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...The exhibition Africa Fashion at the V&A in London was a barometer of this shift....
...He recalls how private wealth managers chased him around after he arrived, while casinos flew out private planes to take him to Las Vegas....
...But the core idea that virtual worlds will remain big business in the future feels like a safer bet than claiming that people will want to live in them....
...London’s restaurants are integral to the appeal of the city for tourists and those who choose to live and work here. A crisis in this sector will have ramifications for London as a global city....
...Recent data from the University of Maryland tells another story in supposedly protected areas....
...And GTA V’s publisher Rockstar has a history of delaying titles in the name of quality; GTA V, Red Dead Redemption, RDR2, Max Payne and L.A. Noire were all delayed....
...The rapid expansion of UK higher education means there is a shortage of places for students to live....
...We arrive at favourable answers for all four: we expect a V-shaped recovery. Even if 2020 is down €-5b, 2021 will be up by €+8b....
...(v) Restructuring continues. Of course it does. But what about that Tesla, eh?...
...Then the state of Maryland, where I live, closed its schools, and so the room now holds a card table with a desktop computer for my four children....
...There’s a Telegram Markets Live chat group for anyone who wants one of those....
...It’s a place for mixed grills, ox heart, buttered carrots and breakfasts that cross into Man v Food territory....
...In a disclosure made last month, Mr Cordish reported annual income of between $48m and $55m — the biggest chunk of it, $25m, from his interest in the Cordish family’s Maryland Live!...
...The project only became possible following a 2012 referendum in which Maryland voters approved proposals for a new casino in the state (despite the operator of a large casino in nearby West Virginia spending...
...But that’s not the way things look at the house on a hill in Auburn, Alabama, where Wayne Flynt lives with his wife of 55 years, Dorothy....
...If you think how he made his initial fortune in casinos, it was basically building pleasure palaces for the working class....
...(Politico) Soundbites “How can anybody lose money running a casino?” -Clinton, criticising Trump’s economic policies and business credentials....
...The oddest feature of the first Democratic debate was Donald Trump’s live tweeting of it....
...’s Casino Royale....
...It is a similar tale in Prince George’s County, Maryland, or Nassau County, New York. Most of the good jobs are too far away or too expensive to reach. But this is where you can afford to live....
...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...
...One has to live more modestly.” “You don’t want to be the godfather?” “I am a pensioner, I live on a pension. I live modestly, I don’t touch anyone, I just mind my own business.”...
...Fact v fantasy: How farfetched is it? “If you believe in spooks, clap your hands.”...
...The construction project should be a smart new home for the Museum of the Performing Arts, which the V&A is considering relocating....
...Talking to V.S. Naipaul about literature is sobering....
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