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...Elysian also offers a small selection of baked goods — muffins, scones, cookies et al — that are all made in house using butter or olive oil (rather than the mass-produced seed oils often found in commercial...
...Georges and Anthony Karam opened Partisan Café Artisanal in the historical Arts et Métiers district....
...And there is, predictably, competition on the horizon, including the ambitious renovation of the city’s other historical landmark, the Grand Hotel et Des Palmes, which has opened with a restaurant and roof...
...When sages speak Here is a thumping research report from Jonathan Woetzel, Jeongmin Seong et al from the McKinsey Global Institute....
...Martin Wolf Business Alibaba: The House that Jack Ma Built, by Duncan Clark, Ecco, RRP£18.99/$27.99 If Alibaba, the sprawling online retailer, is one of China’s most interesting companies, then Jack Ma...
...chart from Cap Econ attempting to summarise China’s current position from a purely economic standpoint: And an extra large chart covering RMB promotion from Xi et al from Deutsche for those who can be bothered...
...They can’t hang a jacket on the back of a chair but always stow it in a cupboard. “There needs to be a rule of law, or else where does it end? People will come in with wheelie suitcases....
...He had dinner with the McDonald brothers that night to understand the system they used at their burger joint in San Bernardino, California....
...“Until early 2012 Twitter was still within the elite realm of people who were more upwardly mobile and people who had time to tweet,” says Sultan Sooud al-Qassemi, or @SultanAlQassemi, a United Arab Emirates...
...I was told to be like [Jack] Nicholson or Al Pacino: they didn’t do the talk shows so they could then slip into any role. But it got to be too hard....
...Masterpieces of Chinese Painting: 700-1900, edited by Zhang Hongxing, V&A Publishing, RRP£40/$60 The world’s oldest painting tradition explored in the glorious catalogue to the V&A’s current, once-in-a-lifetime...
...Shi Cheng: Short Stories from Urban China, edited by Liu Deng, Carol Yinghua Lu and Ra Page, translated by Eric Abrahamsen, Nicky Harman, Julia Lovell, et al, Comma Press, RRP£9.99, 224 pages An anthology...
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...Lib Dems in local government who face electoral disaster because of the growing unpopularity of Clegg, Cable et al at a national level....
...Highlights this year include the soul singer Al Green and a free concert by AR Rahman, the Indian composer and songwriter who won an Oscar for his work on Slumdog Millionaire....
...As a former investment banker, Augar tells the story of the disaster in the financial markets. What really happened at Northern Rock, Royal Bank of Scotland et al? This gives you a clearer idea....
...● The Bush legacy will live on in San Francisco if the sponsors of Proposition R have their way....
...Marrakech, one of the great cities of the Islamic world, is discovering the perils of becoming a cheap and cheerful package destination....
...Charles Kreidl, Chicago, Illinois, US Alex Frankel: There is no doubt that loyalty and turnover are huge issues in the front-line retail environments where I worked (Starbucks, Gap, et al.) as well as across...
...Most Religious David Green, 64 $2bn, Hobby Lobby Oklahoma City The chief executive of Hobby Lobby arts and craft stores told a Christian website: “There is no success outside of success with the Lord...
...Joseph Andelin, Utah: How does the shareholder makeup (i.e., institutional, insiders, hedge funds, et al.) affect your estimate of a firm’s intrinsic value and consequently, your margin of safety?...
...He was a “working man of the theatre” - arguably (but not in every respect) superior to Dekker, Middleton, Jonson et al, and no different in kind. He lived in a real world....
...Care Chemicals, green representing Textile Dyes, etc....
...magic green fingers....
...The city is a ghost-town of the manufacturing Midwest....
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