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...Six people familiar with the situation said Chinese police had made a surprise visit two weeks ago....
...Could he imagine spending six years learning to conduct, as Bradley Cooper did for Maestro?...
...The film star stepped on to the red carpet wearing the most American of looks: a double denim corset and skirt designed by Ralph Lauren, worn with Bulgari jewels....
...After six months of strikes, Hollywood is buzzing again....
...The pair of UK star fund managers suffered £2.2bn in outflows last year, writes Sally Hickey in London....
...More than 300,000 tickets have been sold for her six sold-out concerts in Singapore, which conclude this week, with many fans coming from overseas....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on January 3. ©2023 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...Grauman rolled a red carpet across the courtyard in front of his sphinx- and scarab-adorned cinema — a first, apparently — and the template for the star-studded Hollywood premiere was set....
...Hedge funds and asset managers can buy those instruments, and trade them in Macau — a place better known for casinos than financial services....
...The stars finally aligned for Fink when BlackRock approached GIP this autumn about a combination, DD’s Antoine Gara and the FT’s Brooke Masters report....
...The London premiere of Oppenheimer was moved forward by an hour so that the cast could walk the red carpet before the announcement....
...Job moves BDT & MSD Partners’ global head of client services Dina Powell McCormick will join the board of ExxonMobil, as of January 1....
...In the fourth quarter of 2023, Google Services made $76.3bn, with revenues primarily driven by advertising....
...Financial services was actually kind of late to the party because there were rules against particular types of mergers....
...It captured the performance of 518 fund managers who changed firm or established a new company and had at least a six-year record....
...He would go from Oscar nominee to combat casualty in the space of six weeks....
...Parmanand Hinduja established his family business in Mumbai in 1914, initially trading carpets, saffron, dried fruits and textiles....
...Back in 1919, when the boom in the modern film industry led to consolidation and calls for salary caps, Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin and other stars decided to start their own studio, United Artists....
...Just six days later, Sergio Ermotti, the former chief executive of UBS, was back in his old job....
...Airbnb’s founder and chief executive Brian Chesky spent six months staying in Airbnbs last year, so he must be well aware of the shifting balance of advantage....
...The second thing is customer service. We’ve got like 72 user policies . . . some of these are 100 pages long....
...Rauner continued to lead the remaining firm, which was renamed GTCR and mostly focused on midsized buyouts in financial services, healthcare, business services and technology....
...The decision was deeply unpopular with Hollywood’s creative community, with star director Christopher Nolan splitting with Warner after nearly 20 years as a result....
...But after some thought, he said: “I would take my family with me to these Michelin star restaurants because they could never afford to go on their own.”...
...Airbnb this week launched several service updates to further increase the number of available rooms and properties....
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