Hints and tips:
...Toyine Sellers x Thierry Lemaire Textile artist Sellers (founder of French atelier Toyine) and French architect and designer Lemaire will unveil a collaboration at Maison&Objet of four furniture pieces...
...Rothschild & Co has named former Coca-Cola executive Marie Quintero-Johnson as a senior adviser....
...This is when you offer up a Te Deum to Marie Kondo, eternally grateful that you decluttered before you started the whole process....
...Set designer’s assistant and hand model, Marie Vernier Lopin. Photographer’s assistants, Corinna Schulte and Katrin Backes. Stylist’s assistants, Marie Poulmarch, Tine Kozjak and Aylin Bayhan....
...In 2002, Jacques Chirac, the incumbent president, was elected with more than 80 per cent of the votes against Jean-Marie Le Pen, leader of the Front National....
...The 20th century is still the biggest money-spinner and this year’s auction record came courtesy of the reliable Pablo Picasso, whose 1932 painting of his lover Marie-Thérèse Walter sold for $103.4m at Christie...
...One strand of our culture links spiritual purity with freedom from materials, but the Marie Kondo approach of prioritising objects that bring joy is necessarily wasteful....
...Ruth Driscoll, head of policy and public affairs for the charity Marie Curie in England, said many people with a terminal illness would in normal times have been admitted to a hospice or a hospital....
...In other news, a reshuffle of ministers in London means Britain has a new trade secretary, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, in place of the ebullient Liz Truss....
...And then in the flea market at St Ouen, one seller I love to visit is Nicolas Giovannoni, who specialises in porcelain and crystals....
...“He was just as likely to tell us a tale about a newspaper seller on the street corner as [about] the chair of the Federal Reserve....
...‘A Tesla for every referral’ In the past 18 months, at least 69 start-ups have raised some $7bn to begin buying up successful Amazon sellers, in the hope of building a collection of top brands....
...The economics of the €132bn global jewellery industry also attracted longtime friends Mie Marie Ejdrup and Caroline Chalmer, who decided to found online retailer Finematter, headquartered in Copenhagen and...
...The cache of artisan-made pottery had been opened by Marie-France Joblin in 1974, and was named after a country custom of placing a roof tile so that it whistled when the north-east wind blew, warning of...
...But Magbouleh feels sellers will have to lower expectations. “In a couple of months, sellers are going to realise they need to drop prices,” he says....
...Aimee Lou Wood’s gently sincere Sonya, meanwhile, is the quiet anchor of the play....
...Now Future, owner of niche brands from What HiFi to Practical Caravan, has been forced on to the defensive after falling victim to a short-seller’s attack....
...North Korea is reaping rewards from cyber theft and Marie Kondo, the Japanese clutter-phobe, is the animating genius behind a Japanese “unicorn”....
...Other hits of the week were Paul Cézanne’s “Bouilloire et fruits” (1888-90) for $52m ($59.3m with fees) and Vincent van Gogh’s “Arbres dans le jardin de l’asile” (1889) for $35m ($40m with fees), top sellers...
...EBay Marie Oh HuberSenior vice-president of legal affairs, general counsel and company secretary Marie Oh Huber joined eBay in 2015, drawn to the online marketplace provider because of its commitment to...
...Once the computer has matched a complex set of attributes with the available products on offer, it will negotiate a price with the seller and close the deal — for a market of one....
...A solution from history for navigating Brexit, letter from Gavin Sellers, London, UK UK prime minister Theresa May should not be too concerned (January 7)....
...Guarantees and other profit-sharing incentives are rarely offered to sellers on day sale material, plus the buyer’s premiums are much higher — at 20 to 25 per cent when the hammer price is under $4m....
...The heritage of august brands like Breguet — which boasts Marie Antoinette, Louis XVI and Napoleon Bonaparte as one-time customers — is a selling point....
...A seller could, however, make a civil claim if the company has misrepresented earnings of existing sellers....
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