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...One of the ships affected is the MSC Euribia delivered by French shipyard Chantiers de L’Atlantique at the end of May. Another vessel built by Fincantieri for MSC has the same fittings....
...Shares in Hermès rose 5.1 per cent, helping the company overtake L’Oréal to become the second most valuable firm in France’s blue-chip Cac 40 index....
...(Alphaville believes that using L’Oréal as an O is cheating, even if it makes your acronym look nicer.)...
...The two Orient Express-branded yachts are being constructed by French shipbuilder Chantiers de l’Atlantique and are expected to launch in early 2026 and early 2027, respectively....
...Four-fifths of the cruise ships under order between 2024 and 2029 are being built by one of the big European ship makers: Fincantieri, Chantiers de l’Atlantique, Meyer Werft or Meyer Turku, according to...
...He has produced films including Unthinkable starring Samuel L Jackson and The Baytown Outlaws starring Billy Bob Thornton and Eva Longoria....
...All are fired up to white heat in a well-played performance of irresistible, headlong energy from Stephanie Childress and the Glyndebourne Sinfonia....
...“The combination of texture, humour and the trompe l’oeil design ‘hanging’ with game honours old traditions… For Janet and Cameron, God really is in the details....
...than 2,500 gamblers have been repaid losses totalling €75.8mn following court judgments and out-of-court settlements, according to data provided by the three main legal groups backing cases: AdvoFin, G&L...
...Only later, as he climbed the ranks of the cigarette maker, which also owns the Chesterfield and L&M brands, did he begin to realise that “society — presumably quite rightly — doesn’t like what you’re doing...
...Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris, to May 29, musee-orangerie.frMusée Matisse, Nice, June 23-September 24, musee-matisse-nice.org...
...Clerc’s charming Sweet As follows young Murra (Shantae Barnes-Cowan) as she heads off reluctantly on a week-long photography course with other troubled teens on a bus through the Pilbara region in north-west...
...As well as Marlboro, the company sells cigarette brands including L&M and Chesterfield, owns smoke-free tobacco product IQOS and recently bought Swedish Match, maker of the Snus oral nicotine pouch, for...
...When Michelin-starred chef Stéphanie Le Quellec opened her Paris restaurant three years ago she used her home to secure financing, in a bold bet that she could make the fine dining business viable....
...For example, Dominic Rowles, an ESG analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, recommends a global tracker fund like the L&G Future World ESG Developed Index or, as a more conservative option, the BNY Mellon Sustainable...
...Website; Directions— Tim Auld L’Atelier Robuchon 6 Clarges Street, London W1J 8AE A particular joy in Paris is to sit at the counter of L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, watching in...
...Ostin’s works were topped by René Magritte’s “L’Empire des lumières” (1951), which sold for $36.5mn ($42.3mn with fees, est $35mn-$55mn) while a second painting by Magritte in his collection, from 1949,...
...For Soutine the change was sudden: his painting brightened and tightened when collector Albert Barnes bought more than 50 works at once in 1923, rescuing him from poverty....
...“Through literally years of exhaustive tests we are now confident to have captured the first image of the black hole in our galactic centre,” said José L Gómez, an astrophysicist at the Institute of Astrophysics...
...Stephanie Bruce, the chief financial officer of struggling fund manager Abrdn, will step down in May after the company’s annual general meeting....
...“We don’t have the knowledge and equipment to fight,” said Stephanie Law, an executive at Hong Kong’s Elderly Services Association, pointing out that 70 per cent of elderly homes were dealing with outbreaks...
...Reporting by Peter Foster in Brighton, Daniel Thomas, Oliver Barnes, Philip Georgiadis and Bethan Staton in London, and Jennifer Williams in Manchester...
...“I honestly think [888] must be the most horrible place to be in the industry at the moment,” one insider told the FT’s Oliver Barnes....
...Had Barnes become a ghost town? Did Kew stand silent? Were the baristas of Hampstead kicking their heels?...
...“The indie brands are constantly taking risks and starting trends,” said Stephanie Wissink, an analyst at Jefferies....
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