France#39;s Stately Chateaux Court Hip Crowds With Zippy Art Shows
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Jan. 18 (Bloomberg) — Kooky contemporary-art contraptions
will soon take over the carved Renaissance galleries of the Palace
of Fontainebleau near Paris, where Napoleon abdicated and where
the Mona Lisa once hung.
In September, young [...]
U.K. Offers London as Base for China#39;s 200 Bln Fund (Update3)
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Jan. 18 (Bloomberg) — U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown
offered London as an overseas base for China Investment Corp.,
the nations $200 billion sovereign wealth fund, aiming to
encourage the worlds fastest-growing major economy to invest in
Britain.
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Russian Collectors#39; Heirs Seek Compensation for Artworks
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Jan. 21 (Bloomberg) — The heirs of the greatest
czarist-era collectors, Sergei Shchukin and Ivan Morosov,
called for compensation from the Russian government to
redress the 1918 confiscation of their ancestors artworks.
Their demand comes [...]
Fees on 401(k) Plans Rock Boomers Deceived by Flawed Disclosure
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Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) — For the 12 years Jerry Schneider has
invested in the 401(k) retirement plan offered by his employer,
Portland, Oregon-based engineering firm Elcon Associates Inc.,
he has battled to learn how much he pays in fees and then has
tried to get Elcon to [...]
Fees on 401(k)s Rock Boomers Facing Flawed Disclosure (Update2)
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Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) — For the 12 years Jerry Schneider has
invested in the 401(k) retirement plan offered by his employer,
Portland, Oregon-based engineering firm Elcon Associates Inc.,
he has battled to learn how much he pays in fees and then has
tried to get Elcon to [...]
Barnard Selects Debora Spar of Harvard as President (Update3)
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Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) — Barnard College, the womens liberal
arts school affiliated with Columbia University, named Harvard
Business School professor Debora Spar to be its 11th leader.
Spar, 44, will take office as president [...]
Bank of England Architect#39;s Eccentric Home Gets Gentle Revamp
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Jan. 30 (Bloomberg) — Travel two centuries back and step
inside the home of a man who went fishing with Turner, built the
Bank of England, and buried his wifes lap dog in the backyard.
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Rem Koolhaas to Redesign Hermitage Museum#39;s Art Displays
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Jan. 30 (Bloomberg) — Architect Rem Koolhaas will redesign
the art displays inside St. Petersburgs State Hermitage Museum
over the next six years to bring the landmark Russian
institution up to date.
In tandem with [...]
School life on the West Bank
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Striking teachers, overcrowding, imprisoned pupils and Israeli army raids are just some of the problems faced by two Palestinian schools featured in a new film from EducationGuardian and Teachers TV broadcast today.The film looks at Hajja Rushda and King Talal schools run by the Palestinian Authority in Nabla.At Hajja Rushda, 41 teachers have to [...]
Graduates to guide bright children to university
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Graduate trainee teachers are to help ‘gifted and talented’ pupils get into sought-after universities under new plans announced today by the schools minister, Lord Adonis.Graduates on the two-year Teach First scheme will help mentor bright children in London, the Black Country and Greater Manchester to get into top universities, under the City Challenge scheme.They will [...]
