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...“It will have performance spaces and rehearsal rooms; it’s next to Westfield Stratford and the V&A East – it’s going to be a cultural quarter almost,” says Bargh....
...The key takeaway, writes FT director of strategic partnerships James Lamont, is a reminder that “business is about relationships with people, not simply transactions”....
...Gold for December delivery settled 0.3 per cent higher to $2,039 a troy ounce....
...Gold pushed towards $2,000 a troy ounce, adding 0.9 per cent to touch a record high of $1,983.36....
...The US, China, Australia and Canada have all cut rates. Fiscal stimulus plans are under way in South Korea and Japan; Italy is set to follow suit....
...A V-shaped recovery is clearly emerging, notwithstanding subsequent waves. Elsewhere, it’s still too early to tell and is dependent on western demand....
...Kidambi has us believe that this was a serious sporting enterprise, not simply a bit of imperial tinsel....
...Traces of liquidation remain visible with gold down at a three-and-half-month low of $1,473 a troy ounce, while copper touched a four-year low, before finding some buyers....
...Days later, they were knighted by George V....
...Astor v Vanderbilt: battle of the belles Even prominent society figures of New York’s Gilded Age were not above displays of petty one-upmanship, writes Georgina Varley....
...Finally, Troy Herion’s jaunty, literal and neatly conventional New York Symphony gave us stylised urban landscapes for the eyes, relatively easy, polite electronic jumbles for the ears....
...R.V. Kanoria, the president of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, said the budget was “not going to stimulate growth in the economy.”...
...It is not surprising that India has taken such a proactive measure to secure itself,” said V.R. Raghavan, a retired general and president of the Centre for Security Analysis....
...Dov Frishberg, New York, NY, US...
...V. Rao Aiyagari may be a scientist but he knows a thing or two about banking....
...It’s not possible for us to pass on the costs to our consumers. We have increased prices a bit but the competition is very tough.”...
...V.K....
...P.V. Naik, head of India’s air force, said the region’s infrastructure was being overhauled to support modern weaponry....
...V. Naik, the head of the IAF, said that one of his priorities was studying India’s “ability to absorb the technology” of fourth-generation fighters....
...Air Chief Marshal P.V. Naik, the chief of staff of the Indian air force, said India had the intellectual prowess and industrial expertise to grow its own aircraft manufacturing sector....
...The purchase by New Delhi’s Reserve Bank from the International Monetary Fund pushed gold prices to a record $1,090.90 per troy ounce, up 2.6 per cent on the day, as traders bet that other central banks...
...“Labour investment v Tory cuts” no longer seems available, since whoever wins will have to make public spending cuts, but the prime minister’s allies still hope to create some “dividing lines”....
...Commerce Secretary Lamont denies tariff will hurt trade. Notes that 80% of imports are duty-free or will have duty reduced or unchanged under the new tariff....
...Additional reporting by Ralph Atkins in Frankfurt, Norma Cohen in London, Robin Harding in Tokyo, James Lamont in New Delhi and Jamil Anderlini in Beijing...
...The promise by the G20 to keep rates low has led to hopes that the economic recovery will be V-shaped, which is only encouraging the bulls to buy equities, commodities and other riskier assets....
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