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...The jeweller’s 2022 award for best technical achievement went to Kathy Chan, who devised a drilling technique for rice....
...Last year, US sportswear brand New Balance won a lawsuit against two local companies for imitating its “N” logo and received Rmb25mn in damages, among the largest compensations granted to foreign brands...
...Cynthia Chan from Singapore created woven and felted “pelts” and upholstery from clipped dog hair that would otherwise end up in landfill, recovered from local pet groomers....
...(Reuters) N Ireland protocol talks UK Brexit minister Lord David Frost and his EU counterpart Maros Sefcovic will attempt today to rescue a plan to calm tensions in Northern Ireland after days of recriminations...
.... ★★★☆☆ “You’re too pretty to be in a wheelchair” is just one of the jaw-dropping comments levelled at Juno, the central character in Amy Trigg’s blistering solo show, Reasons You Should(n’t) Love Me....
....* Extra languages (1) [n/a]: The figure shows the number of languages required for graduation minus the number required for entry....
...North Korean voices are missing Ahn Chan-il, a Seoul-based defector, researcher and commentator on North Korea, believes that from early 2018 — ahead of a flurry of summitry between Mr Moon and Mr Kim —...
...Touch ’n Go, which began as a smartcard for toll roads, only recently launched e-wallet services....
...Benjamin comes out of this into the slow burn of “Chan Dayiva”, its lyrics a poem by Jean-Pierre Richard Narcisse about the legacy of slavery and the journey from west Africa....
...The last time its actors were in London, in 2008, they were flaying strips off each other in Tracy Letts’ red-raw family drama August: Osage County ....
...In reality, the silk square has been upstaged in recent years by the cosier cashmere stole — possibly fringed, quite often in a rock’n’roll leopard print or paisley — and it’s often been less synonymous...
...“N-n-nooo,” he says. “You can’t ask. Fashion is about latent demand. You can’t research it. If I say, ‘what colour are you going to buy next fall?’...
...Eight people were arrested last month over Facebook posts that mocked General Prayuth Chan-ocha, the coup leader turned prime minister....
...Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha staged a coup against an elected government in May 2014 when he was army commander, saying it was necessary to restore calm because of sometimes violent political unrest....
...Park Chan-wu, a former guerrilla who worked with Mr Newman during the war, said Saturday. ``It’s been 60 years since he worked as our adviser.’’...
...markets, writes Tracy Alloway....
...Indeed, each table is generating total bets of US$10,000 per day, reports Edward Tracy, chief executive. “There is no underestimating the Chinese market when it comes to gambling,” he says....
...Shares of Lazard increased by 41 cents, or 1.7 per cent, to $24.81 by lunchtime in n New York. Evercore rose 56 cents, or 2.7 per cent, to $21.51....
...To Chinese ears the term “Chinaman” is just as offensive as the n-word is to a black person. Kai L. Chan, Dubai, United Arab Emirates...
...It’s as Frances Coppola says: [A]n economy in better shape would have better tax revenues. Any loss incurred by the BoE would be offset to an unknown extent by increased Government income....
...Update – more numbers, via the FT’s Tracy Alloway (amounts in euros): Unicredit 12.5bn (or less) Mediobanca 4bn Banco Popolare 3.5bn BBVA roughly 11bn Banca Civica 6.1bn Aareal 1bn Erste 1.1bn KBC...
...Moody’s also affirmed the Prime-1 ratings of all three companies’ banking operations, including the Prime-1 ratings of Bank of America, N.A., Citibank, N.A., and Wells Fargo Bank N.A....
...While few UK banks have secured creditors of this type, Edward Chan of law firm Linklaters said: “This is likely to become an area of focus now.”...
...Javid, who climbed the ranks at Deutsche Bank before joining in the Tory 2010 intake last May, wants the coalition to set net government borrowing at a certain percentage of GDP.n Women at the top: Queen...
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