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...A Schwarzman and Queen Elizabeth II....
...L&G chief executive Sir Nigel Wilson welcomed what he called a “collaborative solution” after months of talks between the government, regulator and industry....
...The difference in score between schools ranked consecutively is greater within groups I and III than in group II....
...A tide of investor outflows during much of the past decade saw the business drop to 16th spot globally last year in a ranking compiled by Willis Towers Watson, the investment consultancy....
...Juan Diego Flórez showed he can still sing Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore as well as anybody and Camilla Nylund impressed as a well-schooled Sieglinde....
...Will Wallis at Numis can give us the detail of the strategy review: We summarise the outcome as a focus on self-help, requiring upfront P&L investment....
...Julius II was often at war, personally leading troops into battle....
...He sold Pierre Soulages’ “Composition” (c.1952) for €450,000, and André Masson’s “L’homme ivre (l’homme libre)” (1962) for €220,000. Both works were acquired by European collectors....
...“We had no idea our former store would be used for such a disturbing purpose, A.L. We are just as shocked and disappointed as you are.”...
...Bankers have cautioned that Solvency II, an overhaul of EU insurance capital requirements that takes effect in less than six months, is putting off prospective buyers....
...There are plenty of marvellous shows where this is not so, including a retrospective devoted to Stephen Shore, but collecting lies at the core....
...Why The house is owned by Bruce Willis, star of the Die Hard trilogy and of the 1994 movie Pulp Fiction....
...farceur’s L’Hôtel du Libre Échange and sets it in 1970s Britain....
...Last time, I went on the little Stephen King tour you can do around Bangor....
...Similar things are happening at Aviva under Pat Regan, the chief financial officer who joined last year from Willis, the insurance broker....
...And in 2006, she won plaudits for playing Elizabeth I in the Channel 4/HBO 2006 mini-series and an Oscar for Stephen Frears’ The Queen, in which she played Elizabeth II to perfection....
...Simon Rogan, L’Enclume, Cartmel, Cumbria “I’d love someone to buy me all three volumes of Marc Veyrat’s L’Encyclopédie Culinaire du XXIe Siècle (Phileas Fogg)....
...In Hong Kong, L’Occitane, the French skincare maker, fell 4.5 per cent to HK$14.4 on its debut....
...Stephen Cave is writing a book on immortality...
...The Future of Islam, by John L Esposito, Oxford University Press RRP£16.99 This leading Islamic scholar explores the complex and wide-ranging futures and fates of Muslim practice, culture and politics,...
...The new Rolex Yacht-Master II features a patented mechanical timer with built-in “memory”....
...Mobilizing Minds: Creating Wealth from Talent in the 21st Century Organization By Lowell L. Bryan and Claudia L....
...Less pretentious, and catering for a younger client is L’Gueuleton in Fade Street, which although it does not take bookings is happy to ring you in the pub when a table becomes available....
...No sooner had he published Arden II than Arden III went into production....
...And was it supply push or demand pull which propelled Lenin (4), John Paul II (17), Marx (30) and Engels (36) to their elevated positions?...
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