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Milan Fashion Week fires up catwalks despite cautious outlook
Milan (AFP) - Milan Fashion Week kicked off its runway shows Wednesday with the fashion set tackling a fresh round...
Capital One’s takeover of Discover reshuffles US credit card sector
New York (AFP) - Capital One's proposed merger with the US credit card specialist Discover has reshuffled the deck in...
The Body Shop to shut nearly half of UK shops
London (AFP) - The UK arm of The Body Shop cosmetics group will shut nearly half its 198 outlets, adminstrators...
Capital One to buy Discover for $35.3 bn
New York (AFP) - US banking giant Capital One announced Monday it will acquire financial services company Discover in a...
Eiffel Tower closed for fourth day as staff strike
Paris (AFP) - France's iconic Eiffel Tower was closed for a fourth day on Thursday as employees extended a strike...
London Fashion Week celebrates multiculturalism and urban life
London (AFP) - The cultural richness brought by migrations across the world, familial nostalgia and the frenetic pace of London...
Family ties and city life stitch style into London Fashion Week
London (AFP) - Familial nostalgia, cultural roots and the frenetic pace of London life marked the second day of the...
New York ruling deals Trump business a major blow
New York (AFP) - The sweeping punishment meted out Friday by a New York judge on Donald Trump and his...
London Fashion Week blends tweed and Y2K amid economic gloom
London (AFP) - From tweed to the iconic low-rise jeans of the early 2000s, London Fashion Week unveiled a spectrum...
China urges firms not to be ‘blinded by lies’ over Xinjiang rights record
Beijing (AFP) - China on Thursday urged companies not to be "blinded by lies" about its rights record in Xinjiang,...
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