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...The Florida Supreme Court has put a referendum on abortion on the state’s ballot for November, a decision that will make the Sunshine State a closely watched political battleground for reproductive freedom...
...Both Sheikh and Pakistani artist Zahoor ul Akhlaq studied at the Royal College of Art in the 1960s, and were astounded by the V&A’s originals after muted reproductions at home....
...Covent Garden is choked by people on cycle tours....
...The failure of one of Drexel’s biggest clients, the Executive Life Insurance Company, destroyed the retirement incomes of thousands of Americans....
...Like most life-long Londoners, I have spent a significant amount of my adult life on the Tube....
...It is built like a labyrinth — a tangle of low drystone walls enclosing narrow lanes, corrals and kitchen gardens....
...They begin with a sequel to the English King Henry V’s victory over the French at Agincourt....
...By now Heseltine, wearing his trademark blue V-neck under a dark suit, is tucking into his soup....
...I have not drawn my private pension yet and I have deferred the state pension. Do you believe in giving something back to the community?I absolutely do. As a company we donate to and sponsor museums....
...“We take care of women and children, 520 a year; we give them a home for a year — we have the nicest homeless shelter in the United States,” he says proudly....
...“My dear Whistler,” wrote Lord Leighton, “you leave your pictures in a such a sketchy, unfinished state. Why don’t you ever finish them?”...
...A huge chunk of that — Rs205bn — came from the sale of a 3.5 per cent stake in state-run Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) in May through a long-delayed initial public offering....
...Part of the state regalia, and much of the royal family’s personal collections, were made in workshops in the vicinity....
...It’s nearly a whole Garden Bridge....
...And giving up on a city like this seems to me a state and an indication of their malaise generally....
...In the great outdoors, he adds, “life is simple and all is good”....
...Let us know what fintech predictions you have for the rest of the year at imani.moise@ft.com and sid.v@ft.com....
...In 2016, the answer was clear when talent agency and media conglomerate Endeavor bought the company for $4bn, netting White $360mn. The deal stipulated he keep running the company....
...I come from a state where people frequently use guns to hunt, or require them for certain farm tasks. They don’t use a gun like this....
...They are looking for a long-term, not temporary solution to their unsatisfactory life in China.”...
...Key economic and company reports Here is a more complete list of what to expect in terms of company reports and economic data this week....
...Well, big companies want cheap corn. So they lobby the government, which provides subsidies to farmers, in part via preferential crop insurance....
...Miami real estate agents used to ignore rising sea levels, then pretended the problem had been fixed by what look like waist-high garden walls....
...Check out the top-floor penthouse, which spills over two storeys and has its own garden – a full, glorious 600sq m of planted terraces, with 360-degree views of the city. bulgarihotels.com, from €1,250...
...So over the course of a decade, the state would be stealing 10 per cent of every big company in Britain. Those were things that were not palatable with the business community....
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