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...The 80-room Le Massif boasts a lavish spa and central location but its real selling point is up on the mountain....
...Performance fees earned for exiting deals dropped to $233m, from $333m a year ago, dragged by Carlyle Partners V, its $13.7bn North America buyout fund started in 2007 with investments from Getty Images...
...Blitz, the Leamington Spa-based developer in England, announced last week that it was shutting down after 23 years....
...Still the best kept secret in Las Vegas lodging, Hotel 32 opened in 2009 after a fire damaged the penthouse suites of the Monte Carlo resort....
...The hotel has two restaurants, two bars, a spa and pool, an extensive cellar and a “shisha sommelier” to assist guests in selecting tobaccos....
...The asking price for the property is €39m, and it is being sold through Beatrice Sidoli at the Real Luxury Inc....
...‘Golden Spider Silk’, V&A Studio Gallery, January 25 – June 5...
...London-based designer, who was formerly known for her pretty dresses but this season diversified into feathered and beaded skirts (“zebra” skirt, £1,950, Browns boutique) mixed with wool T-shirts, satin V-necks...
...events is this case is quantitatively similar across country-sub-sample; iv) the reaction of CDS spreads to negative rating events has increased after the 15th of September 2008 Lehman Brothers bankruptcy; v)...
...To this end, the V&A has already acquired pieces of high street/designer collaborations, including Jil Sander’s J+ line for Uniqlo and Giles for “Gold” at New Look....
...It will take a long time to clean up IOR,” says Gianluigi Nuzzi, author of Vaticano SpA (“Vatican Inc”) who lifted the lid last year on the bank’s allegedly nefarious connections, among others with Vito...
...With Tuesday’s introduction of the Symmetrix V-Max system, EMC is offering what it claims to be the first management system to support high-end virtual data centres....
...“With the V-22 it’s on top of them before they know it.”...
...It has 26 hotels with 10,071 rooms and six lodging brands, including upscale Ritz-Carlton hotels....
...The FT reports that Carphone Warehouse, which failed to make the shortlist after lodging a first-round of about £550m, could now become an acquisition target....
...‘China Design Now’ is at the V&A, London SW7, until July 13 www.wangweigallery.com www.zuczug.com www.wuyonguseless.com Syl Tang runs HipGuide Inc. She can be reached at ceo@hipguide.com...
...“A wonderful V-neck cashmere sweater, a beautifully tailored white blouse, or a black dress with simple lines that fit your body type never go out of style....
...However, it was hardly a classic David v Goliath battle, given that the victor was Citigroup, the US banking giant, which is no stranger to struggles with regulators across the world....
...its launch in the 1930s, inspiring everything from poetry (type “SPAM-ku” into Google), to songs (check out the soundtrack to “Weird Al” Yankovic’s UHF), film characters (Muppet Treasure Island features “Spa...
...The solution was developed jointly by V-LinkSolutions Inc. and Colubris Networks – and was to be rolled out in several phases, with the goal of providing wireless Internet access to some 6,500 guest rooms...
...At the Four Seasons, meanwhile, the managers decided to delay the opening of their French restaurant and the spa by a couple of weeks....
...Even so, the list reads a little oddly: Paris (the Georges V, indeed), Provence, Budapest, Dublin, Istanbul, Milan, Prague…and Farnham....
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