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Montblanc opens patriotic shop, company’s first U.S. pop-up store
Limited-edition presidential pens at Montblanc’s first U.S. Pop-up shop During the Presidential Inauguration week in Washington, Jan. 18 to 22. St. Regis Washington D.C. Hotel is hosting a Thornwillow and Montblanc pop-up shop in the luxury hotel’s lobby. For the famous writing instrument company this is the first U.S. pop-up shop. For the occasion, the…
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Forbes 100-strong list: Merkel, Clinton and Rousseff top Forbes list of most powerful stateswomen
For the second year in a row German Chancellor Angela Merkel is the stongest women on the planet. Angela Merkel, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff are the world’s most powerful women, according to Forbes’s annual survey that calculates wealth, media presence and overall impact. Merkel’s top spot reflects her…
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Lagerfeld in wax
Harry Potter, Pope Benedict XVI, German TV host Thomas Gottschalk, Udo Lindenberg and Barack Obama have company. The St. Pauli Panoptikum wax museum (Spielbudenplatz 3, 20359 Hamburg) has expanded its collection with a prominent personality. The legendary German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld has a wax likeness with black gloves, sunglasses and metal chains. Some say…
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Rio+20 Earth summit: walkout at ‘green economy’ talks
Negotiators from developing countries insist wealthy nations must help fund their move to sustainable development

