Hints and tips:
...The two men were mercers, traders in silks, damasks and other luxury fabrics....
...Be sure to check out the full line up of events, and don’t miss Sid’s interview with David Mercer, chief executive officer of the LMAX Group....
...As ever, send your thoughts, queries and philosophical riddles to Imani (imani.moise@ft.com) or me (sid.v@ft.com). Happy reading!...
...Letter in response to this article: Remember, the party of Lincoln elected Trump / From Michael J Bond, Mercer Island, WA, US...
...Hermès is by far my favourite shop, and I have slowly collected men’s V-neck cashmere sweaters from there....
...A 2009 Supreme Court case involving prescription drug labels, Wyeth v Levine, greenlighted state laws that are stricter than federal laws....
...Since a 1984 Supreme Court ruling in Chevron v Natural Resources Defense Council, the court has bowed to bureaucrats in deciding whether their actions are justified....
...Municipal matchup: Milan v Rome Unemployment rate (2015)Milan 8% —————– Rome 10.7% Youth unemployment rate (2015)Milan 22% —————- Rome 31.5% “Renzi has perfectly identified Milan as his stage,” adds Manfredi...
...They are one of only two families to have three generations of work represented in the Smithsonian (the other is the Wyeth family of painters)....
...the Analysts, Martoma claimed to have “black edge” —illicit, nonpublic information… The Analysts exchanged a number of emails and instant messages with Cohen about whether Martoma’s advice on Elan and Wyeth...
...Mark Quinn, a partner in the reward practice at Mercer, a consultancy, said many employees at bank-owned groups would feel “a touch wrongfooted” by the outcome of the Ucits V vote....
...Meanwhile here’s the DOJ’s sealed criminal complaint in USA v Martoma....
...Lyon is listed 39th in the 2012 world quality of living ranking by Mercer, just after London (38th) and Paris (29th)....
...The most recent surveys, from Monocle magazine, Forbes, Mercer and The Economist, concur: Vancouver, Vienna, Zurich, Geneva, Copenhagen and Munich dominate the top. What, you might ask, no New York?...
...I’ve already spent hours poring over my favourite Christmas gift, the complete lyrics of Johnny Mercer. I wish I’d saved it for my birthday....
...And while their established successes range from the three-star Michelin Jean Georges restaurant on Central Park to the more relaxed Mercer Kitchen in SoHo, it is unlikely that any will set such precedents...
...The court will decide whether to shield drugmakers from many costly patient lawsuits, agreeing to hear Wyeth v Levine, a case that tests whether companies are protected from liability when federal regulators...
...The George V hotel in Paris is “phenomenal”, he says....
...They were in the second division (it was before Joe Mercer’s era). Now I read in the FT that: “Thaksin Shinawatra intends to build the Manchester City brand in markets such as China.”...
...Jonathan Guthrie: The complex series of trade offs (local skills v local property prices, for example) implicit in this question make it difficult to answer....
...I’m also finding my uniform of jeans, desert boots, crisp shirts and v-necks a bit boring after playing dress-up in yakata (kimono-style) robes and various traditional Japanese accessories....
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