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...In a glass case in the Wright Brothers gallery stands one of the few remaining bicycles they built....
...Whenever the Guggenheim celebrates a round-numbered birthday — the Foundation’s, Frank Lloyd Wright’s, or that of his spiral on Fifth Avenue — the museum takes stock of its assets....
...One of Frank Lloyd Wright’s most distinctive homes was collapsing in 2000, when Dean and Ella Mae Eastman bought the property in the Chicago suburb of Riverside for about $1m....
...New York time (in EST) 12:00 – The last day of Carrie Mae Weems’ The Shape of Things, a day-long “convening” featuring readings, performances and conversations at the Park Ave Armory....
...Hedge funds float plans to revamp Fannie and Freddie The hedge funds who bet on a recovery at the bailed out US mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac floated a plan this week to take over large parts...
...– Davis Wright Tremaine LLP (PDF)...
...This started in March with the bail-out of Bear Stearns and has continued throughout the year with the salvaging of AIG, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and the country’s major banks....
...However, Mr Wright estimates that in the fourth quarter China saw capital outflows of $45bn-$70bn a month....
...I still have a red lipstick in a tube based on the famed Mae West lips sofa, from the first Dalí beauty launch in 1983....
...Comment: Hot money poses risks to China’s stability In 2006 China shocked the world by adding $247bn to what was already the largest hoard of foreign currency reserves, write Michael Pettis and Logan Wright...
...Mr Obama took less than 48 hours to disown his former pastor, Jeremiah Wright, in April after he embarrassed the candidate in public....
...Niemeyer keeps himself busy in the penthouse of a 10-storey art-deco building, once known as ”The Mae West” due to its voluptuously curved bay windows....
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