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...Gleacher Shacklock, a boutique investment bank, has appointed Anthony Hartley as a partner to build out its healthcare business. He was previously at Citigroup....
...The highest price of 2023 came courtesy of Sotheby’s, which sold Pablo Picasso’s “Femme à la montre” (1932) for $121mn ($139.4mn with fees), in line with expectations....
...The headline act is Picasso’s portrait of Marie-Thérèse Walter, “Femme à la montre” (1932), carrying an estimate of more than $120mn....
...Sotheby’s top estimate by far is reserved for Picasso’s “Femme à la montre”, a bold painting of Marie-Thérèse Walter from the artist’s celebrated year of 1932, priced at more than $120mn....
...UK fund manager Terry Smith was paid more than £36mn last year as his investment boutique Fundsmith reported a record annual profit for the year to March 2022....
...Dinner was very much in the 21st century at the somewhat improbably named Cherchez la Femme, just down from bustling Syntagma Square in the city centre....
...The new agency, which they’re calling Evolve, is the latest example of A-list athletes forgoing the connections of major talent reps and going the boutique route....
...Also planned is a (Covid-delayed) hotel, and an on-site boutique casino for Asia-Pacific high rollers....
...The department store chain, which filed for bankruptcy earlier this month, failed to hit back at off-price ecommerce challengers such as Gilt Groupe and Rue La La....
...But the real hit came from the closure of department stores and airport boutiques where Estée Lauder sells much of its wares....
...beret et la collerette” (1937) and “Femme assise (Jacqueline)” (1962), along with Mark Rothko’s “Number 22 (Reds)” (1957)....
...look for M&A to pick up in second half of the year (BBG) Shares in Norwegian Zoom rival Pexip soar on stock market debut (FT) Spain’s La Liga targets China deals with joint venture (FT) 3i to pay dividend...
...In November the Johnsons fly off again, to host the PJ Femme New York and LA trunk shows....
...Millstein was recruited to Guggenheim by Alan Schwartz (pictured below), who decided in 2018 that Guggenheim should acquire Millstein’s boutique firm Millstein & Co outright....
...BMW, for instance, plans to deck out the interior of one of its electric i3 vehicles in the style of “a boutique hotel”....
...It seems at times to want to be in LA as much as, if not more than, in Baja....
...Eight works by Pablo Picasso were also up for auction on Tuesday evening, including “Femme au chien” (1962), depicting his second wife, Jacqueline Roque....
...Incidentally, Westwood’s clothes have always been beloved by drag queens, boutiques unable to keep up with demand for her platform shoes in larger sizes....
...The service will also be used by holiday rental provider RedAwning and boutique hotel operator Two Roads Hospitality....
...Yes, there were touristy horse-drawn carriages and expensive pet boutiques (“la mode pour votre chien”) but there were also snotty five-year-olds in snowsuits and families bearing grocery bags....
...Others invest through boutiques such as BDT Capital, the investment management and advisory firm run by Byron Trott, confidant of Warren Buffett....
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on May 4. ©2017 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...Jeweller Graff Diamonds has acquired the Lesedi la Rona — at 1,109 carats, the world’s largest gem-quality rough diamond found in more than a century....
...“Watching a [traditional] Colombian-produced novella, the kid is like, ‘I live in east LA and this doesn’t happen in east LA,’” Mr Rios says. Telemundo’s strategy is bearing fruit....
...By the time the gavel came down, competition from five clients had sent the price of “La Muse endormie” to $51m — a record for the artist....
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