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...The union has enlisted elected officials, including two US congresswomen and the speaker of the state assembly, to its side. “We represent humans, not robots....
...“America is a country of immigrants, whatever the rhetoric coming from politics.”...
...Boston Red Sox left fielder Brock Holt plays a double by Tampa Bay Rays designated hitter Corey Dickerson off the wall during fourth inning of a baseball game in Boston...
...Salman v United States lacks the Wall Street stars that made trading on insider information a defining feature of the 1980s....
...But even though the Mayweather v Pacquiao fight of the century has failed to command much pre-fight attention outside the boxing press (if it still exists), it will still generate big money....
...It is not immediately obvious that there will be closer economic ties with the United States, although Trump may well aim for that....
...Masterpieces of Chinese Painting: 700-1900, edited by Zhang Hongxing, V&A Publishing, RRP£40/$60 The world’s oldest painting tradition explored in the glorious catalogue to the V&A’s current, once-in-a-lifetime...
...’, Harry Potter v Twilight, Romney v Obama....
...No, this is about mainframes v muppets, he assures us, formulas v felt, digital v the real thing. There is more to a good movie than computer-generated characters, he says....
...Thor is billed as the latest film from “the studio that brought you Iron Man”, but it is also the latest film from the director who brought you Henry V and Hamlet....
...For a start, Oracle would have to be able to serve a subpoena on him within the state of California during the course of the trial for him to appear....
...Toyota has suspended sales of some of its most popular models in North America pending repairs to sticky accelerator pedals....
...However, the first generation also recognise that their children’s “new way” presents a ray of hope....
...North v south, Rustbelt v Sunbelt, red v blue: these are some of the dividing lines in the 2008 presidential campaign and they are also some of the themes that play in this year’s World Series....
...The dramatis personae of Obama v McCain included Joe the Plumber, Joe Sixpack and vice-president elect Joe Biden....
...Chop Suey: A Cultural History of Chinese Food in the United States By Andrew Coe Oxford University Press, £15.99 The story of America’s love-hate relationship with Chinese food, from the first American...
...California may be one of the US’s most populous states but, to European eyes, its emptiness is still vast – and pristine....
...Certainly the United States has been growing at a remarkable rate for the past 10 years, the sort of rates that we might think are more plausible in a catch up country, rather than one that was at the production...
...In the late 1930s and 1940s, Dalí, Marcel Vertès, Tanguy, Man Ray and Jean Cocteau saw in the store window a ready-made day-dream upon which to unleash their fantasies....
...If robotic vaccuum cleaners, Sandisk’s V-Mate and television fire engines tickle your fancy, have a look at our first CES slideshow. The FT’s full CES coverage is here...
...Christie’s has the collection of Lee V. Eastman, the New York-based entertainment lawyer, who was the father of Linda McCartney and counted Willem de Kooning among his clients....
...Significantly, he cited the fact that we don’t have time to do this kind of thing any more: time for Ray is clearly a real modern luxury....
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