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...Meanwhile, we also take in such varied delights as Swedish-style Norwich City Hall, designed by CH James and S Rowland Pierce; the Viennese whirl of Quarry Hill flats in Leeds (architect RAH Livett); Charles...
...Round on the Links The link was salads Russian Orthodox Couch potato Chicken Run Mr Bean War of Greek Independence Garden (Tom’s Midnight and The Secret) Julius Caesar Statler and Waldorf Chef...
...He’s part of the ownership group of both famed sports teams, and also counts the Waldorf Astoria in Beverly Hills, The Hollywood Reporter magazine for insiders in the movie industry and the music catalogues...
...Bankers that lent to another Anbang property, high-end condominiums at 100 East 53rd Street, just a few blocks from the Waldorf, recently classified the loan as non-performing....
...The Waldorf Astoria is not part of the $5.8bn sale. Mirae declined to comment. It said last week the deal was still alive and that it was in talks with Anbang....
...Nor is it clear where Anbang will get the money to complete the promised multibillion-dollar renovation of Wu’s most famous acquisition, the Waldorf Astoria, which he bought in 2015 for $1.95bn....
...(NYT) For sale: an address in the Waldorf Astoria Manhattan’s flagging market for luxury homes is being put to the ultimate test: the Waldorf Astoria hotel, possibly New York’s most glamorous address....
...Included are images of how some works would have looked set in Two Temple Place, a neo-Gothic mansion built by William Waldorf Astor, which are pretty striking....
...Reform’s a distant prospect, however, because it’s not in the interests of Vincent Tchenguiz, William Waldorf Astor IV and Count Luca Rinaldo Contardo Padulli di Vighignolo, so instead we’ll keep on buying...
...The bailout put the Waldorf Astoria under the control of China’s ministry of finance....
...He embarked on an expensive renovation of the Waldorf Astoria, which he loved to boast about, once remarking “if a male Anbang employee plans to check into the Waldorf in the future, I might even assign...
...Anbang gets a makeover after government takeover When Anbang Insurance paid $1.95bn for New York’s fabled Waldorf Astoria hotel in late 2014, it became the poster child for China’s high-flying private financiers...
...The FT’s global China editor James Kynge says an estimated 1.7m-strong peaceful march on Sunday was an act of defiance....
...He recounts with gusto the megadeals and the risk-taking involved in picking the right time to buy and sell assets, ranging from US Steel’s railroad network to the Waldorf hotel....
...In 1896, a salad with nuts and apples was named after the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York, where it was first served. In 1924, an Italian chef called Caesar Cardini invented the Caesar in Tijuana....
...The tycoon scooped up the historic Waldorf Astoria in 2014 for about $2bn but now Wu is in jail (DD readers will be familiar with this tale) and his prized piece of New York real estate is being sold off...
...sovereign wealth fund, as well as three of the four “grey rhino” private conglomerates at the centre of a government crackdown on outbound deals: HNA, Dalian Wanda and Anbang, which paid $1.95bn for the Waldorf...
...America’s top dealmakers were sitting in the Waldorf Astoria in New Orleans in March when word first circulated that Paul Jacobs was considering a bid to take Qualcomm private....
...Wu Xiaohui was thrown in prison earlier this year and the company was taken over by the government, which has the prickly task of disposing and restructuring its sprawling business, which includes the Waldorf...
...HNA will raise north of $6bn if it succeeds in liquidating its entire stake in the hotel operator, which owns the Waldorf Astoria, Conrad and Doubletree brands....
...He will replace Tony James, the alternative asset manager, as both president and chief operating officer; Mr James, 67, becomes executive vice-chairman. Both will report to Mr Schwarzman, 70....
...Mr James will become executive vice-chairman. Mr Gray combines elements of the entrepreneurial instincts of Mr Schwarzman with his own low-key style....
...Go further with a podcast we just recorded where, among other things, Henny Sender talks about her meetings in the Waldorf Astoria with Wu....
...In a remarkable reversal of fortune, the former chairman of Anbang Insurance, the Chinese company that shot to prominence in 2014 after buying the Waldorf Astoria in New York, was handed the sentence on...
...The team include Anna Pinedo, Remmelt Reigersman, Thomas Humphreys, James Tanenbaum, Bradley Berman and Brian Hirshberg....
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