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Cultureteca 01.12.19

Miscellany
On Monday LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton announced that it had agreed to buy the iconic jeweler Tiffany & Co. for $135 per share in cash, a deal which values Tiffany at approximately $16.2 billion. The deal - which is subject to the approval of Tiffany's shareholders and is expected to close in the middle of next year -...

Cultureteca 24.11.19

Miscellany
When the Wallace Collection in London was bequeathed to the nation in 1897, one of the conditions of the bequest was that no work should ever leave the collection, but should remain 'kept together unmixed with other objects of art'. The Wallace Collection opened to the public three years later, with its paintings by Titian and Rubens, Velázquez, Van...

Culturedarm’s Songs of the Month (July 2017)

Music
Olga Bell - 'Special Leave' Service members in the United States military can accrue special leave for serving in hostile environments for extended periods. If they spend a continuous period of at least 120 days in situations which expose them to the threat of imminent danger, they can accumulate and retain up to 120 days of leave by adding their ordinary...