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...Patio furniture and riding lawnmowers were among the “big-ticket”items that were selling particularly well, according to Home Depot....
...His work is very Japanese [and] his furniture gave me many hints about furniture design,” he said....
...Victoria & Albert Museum Cromwell Road The V&A returns as the LDF’s official hub and host of the Global Design Forums — a series of talks, including Merel Bekking on “Brain Manufacturing”, which explores...
...Design is critical, and there are multiple solutions to the 3D jigsaw puzzle of business class: yin-yang; staggered herringbone; “stacked-V”. Jamco’s DoveTail seat has a layout like parquet flooring....
...Producer: So I’ve optioned a real-life David v Goliath struggle from London, England, where an Average Joe stock analyst is battling Citi over the fate of mines and trading empire Glencore....
...Meanwhile, in the US, the fabric was sold to more than 200 designers via Greeff Fabrics Inc. Yet it wasn’t always obvious that it was destined for such success....
...“Neither would be possible using any other technology or technique,” says Jana Scholze, the V&A’s curator for modern furniture and product design. “This represents a new design language.”...
...“The V-shaped recovery in corporate profits seems to be at an end,” warned Barry Knapp, chief US equity strategist at Barclays Capital....
...‘Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970-1990’, V&A Museum, London, September 24-January 15, www.vam.ac.uk Exhibition supported by Friends of the V&A with further support from Barclays Wealth...
...“They say: ‘When a wife wants to make a choice between a painting, a piece of furniture or a jewel, you can see where it is going to end’.”...
...It is a moment known to many of us from the film Apollo 13 when Tom Hanks, playing the astronaut James Lovell, tells mission control: “Houston, we have a problem” (another slight misquote, with the tense...
...As Economics of Contempt noted, for comparison, Merrill Lynch was quoting a deal called Independence V at 90, while Goldman had it down at 67.5. In any case, we know where Hank stands: Mr....
...Litigation Release No. 21384 / January 20, 2010 Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Release No. 3108 / January 20, 2010 Securities and Exchange Commission v....
...– FT Alphaville Gross v Bond, or Pimco v BarCap: The debate flares – FT Alphaville...
...Emphasis ours: There have been a number of recent reports about an exodus of employees from A.I.G., and the role of C.V. Starr & Co., Inc....
...“Our competitors get into these brand wars like Coke v Pepsi,” says Zimmer at UTA....
...STATEMENT FROM C.V. STARR ON BEHALF OF HANK GREENBERG Mr....
...And among those on last year’s list who didn’t qualify this year are former AIG chief executive Hank Greenberg, former Citigroup CEO Sandy Weill and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg....
...It acquired SCS Upholstery, a bankrupt chain of UK furniture stores....
...The writer is chairman and chief executive officer of C.V. Starr....
...The Chicago Architecture Foundation River Cruise, tel: +1 312-922 3432, www.architecture.org Showcase kitchen The Victoria and Albert Museum in London already has extensive ranges of furniture and accessories...
...“The whole company came together at Hank, and Hank only,” says another former executive....
...www.russiandesignshow.com Syl Tang tracks trends and runs HipGuide Inc, ceo@hipguide.com...
...In other corporate news, Boeing , the commercial aircraft maker and a partner received a $10.4bn contract for the V-22 Osprey. Boeing shares added 1.2 per cent to $74.37....
...Mr Greenberg and Edward Matthews, president of C.V....
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