT Alphaville’s: WASHINGTON – James M....
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