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...The return on equity for the year to June was a measly 3 per cent, compared to over 19 per cent at the peak of the equity market rally in the year to March last year, according to S&P data....
...Curator Thelma Golden talks taste Kengo Kuma, architectBook: First Person Singular by Haruki Murakami “Murakami’s novels have a sort of tunnel structure and I apply this same design philosophy to my buildings...
...The SEC ’s latest annual to-do list highlighted the oversight of private funds — from private equity and hedge funds to venture capital and real estate groups — as a top priority, the FT’s Chris Flood reports...
...With Takashi Murakami also invited to jazz up the building’s roof terrace with some floral display, under sponsorship from Perrier, Design Miami is still aiming for an international view....
...An investment fund backed by activist Yoshiaki Murakami announced a hostile bid for Toshiba Machine in January....
...In early December, somewhat drowned out by the Nikkei 225’s plunge below 20,000 and all those “here comes the bear market” klaxons, some observers were declaring the imminent arrival of Japan’s “golden age...
...And Saunders typically builds a mountain of emotion out of a few pages so that the central tragedy — Fox 7’s death — is truly affecting....
..., Zadie Smith, Naomi Alderman and Maggie O’Farrell in the top 10 — the only male author on its list was Haruki Murakami....
...Killing Commendatore, by Haruki Murakami, Harvill Secker The first novel in four years from one of the world’s most feted writers....
...The winner of France’s Prix Goncourt, shortlisted for 2017’s Man Booker International, is an erudite and timely reminder of the myriad linkages and crossovers between the cultures and peoples of east and...
...At the MCA, Grynsztejn’s academic bent hasn’t deterred her from blockbusters, such as this summer’s Takashi Murakami show, which snatched the attendance crown from 2014’s David Bowie Is....
...Between Mr Murakami’s daughter, Aya Nomura, and two other funds, Reno and Office Support that are linked to the family, the trio owns about 23 per cent of Accordia....
...In other regional stock markets, Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was up 0.6 per cent while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng gained 0.1 per cent....
...US index futures indicate that the S&P 500 will lose 0.1 per cent to 2,175 when the opening bell rings later in New York....
...Bodhi Tree” (2013), a ghoulish piece ruminating on death and decay following 2011’s Great East Japan Earthquake....
...(It “stood up well to the evening’s exertions”, the FT reported.) 39 What links 2015’s most Googled fashion-related term (“How to walk in heels?”) to last year’s Cannes Film Festival?...
...Takashi Murakami, Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin — in many instances, they aren’t making art any more. They are making luxury goods....
...The film was later judged 2013’s biggest flop, with a return of only 21 per cent on its $28m budget. Name the film....
...s air of exhaustion and insouciant fatalism added a subtle layer to the flat surface....
...From the Fatherland, with Love , by Ryu Murakami, translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori, Charles De Wolf and Ralph McCarthy, Pushkin Press, RRP£20 This novel by “the other Murakami” explores the unsettling...
...Haruki Murakami’s work is often seen in international literary circles as the quintessence of contemporary Japan....
...The price points in the region are not at a Hirst or Murakami level, of course, but this year saw a bolder approach by dealers, who brought more challenging and pricey work....
...Didn’t I just see that Murakami? Or have I ended up back where I started?...
...But they are in keeping with the unworldly character and ideals of the archive’s founder, Michael S....
...The Fat Years , by Chan Koonchung, translated by Michael S....
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