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...Óscar García Maceiras, chief executive, hailed the importance of Inditex’s “rigorous” cost control in the past year....
...speech to mark the occasion US: latest hearing in the case of Hunter Biden, son of US President Joe Biden, charged with felony and misdemeanour tax offences Thursday Brazil: President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva...
...Benjamin H Bradlow Assistant Professor of Sociology and International Affairs Princeton University, NJ, US...
...Additional help from Josh Gabert-Doyon, Monique Mulima, Monica Lopez, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer....
...Rivals such as Cos, & Other Stories and Arket — all owned by H&M — plus Spain’s Mango, face the same challenge....
...The evening had its moments, especially when tenor saxophonist Nubya Garcia took charge....
...García said on Wednesday that “the process is still progressing”....
...Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez hosts Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva....
...Nosotros is a queasily gymnastic duet by Beatriz García and Raúl Reinoso billed, gulp, as “an intimate journey into couples”....
...Tuesday China, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on the Brazilian president’s first trip of his current term to his country’s largest trading partner Wednesday Deadline...
...Additional help by Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley....
...Swedish fashion group H&M has fallen far more. Inditex’s big advantage is that it produces about half its clothing close to home....
...But in the end, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s win in October was accepted without serious challenge by Bolsonaro and the veteran leftwing politician was inaugurated on January 1....
...The closest was the arrival of the NoMad hotel in 2012, impeccably designed by French Empire stylist Jacques Garcia, complemented by an excellent restaurant run by Daniel Humm....
...Additional help by Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva, and Gavin Kallmann. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer....
...Monday Argentina, Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva begins his first state visit since becoming president again, meeting his Argentine counterpart Alberto Fernández France, annual year ahead address by...
...H&M, the world’s second-largest retailer, reported a plunge in quarterly profits after being hit by the closure of its Russian business and surging costs....
...Brad H Birmingham, AL, US Thank you for all the responses and do keep them coming. They may feature in a future edition of FirstFT....
...The race frontrunner is leftwing former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, but incumbent Jair Bolsonaro is far from out of the race. Tensions are running high....
...Ahead of auctioneer H&H’s first vintage scooter sale, Iain Macauley documents the history of these two-wheeled machines long loved by Mods and moviegoers alike....
...MM6 Maison Margiela mesh shoulder bag, £135, matchesfashion.com Karuizawa 38-year-old Pearl Geisha single malt Japanese whisky, £18,750, lymited.com Fendi silk and wool dress, POA Hermès steel Heure-H...
...Rodrigo Garcia Alvarez, founder of paraffin-free candle label Amen, speaks similarly about his customers. “Everyone was telling me, use styrofoam,” he recalls....
...The attack was given extra force because it coincided with a Brazilian court ruling that annulled corruption charges against former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva over a technicality....
...US prosecutors alleged in court filings that he “used his official position to assist the H-2 Cartel, a notorious Mexican drug cartel, in exchange for bribes”....
...Imagine taking over as chief executive of H&M and then seeing your sales crash by a fifth during the pandemic....
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