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...“In the ancient world, the practice of looking out of the window was debated in relation to decorum, morality and religious beliefs,” says the show’s curator, the art historian Dr Jennifer Sliwka....
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...Causeway Capital Management LLC, the LA hedge fund, has declared 4.88 per cent of Micro Focus....
...While it has just 26 stores in the UK and Ireland compared with more than 1,000 Victoria’s Secret outlets in the US, it is a high street stalwart in several British cities....
...A news outlet specialising in M&A and niche finance news could be worth more than the Financial Times....
...It now has more than 2,400 outlets in the UK and 1,400 in more than 30 international markets, as well as operating a self-serve business....
...This suggests that Coca-Cola’s offer represents a premium of about 70 per cent on the coffee chain’s estimated value....
...Then, with the music industry crumbling around his ears, Iovine found an alternative outlet for his energy, after a chance conversation at Dre’s Malibu house....
..., Rmb3,000 for “mid-level” and “high-level” writers, and Rmb8,000 for a premium service that procures a “senior” journalist and guaranteed coverage in 25 publications, four of which are well-known....
...ITV said its proposal represented a “significant premium” over the company’s share price before recent bid speculation....
...“The same party went on to pay a six-figure premium for a store elsewhere on the street....
...“At the end of the day, premium is the only real factor which moves the oil,” says a European crude trader. Arbitrage “economics do not seem to be working right now”....
...Qatar paid HK$14.75 a share for its 19.9 per cent stake in Lifestyle, a slight premium to the stock’s last traded price of HK$14.58....
...House of Fraser, which operates from more than 60 outlets in the UK and Ireland, has tried to reposition itself as a premium department store group rather than a mid-market one during the past year....
...The group of investors behind the deal is paying $22 a share in cash for the chain, representing a 32 per cent premium above the company’s share price before the March bid....
...That alone covers Kraft’s 31 per cent premium. Yet Kraft, a food conglomerate struggling to grow, needs the deal more than Cadbury....
...“A good view – and on a clear day up here you can see for maybe 80 miles – would command at least a 25 per cent premium,” Hardin says....
...It is an intriguing insight into one of the more startling business developments of recent years: the amazing growth in the market for premium priced coffee, sold in an ever-expanding array of outlets....
...SSL International, maker of Durex condoms and Dr Scholl’s sandals, stumbled 2.7 per cent to 310.75p after ABN Amro initiated coverage with a “reduce” recommendation and a 290p price target....
...In any case, Dr Touriss is unsure how long low-cost carriers can sustain their threat to rail....
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