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...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....
...Nike may not need Woods to keep growing, but another company could benefit greatly from his association....
...An 80-metre-high landmark, it was topped by a pyramid (inspired by the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus) that overlooked the Rio de la Plata, so that its shipping-magnate owner could keep an eye on his fleet....
...This April, Scott opens up another piece of history, this time picking threads that wind in and out of the silver route — the Vía de la Plata — and crossing into Portugal when spring flowers carpet the hills...
...Mexico offered a skilled workforce, good road and rail connections, an established export industry and privileged trade access....
...Much of today’s culture of immersive experiences has been road-tested in the self-styled “entertainment capital of the world”....
...Branson has had a long association with the island....
...It typically brings hot and dry conditions to south-east Asia, in contrast to the wetter and cooler weather from La Niña. After three years of La Niña up to early 2023, El Niño is returning....
...Last week pension managers shared horror stories over cocktails at the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association Conference in Liverpool....
...After more than 20 years in San Francisco and London, she moved back to Inverness in 2022 to focus on her father’s estate....
...Pepi Martinez, a retiree in the working-class La Marina district, says the city has lost its charm and can feel unsafe....
...Trying to build sustainably or using traditional techniques is also being tested by the rising costs, says Robert Querner, a Dutchman renovating an old Périgourdine farm in La Tour Blanche-Cerclas....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on August 5 2022. ©2022 Nikkei Inc....
...The latter event was co-sponsored by Dapper Labs, the NFT start-up now worth $7.6bn on the back of its tie-ups with the National Basketball Association and La Liga, Spain’s top football league, to provide...
...year-old chief executive of crypto exchange FTX sported his signature uniform of shorts and a wrinkled T-shirt onstage opposite an impeccably dressed Alex Rodriguez at the International Futures Industry Association...
...Among other things, the Marcos presidency was marked by a debt-fuelled infrastructure splurge that spanned roads, bridges and power plants....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on February 1 2022. ©2022 Nikkei Inc....
...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....
...A mining company and a double-murder in Missouri Five years ago, two middle-aged South African bikers rolled up in Springfield, Missouri, and checked in to La Quinta Inn....
...Compuertas/Pajare Altamira 14% Colomé, Estate 2018 Upper Calchaquí Valley 14.5% Cuvelier Los Andes 2017 Vista Flores 14.5% DiamAndes 2015 Vista Flores 14.5% (with 25% Cabernet Sauvignon) Dominio del Plata...
...This afforded Blackstone enormous flexibility on the timing of any eventual sale of the Las Vegas landmark....
...In an interview with the Financial Times last year, Mr Khosrowshahi acknowledged that it could take years to complete Uber’s road to redemption....
...Siswo Pramono, head of the Indonesian foreign ministry’s Center for Policy Development and Analysis, said rapid economic growth within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations has given the group’s 10...
...The Freight Transport Association and the Road Haulage Association have warned of gridlock on the roads of Kent and northern France. Eurotunnel sees things differently....
...Both the Chicago and LA loops will be privately funded, so the company will need to make a return on fares....
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