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...Monét’s music takes cues from the golden age of 1990s and early-’00s R&B as well as ’70s disco classics, but she has a personal touch too, adding elements of Deep-South hip-hop and west-coast soul....
...This week Judge Katherine Polk Failla ordered Tether and Bitfinex to produce information in line with plaintiff requests, describing said documents as “undoubtedly important, as they relate to the backing...
...The 70-minute piece was created by Maurice Béjart for the then 62-year-old La Scala legend Carla Fracci in 1998....
...DD is expecting CD&R, which is working with Goldman Sachs, to return with an improved offer....
...“I thought those guys were an R&B band who hadn’t worked that out yet,” he says lugubriously....
...“I’m positive whatever decision he makes, there will be people that will publicly disagree with him,” says Daniel R Alonso, a lawyer at Buckley in New York, who once served as Mr Vance’s top deputy....
...Maurice Brown’s trumpet accentuated its glossy, jazzy intro while support act Tayla Parx added swooning R’n’B vocals. Paak’s earlier material was equally dynamic....
...Trumpeter Sheila Maurice-Grey and Theon Cross on tuba are well established, as are Shirley Tetteh, Sarah Tandy and Rio Kai on guitar, keyboards and bass....
...“Virtually, every business has been impacted with the greatest exposure on Baby, appliances and food,” Mr Polk said....
Stuart Grant says its courts and politicians are too keen to woo corporations
A decade after it needed a $185bn state bailout, the insurer is on the acquisition trail again, but investors remain wary
$5.6bn deal strengthens core insurance businesses
...If that wasn’t enough, Comcast’s legal deal team includes Davis Polk lawyer Tom Reid, who spent years working with all of the above at you know where. Cosy....
With premiums under pressure, consolidation could intensify
Cytora aims to revolutionise the insurance industry by using artificial intelligence
...its Babies R Us chain....
...More recently Toys R Us went into administration having been owned by Bain Capital and KKR. But dealmakers argue worries about club deals gone sour are exaggerated....
...His nonagenarian father, Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, turned AIG into a financial powerhouse over four decades in charge. When Hank stepped down in 2005, the company was the world's biggest insurer....
Legal reversal over the terms of the insurer’s bailout is an important win for the government
...Maybe that is an olive branch to regulators,” said Andrew Polk, co-founder of Beijing-based research group Trivium....
...In 1971, the French designer Maurice-Claude Vidili decided he wanted to get away from it all, so he built himself an “isolation pod”....
...Isolation Sphere (1972) by Maurice-Claude Vidili, at Maison Gerard December 6-10, designmiami.com Follow @FTLifeArts on Twitter to find out about our latest stories first....
...Side note: Publicis CEO Arthur Sadoun has put out his first new year's message since he took over from Maurice Lévy....
Former chief says his departure in 2005 precipitated insurer’s $185bn bailout
End to former chief’s 12-year legal fight over allegations of accounting fraud
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