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...The first is that for Japan as a whole, the intensely high profile of a Nintendo sale would finally crystallise the sense of how undervalued many of its crown jewels really are — and how many smaller jewels...
...“Eric [Johnson] wouldn’t have wanted to be seen as selling off the crown jewels,” says one banker in Tokyo. “But you have to wonder if what happened will make anyone else pause before making a bid.”...
...Like many western commentators, Lewis seems to assume (the case is rarely argued) an important element in Japan’s road to economic salvation is the sale of its industrial and commercial crown jewels to foreigners...
...In a similar vein, Colombian designer Natalia Criado applies colourful stone accents to her silver-plated tableware to lend a jewel-like quality to the industrial shapes....
...If you were to pick one scene in Netflix’s vaunted docu-series Drive to Survive that summed up the state of Formula One in 2023, it would not be Max Verstappen dramatically pipping Lewis Hamilton to the...
...The monk is thought to be either Bernardino of Siena, who persuaded his listeners to throw their mirrors and jewels on his bonfires of the vanities, or John of Capistrano, who aged 70 travelled to Hungary...
...June 1 to 9; further information and tickets here ‘Jewels’, National Ballet of Canada George Balanchine’s 1967 ballet comprises three acts, each named after a jewel and set to the music of a different...
...And now, the South Korean chipmaker is posing a major headache for Bain, the FT’s Kana Inagaki, Leo Lewis and Song Jung-a report....
...JAMES LEWIS: What if China, in some way, got control of Taiwan?...
...Mario Kart and M&A The FT’s Leo Lewis makes a thought-provoking argument as to why Japan should part with its crown jewel, Nintendo....
...This autumn, the Tiffany Muzo emerald will be shown as a loose stone to highlight its purity and allow the client to commission a bespoke jewel....
...TMG, once a crown jewel of the billionaire Barclay family, has since become a casualty of their financial misfortunes after being forced into receivership over £1bn of debts....
...To fans of Japan’s natural beauty, the subtropical island of Amami Oshima is among the nation’s brightest jewels: a Unesco World Heritage site, south-west of the mainland in the sea between Kyushu and Okinawa...
...Beth Porter’s cello rises and falls in a gentle swell and Harding sings of the country as a “jewel in the whispering sea/in a greeny blue shimmering”....
...I began investigating a range of materials such as pom poms, aluminium foil, pillows, plastic jewels, old clothing, leaves, dried bread and collage of all kinds.”...
...The eventual $18bn sale of the chip unit to a consortium led by Bain left Toshiba with a 40 per cent stake in what was once its crown jewel....
...It has many of the elements that made the ultimate Wall Street book, Liar’s Poker, sparkle — rivalry, camaraderie, japes and high stakes — but sadly told without the style or irony of Michael Lewis....
...The British poet Jenny Lewis wrote in her 2014 collection, Taking Mesopotamia: “When Saddam cleared them and drained/ The marshes people said Iraq has stopped breathing.”...
...The verdict at this month’s FT Commodities Summit was definitive: it is “inconceivable”, said one global head of carbon trading, that Europe would suspend operation of its “crown jewel”....
...Teh said that live events, such as fights and esports tournaments, would remain the “crown jewels” of the company’s offering, but it would seek to captivate new audiences through social media, richly drawn...
...The Danish brand August Sandgren offers beautifully minimalist leather jewel boxes (from £186, augustsandgren.com) and watch boxes (from £230)....
...In the US, ESPN has been a crown jewel for its parent company Disney, under the tenure of the larger-than-life chief executive Bob Iger....
...Founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and his schoolfriend John B Young as a stationery and “fancy goods” shop in 1837, it soon became a destination for fine jewellery and silverware....
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