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...If you’re looking for cellar inspiration, I’d recommend befriending your local wine merchant. The best way to do that is by spending money....
...Stylist’s assistant, Rachel Pollen...
...In another email that month — addressed to Weisselberg and Eric Trump — McConney wrote: “I’m working on notes to Mr Trump’s annual financial statement and I’d like to include any major construction work”...
...Miranda GreenSo I took a good look at it, and I found this fascinating book called the 7 Rules of Power by Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer, who’s something of an authority on the whole topic of power....
...The Permian produces about 5.8mn barrels of oil a day, out of about 13mn b/d in total US oil production....
...You’d seen Deutsche Bank settle a similar case to this just a few weeks ago, paid less than JPMorgan, about $75mn....
...“That’s why I’m always squinting at my phone.” Truth-bomb to Greta: squinting at your phone is as much a giveaway of middle age as wearing spectacles....
...While I’ve not yet felt compelled to make smoothies away from home, if I had the urge to do so then this is the unit I’d reach for....
...“I’m just going to go to lawyers . . . I’m dying to talk to other people about it. I’m dying to talk to the press.”...
...“I’m not a quitter,” he said. London, however, insists that negotiations are over....
...I’m not sure I’d get rid of athletic scholarships — I will take a classical approach here and say that I think competitive sports and the discipline of athleticism can help grow a well-rounded individual...
...“I’m still stuck on mimosa,” he says simply....
...“We’d like to see the majority of that go to share buybacks — their power when you’re trading this cheaply is enormous.”...
...Works by Willem de Kooning, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Cy Twombly join Magritte’s “L’Empire des lumières” (1951, est $35mn-$45mn) and “Le Domaine d’Arnheim” (est $15mn-$25mn)....
...I’m torn on this point. On the one hand, what do I know about what makes stand-out kimchi or morcilla sausage?...
...How SVB f****d up Silicon Valley Bank trusted Goldman Sachs, and it got shot in the foot....
...M&A is a cyclical and volatile business, but both Greenhill and Lazard undoubtedly became victims of their own success....
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...You're referring to the Oklahoma City bombing and Jeffrey Toobin has just written a brilliant description of it....
...But few in the crowd looked like they’d be causing trouble. Two women stood to one side of the entrance holding a banner: “Reparations for Mozambique Now!”...
...“That was a good thing because if I’d known what was involved in producing wine, I’d never have started. But it all came very naturally.”...
...“I don’t like the word ‘confiscate’, but I’d like to see this money diverted for Ukraine,” she said....
...Who billionaire’d it better?...
...Here’s the DUP’s leader, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson....
...One of the problems is that Jeffrey Donaldson can’t just deliver his party, but they could quite easily decide to say we’ve got major concessions here....
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