Hints and tips:
...But this year, instead of chocolate truffles, I’m lusting after Dior’s decadent limited-edition version....
...“Clearly this is one shock after another, so I’m not confident this is going to happen right away,” said Kalemli-Özcan. “I cannot tell you a timeframe, but it is going in the right direction.”...
...‘I’m a visual artist,’ says Sandra.‘I mean,’ says Harriet, ‘what do you do for a living?’‘Oh,’ says Sandra. ‘I’m a receptionist.’...
...The performance crescendos with Orleans lip-syncing the words of Desmond, the ultimate movie-star Salome: “All right, Mr DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up.”...
...Yet some dancehall singers, with their shaved eyebrows, diamond earrings and carefully manicured nails, present an almost Gloria Swanson-like queenly image of adornment....
...Sweden's H&M, one of the world's largest fashion retailers said in a first-quarter trading update that stores in 13 of its markets were either closed or would soon have to close....
...As FT reader Bruce Swanson put it: “Doesn’t Bomad [the bank of Mum and Dad] have an advisory capacity too?”...
...“I’m not sure the traditional funeral profession will survive the changes....
...This was most notable with the arrival of TV dinners, pioneered in the early 1950s in the US by Swanson....
...I’m not one of those directors who hates his work. Now, I’m not sitting all night watching them like Gloria Swanson. But I do think to myself, ‘How the f**k did we do that?’”...
...I’m not all about the philosophy of distributed ledger technology; I just think this is ironic. Did we mention this project is apparently valued at $6bn?...
...The Washington Post’s Anna Swanson on an aluminium plant in Kentucky and Donald Trump’s “Section 232” fight....
...“I’m totally focused when I’m down here”, says Clive. The contrasting narratives can be striking. “When the [girls] were little it was a hard slog,” Lesley says....
...Beside it hangs Steichen’s 1924 dark portrait of Gloria Swanson, whose smouldering gaze the veil of black lace that Steichen has thrown over the lens of the camera (perhaps to protect himself?)...
...Celestial Emporium of Benevolent Knowledge”, which organised animals into categories such as: a) belonging to the emperor, c) tame, d) sucking pigs, f) fabulous, h) included in the present classification, and m)...
...CPI m/m est. 0.0% (prior -0.1%); y/y est. 0.2% (prior 0.2%) In the US, the January homebuilder survey at 1500 GMT is expected to show no change in the index from a previous 61....
...“I think people are shocked when they find out I’m a Republican,” he says....
...I used to buy her pieces in the late 1970s and 80s from a woman at a vintage [sales] building in New York who looked like Gloria Swanson; she would wear a beauty mark and she had pictures of Gloria Swanson...
...Displays devoted to the lavish collections of Cartier clients — including Napoleon III’s wife, Empress Eugenie, Elizabeth Taylor and Gloria Swanson — add celebrity glitz....
...I am not just analysing geometric forms, I’m trying to come to grips with the rhythm of modern life,” is nonsense....
...Monetary policy has different wealth and income effects on debtors and savers, but I’m not sure “bifurcation” is the right word. Money, after all, circulates....
...Mr Swanson says his “first preference” for corporate cash is for it to be spent refreshing a company’s ageing IT....
...Maybe I can’t control pollution – but I’m firmly in charge of my coupons now....
...Breaking up is hard to do – Rio Tinto edition: In the M&A hall of shame, Rio Tinto’s top-of-the-market [≈ Average US restaurant meal cost]bn acquisition of Alcan (in CASH) is right up there....
...Helen Burns is an associate at Hewlett Swanson, a law firm...
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