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...The colours are all based on the clothing of a woman depicted in a 17th-century painting by an unknown artist that Gosling bought for the château’s grand salon....
...Whatever the trick, he turned the remaining, and reclusive, Reimann heirs into billionaires....
...With the silver-haired activist licking his wounds from recent losses, it was only a matter of time before Carl Icahn found a new activist to spar with....
...The focus was on grooming him, and by 2012 he was appointed a vice-chairman of the group. For South Koreans, Mr Lee was an unknown quantity, a prince unknown by his people....
...Shareholders in building company Samsung C&T on Friday approved its acquisition by family controlled affiliate Cheil Industries, a key step in shoring up heir apparent Lee Jae-yong’s position within the...
...One is Mr Kamprad’s worries about the company’s future – so the structure is designed to ward off takeover attempts and guard against possible discord between his heirs....
...The Peacock Cloak , by Chris Beckett, NewCon Press RRP£10.99, 240 pages A stunning short story collection from the winner of the 2013 Arthur C Clarke Award (for last year’s Dark Eden )....
...This is a bit of a change of tactic for Mr Paulson, however. From NYT DealBook: The moves ring of activism, a strategy practiced by many a hedge fund manager, from the old school raider Carl C....
...The choice of two relative unknowns for the roles of EU president and foreign policy supremo, respectively, dismayed those who wanted to give Europe more clout on the world stage....
...This aims to make it easier for investigators to “see through” opaque corporate ownership structures and stop the flow of offshore funds to the US from hedge funds and private equity that are “of unknown...
...Carl Anselm von Thurn und Taxis (1733-1805), heir to a dynasty that prospers to this day....
...The US Congress, to be under Democratic control from January, is getting restive. Senator Carl Levin, the next head of the armed services committee, promises action on renditions....
...The Ends of the Earth Edited by Elizabeth Kolbert and Francis Spufford Granta Books £25, 288 pages FT bookshop price: £20 A hundred years ago the Arctic and Antarctic were vast blank spaces, unknown and...
...Are they dreaming of the day when Washington D.C. swoons at the feet of the glamorous President Royal, much as Jackie Kennedy bowled over France when she arrived in Paris a generation ago?...
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