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...A new book, Frank Auerbach: Drawings of People, edited by Mark Hallett and Catherine Lampert, the latter an art historian and another longtime sitter for the artist, was published in the US last week....
...Expertise matters.” — Robert A Rogowsky, Virginia, United States “We’re still a long way from recovering in the UK from Michael Gove....
...At the conclusion of an often-colourful hearing in suburban New York, Judge Robert Drain on Thursday said the hedge fund manager had the chance to show that the “substantial verbal abuse” to which he had...
...While it remains far from certain that Sears will continue as a going concern, Judge Robert Drain called the breakthrough a “good development”....
...A graduate of Yale, where he shared a room and membership of the secretive Skull and Bones society with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, he landed a prized job with Robert Rubin’s risk arbitrage desk at...
...question should remain at the forefront of every stakeholder’s mind: will Sears be relegated to the dustbin of history, and will 68,000 Americans lose their jobs, or will [it] enter the next chapter,” said Robert...
...Enquirer sold to magazine distribution tycoon (FT) Chinese millennials are creating acquisition anxiety for Kering (Breakingviews) Third Abraaj executive arrested (WSJ) Sears estate sues former chief Eddie Lampert...
...The likes of Eddie Lampert and Paul Tudor Jones have also made the move (Lampert in 2012 and Tudor Jones in 2015) and there’s no shortage of wealthy hedge fund managers buying up properties on so-called...
...Jenner & Block, a law firm, has hired Robert Rawn as a partner in its corporate practice. He joins from Winston & Strawn....
...The firm instead appointed an outsider, former Credit Suisse executive Robert Shafir, to the role, with Mr Och telling investors it was “not the right time to transition to Jimmy”....
...Its billionaire chairman and chief executive Eddie Lampert is trying to push through a wholesale restructuring to save the company....
...His move to suspend involvement in Saudi projects has been joined by others including Dara Khosrowshahi, Uber’s chief executive, Viacom’s Robert Bakish and Steve Case, the former head of AOL and now a venture...
...Crest Nicholson, the housebuilder, said its chief executive Robert Allen is to leave the company. A successor hasn’t been identified, the FT reported. Smart reads The second coming?...
...It comes after his work for the Ukrainian government attracted the attention of special counsel Robert Mueller. Read the full story here....
...Smart Reads Retail shenanigans Eddie Lampert, once Steven Mnuchin’s roommate, explains his investment in Kmart/Sears and just what happened that time he was kidnapped....
...Robert Schriesheim, chief financial officer, said that Sears’ “asset-rich portfolio” provides its with “numerous options to finance our transformation strategy”....
...Lampert has sat for the artist for nearly 40 years and conveys the rhythm of his work, life, thought, speech....
...Frank Auerbach: Speaking and Painting, by Catherine Lampert, Thames & Hudson, RRP£19.95/RRP$40 Lampert has sat as a model to the reclusive artist for four decades....
...Robert Peston at the BBC, notes that the conversion of Morgan Stanley and Goldman into commercial banks will inevitably have led to a massive squeeze on their prime brokerage lending operations: So the...
...Mr Lampert set up ESL in 1988 after leaving Goldman Sachs, where he worked with Robert Rubin, now chairman of Citigroup’s executive committee....
...Home Depot also outperformed – only 0.2 per cent lower at $28.98, after a fund controlled by Edward Lampert, the billionaire investor, disclosed a stake....
...Edward Lampert, the hedge fund manager, said late on Tuesday that he had purchased 15m shares of Citigroup . This prompted the shares to jump 4 per cent to $54.91....
...Citigroup’s shares rose sharply last month on news that Eddie Lampert’s hedge fund had built a 0.3 per cent stake prompting speculation that he might press for a shake-up....
...This week’s $210m (€162m) pay-off for Robert Nardelli, Home Depot’s chief executive, will not help. Even centre-right politicians talk of companies’ responsibilities to the community....
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