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...The mythological Helen of Troy maligns herself with this odd turn of phrase in Emily Wilson’s new translation of Homer’s Iliad....
...The rally came after a user on Reddit’s r/WallStreetBets forum urged people to buy shares and silver options to put a squeeze on banks....
...Prices for silver rose almost 10 per cent at one point on Monday to more than $30 a troy ounce, following a 6 per cent climb last week....
...Silver futures, which soared as much as 11 per cent on Monday, settled 10 per cent lower at $26.40 a troy ounce....
...The spot price of gold rose as high as $1,750 per troy ounce, close to an all-time high....
...[R]elative to global equity market capitalisations, investors have allocated just 3% of their assets to gold....
...JPMorgan Chase has hired the Perella Weinberg Partners head of capital markets Troy Wagner for its private capital markets operations, according to Bloomberg....
...Mvula’s music is already lush and maximalist — her willingness to employ the harp and celeste might have been a signal that she was never going to make coffee-table R&B records — and Troy Miller’s arrangements...
...Daniel Pinkston, a lecturer at Troy University in Seoul, believes North Korea has grounds for concern over such exercises....
...Inspired by rustic loneliness, Queen Charlotte (r 1760-1818) found a brick cottage of her own in a corner of Kew by 1774....
...Eddie, given a sensitive portrayal by T.R. Knight, manages an Italian-themed restaurant in Pocatello, Idaho, where this 100-minute evening, directed by Davis McCallum, takes place....
...The writer is the FT’s environment correspondent ——————————————- Letter in response to this article: Protectress of the Cousteau legacy / From Mr Roger R Smith...
...Gold last month fell to a low of $1,672 a troy ounce, but on Wednesday was trading at $1,728....
...Dr Michael R Lynch’s website: Mike Lynch has put together a website as a contact point and to publish views from himself and other former Autonomy management, reports Kate....
...● I stayed in close contact all Black Friday with Troy Rice, our head of store operations, who provided real-time updates on what he was seeing in the stores – there are nearly 600 Toys R Us stores in...
...There is a reduced volume but a higher turnover,” says Jason Holt, managing director of R Holt & Co....
...Oli Rockberger added an acoustic piano wash, drummer Troy Miller a quick flam and powerful four-to-the-floor bass drum, setting up “Ma Foya” with its alternating English and Yoruban lyrics and African vocal...
...Late in New York, gold had fallen 0.7 per cent to $1,056.88 a troy ounce....
...“Redecorating the White House is ultimately a political endeavour so hanging new drapes isn’t high on the Obamas’ list of priorities right now,” says R Louis Bofferding, a design historian and furniture...
...Other suppliers were Howell & James of Regent Street, Asprey, and R Luchars of Piccadilly.”...
...The young British drummer Troy Miller has all the pulse and pizzazz of top- notch contemporary percussionists....
...But Loose is smashing: high-tech R&B beats, blaring Latin pop and one of the singles of the year, the mighty “Maneater”....
...R. Rahman, who composed for Bombay Dreams, is already signed to do the score....
...“There is an illuminating relationship between the fall of Troy and September 11,” Vinaver told Time magazine. “These two huge events of mythic size seem to form a span of history.”...
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