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...Johannes Beermann has not been replaced by the Hessen regional government since leaving the board at the end of last year....
...David W GreenLondon NW3, UK...
...With Johannes Vermeer, “something well worn in Dutch art (like an old shoe) has become something never seen before (like a glass slipper),” said Walter Liedtke, who was curator of the Metropolitan Museum...
...Jimmy KolkerFormer assistant secretary, Global Affairs, US Department of Health and Human Services Pascal LamyPresident of the Paris Peace Forum and former director-general of the WTO Jack LeslieChair, Weber...
...“The creative possibilities are infinite, this is the beginning of a new era,” enthuses the Stockholm-based contemporary art collector Johannes Falk....
...On October 11 2001, President George W Bush declared: “The attack took place on American soil, but it was an attack on the heart and soul of the civilised world.”...
...Johannes Hahn, EU budget commissioner, told the FT last week that a deal was “achievable” as soon as Monday....
...Providing extensive historical background on both subject and artist, posts range from Hathor, the Egyptian goddess of motherhood to Johannes Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring....
...She was catapulted unexpectedly into the commission presidency last year after a fractious EU debate failed to build consensus behind figures such as European Parliament centre-right leader Manfred Weber...
...“We were facing the risk of a crisis that could blow up the European Union,” says Johannes Hahn, the EU’s budget commissioner....
...Here’s Commerzbank: Equity markets staged a decent rally last week with e.g. the S&P 500 up 10.4% w/w, and weekly trough to peak performance exceeding 20%....
...In Delft, 10 miles from the sea, I wandered through streets that still looked almost as they did when Johannes Vermeer painted here 400 years ago....
...Takeda’s French boss Christophe Weber seems intent on using the deal to completely remake the company, which is largely focused on the Japanese market....
...DD check-up on the W&I insurance market Here’s a paradox sure to enrage insurance buyers around the world: dealmakers have found a way to pay less for their insurance, yet claim more....
...Liz Cohen has joined Kekst & Co as a managing director after running the financial communications team at Weber Shandwick for six years. Smart Reads Why did the UK sell off the railways?...
...Vin Weber, a former Republican congressman, said that confirmation of a politician-director would be difficult. “There is a time when that would be an appropriate move,” he said....
...Tony Fratto, a former official in the George W Bush administration, said: “He’s literally the convention chairman....
...Some Republicans have endorsed Mr Trump in an effort to forge unity or with an eye on a future job, but others such as Mr Romney and George Bush and George W Bush, the former presidents, said they would...
...That sparked censure from Ari Fleischer, a former spokesman for President George W Bush, who said earlier this year he would vote for Mr Trump....
...Most notably, former Goldman chief executive Hank Paulson left the bank to become US Treasury secretary under President George W Bush....
...Last season Les Trois Rocs development of bars, restaurants and the swanky W Hotel, opened in the heart of the town, at the base of the main Médran lift....
...The writer is Charles W Eliot university professor at Harvard and a former US Treasury secretary...
...Carl Maria von Weber’s 1823 opera should be staged more often, not least because of the light it sheds on music history....
...David Frum, a former speech writer for George W Bush, says there were signs of discontent in the fact that the number of people who voted in 2012 was several million less than the 2008 total, despite a 5m...
...“Walker looked for a time like the candidate who could unite the GOP’s affluent donors and hard-pressed voting base,” said David Frum, a former speech writer for George W Bush....
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