Hints and tips:
...Play at St Louis starts at 7.30pm BST daily, and can be watched free and live with grandmaster commentaries at uschesschamps.com. Puzzle 2541 White to move and win (by M Eisenstadt)....
...Lucky carries a Louis Vuitton suitcase and Vladimir’s grimy linen suit looks like an Armani or Kenzo cast-off....
...Across Fondation Louis Vuitton’s broad range, one senses, variously, all those things....
...For us, the handbag market has three suppliers: Hermès, Chanel and Louis Vuitton.”...
...In the cow case: Financial history tells us sparks will fly from time to time....
...Overall, there’s a bit less going on — it just doesn’t spark joy in quite the same way. The red’s a little more muted, the type worse....
...By the time [the restrictions on product placement] happened, the spark had gone and lots of those small businesses hadn’t been able to raise money and died,” says Louis Bedwell, managing director at venture...
...It can also spark a conversation, as Saks Fifth Avenue fashion office assistant Jalil Johnson found when he pinned a bejewelled dolphin brooch to his shoulder at New York Fashion Week this February....
...“Venus”, painted for Count Maffei, was subsequently owned by Louis XIV — it prefigures French rococo taste....
...This point is made concisely in a recent post from the St Louis Fed....
...That sentiment was evident in remarks by St Louis Fed president James Bullard on Thursday, who said that rates would need to be raised to a minimum of 5 per cent in order to tame inflation....
...When Jess Wheeler moved to the wild moorlands and mountains of north-east Wales three years ago, it ignited a creative spark....
...“China imposed quite a lot of draconian policies on the tech companies and now everyone is on alert — if anything happens, they dump the stocks,” said Louis Tse, managing director at Hong Kong-based Wealthy...
...“It smells like spring flowers,” says Semler of the blend of jasmine, neroli, rose and mimosa that assails the senses with an evocative sweetness that’s intended to spark hopefulness....
...JPMorgan Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon predicted the American economy will tip into a recession next year, warning the downturn threatened to spark “panic” in credit markets and wipe an additional 20...
...I thought of Muriel Spark’s novel, and her character the teacher Miss Jean Brodie, who used this catchphrase both to flatter and discipline her coterie of favoured pupils....
...I felt lighter, if a touch bereft, and the whole experience, if you’ll allow me to go all Marie Kondo on you for a moment, even ignited a spark of joy. I was also lucky....
...Louis Kuijs, head of Asia economics at Oxford Economics, said the setback was “large enough to warrant a downward revision of our growth forecast” for the second half....
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...Saint-Gobain, a company with an illustrious history as a 17th-century supplier to the court of King Louis XIV, has chronically underperformed compared to its listed peers and has been scrutinised over its...
...“It is like when somebody makes a copy of a Louis Vuitton bag. Does it look like a Louis Vuitton bag? Does it last like a Louis Vuitton bag? I don’t know.”...
...LVMH, owner of brands such as Moët and Louis Vuitton, reported new records for profits and sales thanks to strong demand in the US and China....
...Dancing sparks joy. All her clients are encouraged to share videos where they show off their moves sporting newfound vintage garments....
...The unintended consequences of taxation are brought to life with the story of the British colonial rulers in Sierra Leone, who introduced a hut tax in 1898 only to spark a rebellion....
...Each season Sarah Burton, the creative director of Alexander McQueen, takes her designers on a field trip somewhere in Britain to spark inspiration....
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