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...Waste of paper The City of London’s push to modernise is being held back by its archaic shareholding system and the vested interests that keep it in place, the FT’s Helen Thomas writes....
...Independent hawkers are in on the fun too: there’s even a new family-owned bakery in town, Buns from Home, that’s dedicated almost entirely to buns — chocolate, coconut, pistachio et al....
...MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed bin Salman , by Ben Hubbard, William Collins, RRP£20, 384 pages Malise Ruthven is the author of ‘L’Arabie des Saoud: Wahhabisme, violence et corruption’ (La fabrique)...
...Asked who benefits most — the city of Paris or the state of Qatar — Jaffer believes it is a win-win for all involved....
...(SCMP, FT) Royal summit The Queen has summoned Prince Charles and his sons Prince William and Prince Harry for an emergency summit on Monday at the Sandringham estate, after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex...
...This was disproved by the trial of US v Zarrab et al, in which a Turkish banker and a gold trader were convicted of laundering Iranian oil and gas revenues....
...The Saudi authorities will list shares in Saudi Aramco — the world’s largest oil producer — as part of an overhaul of the country’s economy led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who believes the company...
...As I looked around the room at Allen, Andy et al, I thought about how they fought for the cultural and political freedoms that we enjoy today....
...My style icon is Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned, wife of the former Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani....
...One friend, talking about McBride et al blaming him for election-that-never-was....
...chart from Cap Econ attempting to summarise China’s current position from a purely economic standpoint: And an extra large chart covering RMB promotion from Xi et al from Deutsche for those who can be bothered...
...The prince also revealed plans to build a “mile-high” skyscraper, topping a project he himself is backing to build a 1km-high tower in the Saudi port city of Jeddah....
...As Silvio Berlusconi, Mario Monti et al gear up for the much-ballyhooed Italian elections next weekend, which helpfully coincide with the opening of Milan Fashion Week, political watchers can anticipate...
...While the black taffeta evening gowns and sturdy looking peacoats on Karlie Kloss et al shouted winter, the models’ peachy complexions were all spring – try Bobbi Brown’s Sheer Color Cheek Tint in Sheer...
...Most famous, however, are the numerous works by Dufy, Miró, Matisse, Modigliani, Picasso et al, who dined here and donated works in lieu of paying their bills. …………………………………………………………….....
...We cannot hate a Pitt character any more than we can hate the Danish prince, though you could argue that the “something rotten” in Dominik’s unnamed US city, as in Denmark, is the main man himself....
...Architecture at the V&A: New twists to an Edwardian cabinet of curiosities The V&A’s £41m courtyard design by Amanda Levete Architects (AL_A) is a new phase in the museum’s decade-long remodelling, writes...
...Venice’s Gritti Palace) et al....
...To eat at the London Eye “pop-up in the sky”, with Angela Hartnett, Jason Atherton et al serving your dinner as the big wheel turns, the evening will cost up to £15,000 ($23,430) for 10 people....
...There is not a corner of Berlin’s Potsdamer Platz that would be out of place in the suburbs of Houston or Tulsa....
...They include Sheikha Salama bint Hamdan al-Nahyan, wife of Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Mohammed, and Sheikha al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, daughter of the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa...
...Confident speech by Cameron, followed by the Premiership heavyweights of Wenger, Ferguson et al, all soundtracked by Elbow’s ‘One day like this’....
...Related links: Prince Al-Waleed reviewing portfolio – FT...
...Related links: SEC V. TREVOR G. COOK, PATRICK J. KILEY, ET AL, Case No. 09 CV 3333 – SEC Litigation release...
...Nick Hornby et al followed. Davies deserves this reissue under a new title....
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