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...Delaware earns 26 per cent of its revenues (to the tune of $1.1bn) from a “franchise tax”, which is essentially an annual fee for being incorporated there....
...But, in England, the councils, starved of funds, can do little more than decide whether to axe the libraries before the weekly bin collections, or the other way round....
...Welcome to the new athletic chic, where designers have incorporated technical sports fabrics and the exhilaration of Olympics opening ceremony attire into formal and casual wear for next spring....
...The asymmetry of the mid-tier, the slender, gently curvaceous and almost organic legs, and the sheer elegance of the overall form, are all classic art nouveau. $22,000. www.macklowegallery.com v Etagère...
...To this end, decorative fountains were increasingly installed in adjacent closets or even incorporated into elaborate, multi-tiered buffets....
...Indeed, a third of the possession hearings in one local study by the Citizens Advice Bureau last year were brought by subprime mortgage lenders....
...Christie’s has the collection of Lee V. Eastman, the New York-based entertainment lawyer, who was the father of Linda McCartney and counted Willem de Kooning among his clients....
...Leslie Crawford is the FT’s Madrid bureau chief. Whose side are they on?...
...James Harding is the FT’s Washington bureau chief....
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