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...Hill, who has voted against the Basel III proposals, would become FDIC chair if Gruenberg were to leave his role....
...Two years later he founded J Rothschild Assurance Group — now St James’s Place, the UK’s largest wealth manager — with Sir Mark Weinberg....
...Reynolds painted Mai, his Polynesian name, after the Pacific islander voyaged to Britain in 1774 and was presented to King George III on his arrival....
...He was the first Polynesian to visit England and became an instant celebrity, meeting King George III, attending the state opening of parliament and travelling the country with Joseph Banks....
...He was soon presented to King George III at Kew Palace, after being fitted for a velvet coat, white waistcoat and satin breeches....
...(iii) Such a property wealth tax would cause a large industry of tax avoidance....
...“Blue Prints: The Pioneering Photographs of Anna Atkins” is at the Stephen A Schwarzman Building, 476 Fifth Avenue, New York 10018, until February 17; nypl.org....
...range from a loose, bold study of drapery by Sir Peter Lely to a highly finished gouache on vellum, a meticulous reduced version of Poussin’s “Hercules Between Virtue and Pleasure”, made by Bernard Lens III...
.... £19.99, bricklanebikes.co.uk 18 The revered, and now retired, Scottish road-racer David Millar shifts his focus to clothing for his latest project, Chpt III....
...The End of the World Running Club, by Adrian J Walker, Del Rey, RRP£7.99 After an asteroid strike destroys most of Britain, Ed finds himself separated from his wife and children....
...Rainer Skierka, an analyst at J Safra Sarasin in Zurich, takes a similar view. “The problem for Credit Suisse is that it is one of the in-betweeners,” he says....
...These bond issues will become much more expensive under the new Basel III rules,” he said....
...Stephen Bird, chief executive of Asia for Citigroup, said the bank was reaping the benefits of its efforts to help Chinese institutions develop products and technology as its sought to gain approval for...
...(J.K. Rowling has made the biggest individual contribution to UK economic growth over the last 10 years.)...
...Just 300 copies were printed; the British Library holds a particularly fine example, a legacy from the library of King George III....
...J Sainsbury said it would pay a number of staff to work full-time within communities....
...Slight danger: I think I’ve mentioned your name once too often at home and Sherril now looks like she sucked on a lemon at the mention of the J-word!...
...Mueller, III....
...Aged 26, Smith married J Howard Marshall, an 89-year-old billionaire....
...Stephen King, HSBC: The debt/GDP ratio is still in danger of spiralling out of control, largely because of a lack of economic growth. Growth requires supply-side reforms, more than anything else....
...Sundaram Stephen Branton-Speak Todd Hohman Todd G. Owens Robert J. Sweeney Anne F. Brennan James P. Houghton Craig W. Packer Michael J. Swenson Samuel S. Britton Paul J....
.... $10,000-$12,000. www.ragoarts.com iii. Stool Chinese This drum-shaped stool was made in China during the early years of the Qing (also known as Manchu) dynasty (1644-1912)....
...Andrew J Oswald, Warwick University: I think we will survive fairly well but yes there are risks and we should be concerned....
...Discuss.J. Bridges, Chicago Graham Secker: Stagflation is indeed a risk, however it is certainly not a most likely outcome....
...Diary of a Bad Year By J.M....
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