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Suitsupply plans US onslaught with spree of new hires, stores

Bloomberg Suitsupply is suiting up for expansion. The Dutch menswear seller may not yet be a household name outside of the millennial circuit, but it’s spending heavily to change that. It’s gone on a hiring spree to fill its senior ranks — including former executives from Bank of America to Tory Burch — and mapped out a plan for international ...

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What US didn’t learn from the Asian financial crisis

Is the US better off trying to sape the world as party to an imperfect international accord, or as an outsider insisting on better terms? One lesson from the Asian financial crisis of 1997-1998 ought to be: Rejecting ideas from allies merely opens the door to alternatives over which the US will have zero control. This wisdom is newly relevant, ...

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Millennials can’t get by on £10,000

In the late 18th century, French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote about the existence of a “social contract” between citizens and the government. A similarly unwritten set of rules exists between generations: Children promise they’ll take care of their parents, because they expect to be treated the same in the future. A new report by the Intergenerational Commission, a group of ...

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