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...“The entire industries grew,” said Cole, who previously worked for Ralph Lauren and LVMH....
...His job at HSBC would be the same as ING’s Ralph Hamers, this week appointed CEO of UBS: to arrest a slow drift into mediocrity....
...This sold out of the estate of the Toronto philanthropists Thomas and Mary Beck who had bought the painting in 1986 for $2.5m (with fees)....
...The DD write-up is brought to you by Oliver Ralph, the FT’s insurance correspondent who is following the story closely....
...Law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges has hired Noah Beck as a partner in the group’s tax practice....
...“I’m unsure what appropriate spread levels are – you have to appreciate it is a political union as well as an economic union,” says Mr Beck....
...John Beck, co-director of international bonds at Franklin Templeton, explains to capital markets editor Ralph Atkins how the new havens are the up-and-coming bonds of mid-investment grade status....
...John Beck, co-director of international bonds at Franklin Templeton, says global investors should ask “whether triple B rated bonds are really still emerging markets in the sense they were 10-15 years ago...
...The Republicans “decided to treat him as the invisible president”, he adds bitterly, making sure I catch the reference to Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison’s 1952 novel about racial injustice....
...Ralph Smith, the MTC’s president, says: “These young people are like most 19-year-olds, going to school and playing video games....
...For Beck’s, innovative products such as Beck’s Green Lemon have helped refresh the brand image and attract interest....
...She enjoys a close relationship with SPD chairman Kurt Beck....
...Yet he also launches a thinly veiled warning to Mr Beck, who the Christian Democrats have accused of acting as de facto opposition leader....
...Additional reporting by Hugh Williamson in Berlin and Ralph Atkins in Frankfurt...
...Ralph Nader and Bob Barr are also vying for votes. It is the fourth presidential bid by Mr Nader, who is standing as a left-of-centre independent....
...FT: Moving to the SPD – will you be the voice of market liberalism in Kurt Beck’s campaigning team?...
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