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...temporary or longer-term disappearances of high-profile people from public view over recent years, including Alibaba founder Jack Ma, tennis star Peng Shuai, elite financier Xiao Jianhua and real estate mogul Whitney...
...Lei’s release preceded a state visit to China last year by Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, whose predecessor Scott Morrison had angered Beijing by calling for an independent inquiry into the...
...Scott Kennedy, a Chinese economy expert at the CSIS think-tank, said the US should press China to boost internal demand....
..., Judith Scott, Yves Tanguy, Jenny Saville and others....
...Her detention took place against a backdrop of strained ties between Canberra and Beijing, particularly under Albanese’s predecessor Scott Morrison....
...Four works by Edward Hopper, including the landscape painting “Cobb’s Barns, South Truro” (1930-33, estimate $8mn-$12mn), have been consigned for sale at Sotheby’s New York next month along with two pieces...
...edward.luce@ft.com...
...To March 5, whitney.org...
...Take a break from the news Refik Anadol watched Ridley Scott’s 1982 neo-noir classic Blade Runner at a tender age....
...Further information here March Art Whitney Biennial 2024 The 81st edition of the Whitney’s celebration of new American art, which also features a film and performance programme....
...The writer-strategist Edward Luttwak once recalled a childhood quarrel with his father on the Bonaparte question....
...Longevity master Edward Thorp, the legendary hedge fund manager who mastered besting casinos, is now 91 and taking on his next challenge: beating ageing, Bloomberg reports....
...Cushing’s grandfather, Howard Gardiner Cushing – the celebrated American impressionist painter whose work hangs in the Whitney in New York – provided inspiration, as did the whimsical decor of The Ledges...
...As on Potter’s latest release, simple themes gained harmonic weight and double bassist Scott Colley was firm and woody-toned....
...“For the vast majority of people, diversification is a good thing,” explains Ben Seager-Scott, head of multi-asset funds at Evelyn Partners....
...Whitney White’s eloquent staging, often bathed in honey-coloured light by Neil Austin, is marked by radiant performances — particularly from Rachel John as the matriarch who runs the farm, Abiona Omonua...
...Scott Bok, chief executive of boutique investment bank Greenhill & Co, stepped down as chair of the university’s board moments later....
...She is to be replaced at Ares Capital by the unit’s chief accounting officer Scott Lem....
...And finally I’ve always been an enormous fan of Edward Hopper: I make a pilgrimage to see “Nighthawks” (1942) almost every time I find myself in Chicago....
...Michael Winum, Fabrice Scott and Maxime de Toledo star....
...BNP Paribas has named AQR Capital Management’s former trading head Scott Carter as global head of investor coverage....
...“[It] looked like the ’30s, like an [Edward] Hopper painting,” explains Dickson....
...The last time Scott Z Burns wrote a piece of speculative fiction about a global catastrophe, his vision proved prophetic....
...“It moved from being very, very, very unequal to very, very unequal,” says Scott Rozelle, an expert on educational inequality in China at Stanford University....
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