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...On Saturday, May 4 in Washington, D.C., join Jake Sullivan, Gucci Westman, Jancis Robinson, Anne Applebaum and many more for our third annual FT Weekend Festival: US edition....
...Market power does not necessarily mean good news for shareholders. Research from 2006 by finance academics Kewei Hou and David Robinson found the exact opposite....
...This was almost 10 years before vines went into the ground at Nyetimber, the first successful producer of an English copy of champagne....
...Only grounds for optimism is whether economic policies from 2022 are put into reverse as the economy collapses and living standards fall. The concern is that strikes turn into broader social unrest....
...I feel he should be rewarded for his early determinedly organic stance, and this example of California’s (or Croatia’s or Montenegro’s, some would say) own grape is a refined, zesty red at a fair price —...
...According to C&B, this is “a rare cuvée named after Oliver Minkley — a talented comedian who used to tell jokes to the sheeps [sic] while working at Breaky Bottom”....
...January temperatures can go as low as -40˚C, so Behzad applies an impressive eye for detail to every aspect of his guests’ comfort....
...At Stourhead, Henry Hoare presided over a superb landscape of water, follies and parkland while also advancing the custom of C. Hoare & Co, the independent bank that exists to this day....
...SpaceX's stated goal is for humanity to become an interplanetary species. Long before Elon Musk began to plan for Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson had already been there....
...The impact of the world at 1.5 degrees C warmer will include more extreme weather and require changes to crops and land use....
...“There is no way that the ECJ can say that model contract clauses are valid if they killed Safe Harbour on the same grounds,” said Mr Schrems....
...Mr Juncker revealed at the weekend that his predecessor’s new job would be looked at by an ad hoc ethics committee....
...(Acemoglu, Moscona, Robinson) —— 2....
...Those concerns now need to be addressed in ways that do not undermine the EU altogether. ——————————————- Letter in response to this editorial: C’mon FT, tell us what you really mean / From Mr Ian Robinson...
...So I say, well, it’s a, b, c, whenever he forces . . ....
...Crambe cordifolia is almost as tough as C maritima, and is certainly as drought-tolerant....
...So, what are the best non-fiction books that have kept you awake at night this year (in a good way)?...
...Mr Horton eventually agreed to the deal on the grounds it would provide a higher recovery for creditors....
...“The corporate culture of Refco that did exist at MF Global was one that [traders] would sell their mother for an extra nickel....
...Some of these are Tea Party-types who can’t wait for the 2012 election. “Right now, it is anybody but Romney,” says Randy Newman, who used to work in a car yard....
...The Peacock Cloak , by Chris Beckett, NewCon Press RRP£10.99, 240 pages A stunning short story collection from the winner of the 2013 Arthur C Clarke Award (for last year’s Dark Eden )....
...For 30 years they could only afford to camp on the grounds and enjoy the lake....
...In Yorkshire we have a word for men who let ladies pay for them! It begins with a P and ends with an E and the middle letters are O, N, C.”...
...The timing is, at best, bizarre, coming as Groupon seeks to expand into China’s market....
...PetroChina on Wednesday gobbled up another chunk of the world’s resources, agreeing to pay C$5.4bn ($5.4bn) for a 50 per cent stake in a large natural gas field in Canada owned by Encana, the Calgary-based...
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