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...She spent a lot of time in New York during the ’70s and ’80s: she worked for Halston and partied with Andy Warhol and Robert Mapplethorpe....
...Influential decorators Beata Heuman, Rita Konig and the late Robert Kime have all championed the tapestry renaissance in headboards as well as hangings....
...(Forbes) Anna v Andrea It’s one of those boardroom battles that has captivated the global industry....
...Meanwhile, Exeter-born Gary Colclough proffers mixed-media hybrids in the form of small, intricate oil paintings of countryside that he originally photographed through his commuter train window....
...So too has Robert Lighthizer, the US trade representative. The feud between the two men is likely to have repercussions well beyond the White House....
...He drops a lot of rock names along the way — from Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones to Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin and Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath....
...The museum has been designed by Thomas Heatherwick’s studio on the V&A Waterfront, whose management company has funded the building’s ZAR500m ($38m) redevelopment....
...He has a lower profile on Wall Street than Robert Rubin and Hank Paulson, the previous Treasury secretaries drawn from Goldman....
...: • China's great game by Charles Clover and Lucy Hornby• The big drop: Riyadh’s oil gamble by Anjli Raval• Paris attacks: Notes from a wounded city by Simon Kuper• ICYMI: The fresh food revolution by Gary...
...Masterpieces of Chinese Painting: 700-1900, edited by Zhang Hongxing, V&A Publishing, RRP£40/$60 The world’s oldest painting tradition explored in the glorious catalogue to the V&A’s current, once-in-a-lifetime...
...robert.shrimsley@ft.com...
...Robert Barrie, Credit Suisse We expect a strong and sustained recovery. It probably started about six months ago....
...Given the high likelihood that global growth remains weak throughout 2008 and into 2009 with little chance of a “V” shaped recovery, spreads could remain under pressure....
...Gary Styles, Hometrack Looking at the likely fall in output it appears unemployment will rise by around 1m from 1.9m to nearly 3m....
...“In fact there’s an awful lot of concept-driven imagery in the V&A’s work....
...John Roberts, the new chief justice, may not want to disturb that recent precedent....
...Zoom: The Global Race to Fuel the Car of the Future By Iain Carson and Vijay V....
...Abstracting from the issue of skilled v unskilled labour, profits as a percentage of GDP are at a 50-year high in the US, and multi-decade highs in Germany. To what do you attribute this?...
...Riat Chairman The Bremic Hotel V....
...Michael V....
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