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...There were some scratchy Franco-German exchanges on Monday, along with some Parliament chest-beating over restaurant bookings....
...US malls have pumped more than $8bn into renovations in the past three years, according to a recent study by Jones Lang LaSalle....
...As a concept, the 1980s Sinclair C5 electric vehicle was ahead of its time. But the low-slung open-top vehicle’s exposure to the elements and surrounding traffic made it a commercial flop....
...Analysts said that investors are hungry for fast-casual dining because consumers like the concept: higher quality ingredients than fast food, without the sit-down atmosphere or higher prices of casual restaurants...
...The S&P 500 edged up 0.1 per cent to 1,258.47, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.3 per cent to 12,150.13. The Nasdaq Composite index slipped 0.2 per cent to 2,649.56....
...Great British Pubs, by Adrian Tierney-Jones, Campaign for Real Ale, RRP£14.99 On second thoughts, perhaps this is an even better Boxing Day book....
...Cadbury confirmed on Thursday that it was in discussions about the concept and that Kraft had signed on to the licensing deal, without providing any financial backing for it....
...The judges included the V&A’s director Mark Jones; Paul Thompson, rector of the Royal College of Art; Tony Chambers, editor-in-chief of Wallpaper* magazine; Brent Hoberman, founder of mydeco.com; Gwyn Miles...
...“Our competitors get into these brand wars like Coke v Pepsi,” says Zimmer at UTA....
...“Our higher-end restaurants are having more trouble, while the mid- to lower-end restaurants have been able to come across as recession-proof,” says John Angelo, head of the business association in Short...
...In this case it appears that our restaurant was chosen at random, rather than picked as a specific target, but it was still scary....
...“Cashflow rules,” says Earl Webb, head of Jones Lang Lasalle capital markets....
...But it is pointless looking for a precise explanation from a system seemingly based on a nebulous concept of “market perception”....
...Zoom: The Global Race to Fuel the Car of the Future By Iain Carson and Vijay V....
...The Bristol, the Crillon, the George V, the Meurice, the Plaza Athenee and the Ritz, all renowned for their historic buildings, squadrons of attentive staff and Michelin-starred restaurants, were found to...
...Evrard, who, like the restaurant’s pastry chef, sommelier and chef, worked at the Four Seasons George V hotel in Paris, has decided that waiters should not unfold napkins for guests and place them on their...
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