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...I’d be interested to hear readers’ shopping experiences: what’s your main way of stocking up on gifts ahead of the festive season? Email me your thoughts at sid.v@ft.com....
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on July 4 2018. ©2018 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...Should you give the gift of a smartwatch this Christmas? The idea of wearing a computer on the wrist continues to be a divisive one....
...— And a primer on Mayweather v McGregor (Jack Slack) — China has a struggling industrial heartland of its own (Michael Schuman): There are too many unproductive, debt-laden factories that are losing...
...“Making a gift of inside information to a relative . . . is little different from trading on the information, obtaining the profits and doling them out to the trading relative....
...A $6m gift in the mid-1990s to his son Jae-yong has since multiplied more than a thousandfold, through a controversial series of investments in Samsung companies....
...Robert Levitan, CEO of New York-based Flooz.com Inc., says his product is more than a gift certificate because it isn’t confined to one merchant; it can be used at many....
...“However, it’s a beloved hobby.” 2.33pm Cook is handed a gift, as an analyst asks him what he thinks of Microsoft’s Surface: “I haven’t personally played with a Surface yet....
...‘Golden Spider Silk’, V&A Studio Gallery, January 25 – June 5...
...Wrapp, for example, which is a promising site started last year that enables people to give gifts via Facebook, is headed by the founder of Rebtel – a leading internet telephone company which this year surpassed...
...on Power’s lyrical gifts....
...In other words, godly hot dogs while you watch the Saints v Angels Super Bowl....
...A Publications), a book that accompanies a current V&A exhibition of the same name to celebrate 500 years of swigging....
...Sam’s Club also sells meals and gift baskets that are shipped by third-party suppliers, as does Costco, its main rival....
...Zoom: The Global Race to Fuel the Car of the Future By Iain Carson and Vijay V....
...Music for the road Looking for a holiday gift for the road warrior? I’d recommend the recent Samsung YPK5 digital music player....
...The ACCA award was followed by the unexpected gift of an amphora from old friends at the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus....
...Roughly speaking, about 10 per cent of high-tech gifts this holiday season may fall victim to "computer rage", they conclude....
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