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...The top layer was made up of white-flowered Crocus biflorus, one which I bought from J Parker’s as Crocus chrysanthus Miss Vain: it is especially good because it has bright orange-yellow stamens in the middle...
...Every year, the bestseller lists feature celebrity memoirs and works by dazzling and established literary stars — but also reader-driven surprises, from Sarah J Maas’s romantic fantasy series, including...
...J. Bradford DeLong versus The Economist....
...Alex J Pollock Senior Fellow, Mises Institute, Auburn, AL, US...
...J Pollock, Senior Fellow, Mises Institute, AL, US US intervention was Credit Suisse’s dagger to the heart / From KC Korfmann, Herrliberg, Switzerland...
...The firm also named Chris Gordon and Robin Marshall as the heads of its global private equity business....
...As well as its first tour with more generous funding, the company has a new general director in Robin Norton-Hale....
...Sailing Alone: A History by Richard J King Particular Books, £25, 512 pages Wavewalker: Breaking Free by Suzanne Heywood William Collins, £20, 416 pages Victor Mallet is an FT journalist based in Paris...
...“If globally people want to adopt a green transition rapidly, it makes sense to use cheaper, more cost efficient products,” says Robin Xing, chief China economist with Morgan Stanley....
...Alex J Pollock Senior Fellow, Mises InstituteAuburn, AL, US...
...Sadly, the original J-Pow has now left us, so aside from the automatically updated share prices, his spreadsheet has languished....
...DeJager, J Parkers and Jacques Amand are suppliers I use. Peter Nyssen has a keenly priced list and Organic Bulbs stock bulbs grown organically. Happy hunting, happy planting....
...For rooting compost, I use J Arthur Bower’s John Innes seed compost at roughly £9.99 per 25-litre bag, and I mix it with about a third of its bulk of perlite....
...After more than 200 basis points (bps) of year-to-date spread widening, the yield on the J.P. Morgan Corporate Emerging Markets Bond Index (CEMBI) Broad Diversified High Yield Index is now 10.3%....
...But it also hosts concerts and events, and this October “A-Wing”, where Troubles inmates were housed, will open its doors as a working distillery reviving J&J McConnell’s Irish Whisky, founded in 1776....
...It has made plenty of other smaller acquisitions over the years but none has been particularly memorable or game-changing (with the notable exception of J Aron & Company, the commodities trader....
...De Jager, J Parker’s and others now offer them, newish hybrids between nerines and the gawky amaryllis....
...Other in-demand artists for sale will include Avery Singer, Rashid Johnson and Thomas J Price. Unlike the auction houses, Hauser & Wirth will not charge a premium....
...“Comfort is king,” says British businessman Robin Birley when asked about the success of 5 Hertford Street, the private members’ club patronised by royals, politicians and pop stars, which he opened in Mayfair...
...In 1976, Lily married the Lebanese-Brazilian Edmond J Safra, founder of Republic National Bank of New York and former banker to her second husband....
...diversification, in many cases it was simply another fat layer of fees over a compensation scheme masquerading as an asset class, which has ended up producing dismal results, writes FT Alphaville editor Robin...
...Suppliers to consult here are J Parker’s and de Jager who offer a Two Tone Mixture, pairing white Clearwater with rosy pink Dreamland....
...A curious painting of two men on a picnic blanket (one in a bath; the other playing the clarinet) is by Willie Landels – “a famous design figure, who is still employed by Robin Birley, and was a boyfriend...
...Green J Jam from Worcestershire is showing more than 50 different varieties of those late summer staples, penstemons....
...In the vanguard of the Olympic torch relay came a convoy of sponsor trucks, blaring a J-Pop version of “When the Saints Go Marching In” and urging the crowd to give their support....
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