Tag: said-on-monday
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Creator of popular ‘Beehive’ hairdo dies at age 98
(Reuters) – The Illinois woman who created the Beehive hairstyle, the cone-shaped coif popularized in the 1960s by first lady Jacqueline Kennedy and actress Audrey Hepburn, has died at age 98, the funeral home organizing her burial said on Monday. Margaret Vinci Heldt, who fashioned the Beehive for a magazine cover in 1960, “passed away…
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Academy Award winner Sofia Coppola to direct first opera in Rome
Academy Award winner Sofia Coppola will make her operatic debut in May, directing a new production of Giuseppe Verdi's romantic tragedy “La Traviata”, Rome's opera house said on Monday. Coppola, who won the gold statuette for the screenplay of the 2003 film “Lost in Translation”, was invited to direct the production by its patron, fashion…
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South Africa’s Truworths to buy majority stake in Office Retail Group
South African fashion retailer Truworths International said on Monday it has entered into an agreement to buy an 88.9 percent stake in Britain's Office Retail Group for 5.5 billion rand ($382 million). The British retailer's management will retain an 11.1 percent stake in Office. Truworths has the option to buy that stake within 3 to…
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South Africa’s Truworths to buy majority stake in Office Retail Group
South African fashion retailer Truworths International said on Monday it has entered into an agreement to buy an 88.9 percent stake in Britain's Office Retail Group for 5.5 billion rand ($382 million). The British retailer's management will retain an 11.1 percent stake in Office. Truworths has the option to buy that stake within 3 to…