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...The shift has meant a sharp rise in illiquid assets held by insurers and the fund has flagged the dangers of “contagion” to the wider financial sector and the real economy....
...Last year, Bluebell lost a campaign to shake up the board of Richemont, the owner of Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels, adding to pressure its billionaire founder Johann Rupert has faced from funds such as...
...I’m really enjoying the hauntingly beautiful Fordlandia, a wonderful piece of modern classical music by the Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson, which recently featured on the show....
...Johann Sebastian Bach came to work in Leipzig in 1723 at the age of 38 and lived here for the rest of his life....
...It’s a bright, sharp staging, but not as moving as it could be. ★★★☆☆ To July 24, openairtheatre.com...
...Le Carré married Ann Sharp in 1954 and the couple had three sons, Simon, Stephen and Timothy....
...Speaking of the deal as Richemont reported quarterly earnings, chairman Johann Rupert said Farfetch and his own company’s online retailer Yoox Net-a-Porter (YNAP) had “very different blood types” so had...
...With his cropped salt-and-pepper hair gelled into razor-sharp spikes, tanned skin and athletic build, Jean-Marc Pontroué looks more like a man who trains paratroopers than one who commands a Swiss watch...
...He was a beneficiary of the fact that the sharp distinctions which are today drawn between disciplines, and between the arts and sciences, had not yet been established....
...Tom Holland Historian and author of Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of The House of Caesar The most remarkable book I read this year — though hardly a festive read — was Johann Chapoutot’s The Law of Blood:...
...Johann Rupert, wealthy founder of Swiss luxury group Richemont, has said he backs governments introducing “universal basic incomes” for all citizens to cope with economic upheaval....
...A weaker Swiss franc should give further support to a turnround, following sharp falls in sales in recent years....
...Johann back home....
...Johann Rupert, Richemont’s wealthy founder, has also responded to the downturn by overhauling the group’s leadership structure....
...The appointment seems like a good match — while Vuitton’s womenswear is far more futuristic than that found at Chloé, it is nevertheless a seamless mix of pretty dresses, sharp tailoring and sporty separates...
...“I wanted the silhouette to be short and sharp”, said the designer of her polished short skirts and bell-sleeved blouses....
...But the BMA announcement of strike action represents a sharp escalation in the conflict at a time when the health service is straining under tight budgets and facing cuts to services....
...In the UK, Johann Hari, a former journalist at the Independent newspaper, was forced to return his Orwell Prize after charges of plagiarism in 2011....
...Johann Schelle, Johann Kuhnau and Johann Sebastian Bach were consecutively appointed Thomaskantor, the city’s most important musical position, and, listening to these Christmas works, we could trace various...
...“One of the main issues is how the debtor will behave,” said Johann Grieneisen, a vice-president at Moody’s....
...“Who knows how long this region is going to have less robust demand,” says chairman Johann Rupert. “We are not saying no demand, but less boom time demand for sure.”...
...With the rapidly rising investment costs removed, the internet business turned out to have seen a sharp rise in profitability last year....
...As Johann Rupert, chairman of Richemont — which owns Cartier jewellery and Montblanc pens — said earlier this year: “We’ve seen this before on a number of occasions....
...For many decades the BBC Proms’ annual nod to “light music” took the form of tired evenings of Johann Strauss or Gilbert and Sullivan....
...The study expects growth of 6-8 per cent in Greater China in 2013, a sharp fall from estimated growth of 20 per cent in 2012....
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