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...The presale estimate for the Cox collection is $178.6m-$227.6m, topped by Gustave Caillebotte’s evocative “Jeune homme à sa fenêtre” (1876), estimated to sell for a full $50m....
...François Arrighi arrived to open and manage the property, fresh from the George V in Paris (and, before that, Les Airelles, one of Courchevel’s celebrated palaces)....
...Among those issuers have been high-profile tech companies such as Facebook, Groupon, LinkedIn, TripAdvisor and Zynga....
...Facebook v YouTube: contrasting approaches The music business has been intermittently at odds with technology platforms for decades, since digital piracy ravaged the sector’s traditional business model....
...REGGIE DAVISChief legal officer and general counselDocuSign After roles at Yahoo and gaming company Zynga, Mr Davis is providing cross-functional support and leading efforts to engage new clients at DocuSign...
...The regulatory approval represents an important milestone in the process, announced last year, to launch a cash tender offer for Delta’s acquisition for up to 49 percent of Grupo Aeromexico S.A.B. de C.V....
...“The counter is you get more Zyngas and Groupons [whose stocks boomed and busted as business model weaknesses became apparent]....
...There can only be one winner in the case of the actor Harry Shearer v Vivendi, the French media group, over royalties from the 1984 film, This is Spinal Tap....
...“You can’t put Grand Theft Auto V on an iPhone, it’s not the same experience. People were thinking about them like software companies when they should look at them like television and movies.”...
...Amazonfresh v Ocado Brooke Masters has been comparing Amazon’s Fresh grocery delivery service, launched in the UK this week, with her regular home deliveries from Ocado. Fresh had one key flaw....
Sound investment from a maestro of home music and a Google dongle
...Design is critical, and there are multiple solutions to the 3D jigsaw puzzle of business class: yin-yang; staggered herringbone; “stacked-V”. Jamco’s DoveTail seat has a layout like parquet flooring....
...Mobile and casual gaming are volatile businesses: Zynga and Rovio can testify to the peaks and troughs as franchises have faltered....
...Zynga, aside from a modestly popular online poker game, has not had a hit since FarmVille. The difference between the companies goes much deeper than poker v matching candies....
...Freemium v paid: Streaming competition swells YouTube is one of several Spotify competitors bringing streaming services to the market this year....
...The V-280 Valor is in contention for a US military programme, designed to fly twice as fast as the helicopters it could replace....
...(FT) Journalism v Silicon Valley The media has lost control of production and distribution to the opaque algorithms of Google and Facebook....
...These use a combination of physics simulations, artificial intelligence and biomechanics to create lifelike, responsive movements, and are used in hit console games such as Grand Theft Auto V....
...Partners SA and Artemis SA....
...It has also sparked discussion here at the FT, prompting a Lex v Lombard video debate on the merits of government interference. Done the right way, deals add lots of value....
...The success of GTA V comes at time of flux for the games industry....
...Take-Two finally announced a release date for Grand Theft Auto V last week – September 17 – but this was a quarter later than expected....
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