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New footbridge restores crossing at birthplace of UK’s legendary King Arthur

New footbridge restores crossing at birthplace of UK’s legendary King Arthur

LONDON (Reuters) – A new narrow footbridge spanning a near 60-metre gorge will open this weekend, restoring a lost crossing to Tintagel castle, legendary birthplace of King Arthur, on the windswept coast of southwest England.…

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Oil prices slides 3% as U.S.-China trade war escalates

Oil prices slides 3% as U.S.-China trade war escalates

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices fell nearly 3% on Friday after China unveiled retaliatory tariffs against about $75 billion worth of U.S. goods, marking another escalation of a protracted trade dispute between the world’s…

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Pine Capital’s Greater China chief exits after ACPAM board removal, Companies & Markets

Pine Capital’s Greater China chief exits after ACPAM board removal, Companies & Markets

Fri, Aug 23, 2019 – 10:53 PM PINE Capital Group has announced the cessation of Wang Meng as its head of Greater China with effect from Aug 19, with Mr Wang expressing concerns related to…

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Peace and love? Think AC, brands and working toilets 50 years on from Woodstock

Peace and love? Think AC, brands and working toilets 50 years on from Woodstock

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Three chaotic days of peace, music, mud and free love helped immortalize the 1969 Woodstock festival as the touchstone of Sixties counterculture. FILE PHOTO: Festival goers splash through a muddy puddle…

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Hong Kong families form peaceful human chains ahead of airport protest

Hong Kong families form peaceful human chains ahead of airport protest

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Thousands of chanting Hong Kong protesters joined hands to form human chains on Friday in a peaceful protest, with almost three months of anti-government demonstrations showing no sign of let-up across…

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Next Big Thing

Next Big Thing

As a Comme des Garcons alumnus, designer Fumito Ganryu has had the gold class of training in womenswear and menswear patternmaking. Source link

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GuocoLand posts 24% rise in Q4 net profit to S$183.7m, Companies & Markets

GuocoLand posts 24% rise in Q4 net profit to S$183.7m, Companies & Markets

Fri, Aug 23, 2019 – 9:47 PM GUOCOLAND’S net profit attributable to equity holders rose 24 per cent to S$183.7 million for the fourth quarter ended June 30, up from a restated S$147.5 million in…

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Rome bans sitting on Spanish Steps, puzzling hot, tired tourists

Rome bans sitting on Spanish Steps, puzzling hot, tired tourists

ROME (Reuters) – You can walk up and down Rome’s famed Spanish Steps all you want but don’t try sitting down to take in the moment any more because police will shoo you away with…

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Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

(Adds Oyo, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management, Gazprombank, Sul America SA; Updates Entertainment One, Thyssenkrupp, Frontline) Aug 23 (Reuters) – The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1330 GMT on Friday: **…

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Grand Debut, Style – THE BUSINESS TIMES

Grand Debut, Style – THE BUSINESS TIMES

FIFTY YEARS IS a long time for a brand to be in Singapore, and fittingly, Seiko marked the occasion with the opening of its new flagship boutique and also to launch its trio of Grand…

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