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...Additional reporting by James Fontanella...
...Perhaps the most amusing piece this year was James B. Stewart’s examination of the apparently dodgy goings-on at high-end New York wine seller Sherry-Lehmann....
...Black met Jeffrey Epstein in the mid-1990s, around the time Epstein was buying Little St James, the private island where he later held dozens of girls in sexual servitude....
...James Smith, developed markets economist at ING, said the UK’s recovery “looks set to stall in the fourth quarter as fresh virus measures loom” in response to a rise in infections....
...A classic V-shaped recovery ensued, reflected in sharp rises in sales agreed, mortgage approvals and house prices....
...Hudson Lockett Will palladium’s rally continue? Palladium has been one of the best-performing precious metals this year, up in price by more than a quarter....
...“Recent [renminbi] fixings by the PBoC suggest an effort to dampen volatility — not drive the currency lower,” said Larry Brainard, chief emerging markets economist at TS Lombard....
...It’s like lockdown was a bad dream,” said Lucy Pendleton, of independent estate agent James Pendleton....
...Additional reporting by James Politi in Washington and Tom Mitchell in Hong Kong...
...Jimmy Butler has established himself as a lucrative coffee entrepreneur in the bubble, and born-in-the-year-2000 (really) rookie Tyler Herro was the hero of Game 4....
...“The prospect of a V-shaped recovery is absolutely zero,” said James Knightley, chief international economist with ING. “Getting 40m jobs returning in the next 12 months?...
...Additional reporting by James Politi in Washington...
...NYSE v Nasdaq: may the best board win Next to the Red Sox and the Yankees, Nasdaq and NYSE have one of the most longstanding bitter rivalries in America....
...As for Lou Dobbs, on top of his own opening remarks on Friday evening, he hosted Michael Pillsbury, another prominent China hawk and author at the Hudson Institute in Washington....
...Both trained as fine artists and cite Richard Serra, James Turrell and Olafur Eliasson as inspirations....
...Larry Kudlow, Mr Trump’s top economic adviser, on Thursday offered the latest indication of a slowdown in the negotiations....
...Additional reporting from James Politi in Washington and Hudson Lockett in Hong Kong...
...(FT) Warren v Wall Street? Elizabeth Warren is one of the country’s most prominent critics of Wall Street firms and big banks....
...Smart reads Deal of the decade It’s been 10 years since BlackRock’s Larry Fink swooped in to buy Barclays Global Investors as the British lender struggled to stay afloat during the financial crisis....
...Larry Culp, GE’s chief executive, said that the company had no plans to sell GE Capital Aviation Services, its aircraft leasing business. It had attracted the attention of PE bidders....
...Burgundy v the rest — some favourites These are the wines I scored 17 out of 20 in the Berkmann tasting, complete with suggested drinking windows....
...The Supreme Court first heard oral arguments for Gill v Whitford, a case that challenges the constitutionality of a 2011 redistricting of the state of Wisconsin, in October....
...“Nobody will give us a bank account in the UK,” said James Godfrey, head of capital markets at BlockEx, a platform for trading digital assets including cryptocurrencies....
...Hudson's Bay puts its real estate to (We)work Take a bow, Jonathan Litt....
...Rupert Murdoch and his sons, Lachlan and James (pictured), seem intent on finding out....
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