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...The presale estimate for the Cox collection is $178.6m-$227.6m, topped by Gustave Caillebotte’s evocative “Jeune homme à sa fenêtre” (1876), estimated to sell for a full $50m....
...François Arrighi arrived to open and manage the property, fresh from the George V in Paris (and, before that, Les Airelles, one of Courchevel’s celebrated palaces)....
...Facebook v YouTube: contrasting approaches The music business has been intermittently at odds with technology platforms for decades, since digital piracy ravaged the sector’s traditional business model....
...The regulatory approval represents an important milestone in the process, announced last year, to launch a cash tender offer for Delta’s acquisition for up to 49 percent of Grupo Aeromexico S.A.B. de C.V....
...There can only be one winner in the case of the actor Harry Shearer v Vivendi, the French media group, over royalties from the 1984 film, This is Spinal Tap....
...Amazonfresh v Ocado Brooke Masters has been comparing Amazon’s Fresh grocery delivery service, launched in the UK this week, with her regular home deliveries from Ocado. Fresh had one key flaw....
Sound investment from a maestro of home music and a Google dongle
...“You can’t put Grand Theft Auto V on an iPhone, it’s not the same experience. People were thinking about them like software companies when they should look at them like television and movies.”...
...Design is critical, and there are multiple solutions to the 3D jigsaw puzzle of business class: yin-yang; staggered herringbone; “stacked-V”. Jamco’s DoveTail seat has a layout like parquet flooring....
...Freemium v paid: Streaming competition swells YouTube is one of several Spotify competitors bringing streaming services to the market this year....
...The V-280 Valor is in contention for a US military programme, designed to fly twice as fast as the helicopters it could replace....
...(FT) Journalism v Silicon Valley The media has lost control of production and distribution to the opaque algorithms of Google and Facebook....
...Partners SA and Artemis SA....
...It has also sparked discussion here at the FT, prompting a Lex v Lombard video debate on the merits of government interference. Done the right way, deals add lots of value....
...Related reading: China’s nappy war: Mamy Poko v Pampers & Huggies, beyondbrics Nappies, growth and the bottom line, FT Kimberly-Clark takes aim at Russian nappy market, beyondbrics...
...“James v UMG Recordings” is a dispute about how much money musicians should receive from digital downloads of their work....
...Mr Stoker allegedly sent an email saying that Credit Suisse, which acted as collateral manager on the Class V deal, “agreed to the terms even though they don’t get to pick the assets”....
...London-based designer, who was formerly known for her pretty dresses but this season diversified into feathered and beaded skirts (“zebra” skirt, £1,950, Browns boutique) mixed with wool T-shirts, satin V-necks...
...Frida Giannini, the creative director of Gucci, and Patrizio di Marco, the chief executive, are in the ornate restaurant of the George V hotel in Paris, posing for a portrait. They look uncomfortable....
...V ivendi’s Universal Music, home to Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber, will pay $1.9bn for EMI’s recorded music business or seven times earnings before interest depreciation, tax and amortisation, a price tag...
...It will also make the V&A the de facto hub of the area. “We wanted to make the V&A completely accessible,” Levete explains, “to make it easy just to drift in.”...
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