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French luxury giant LVMH buys iconic American jeweler Tiffany for over BILLION The world’s leading luxury group LVMH has agreed to buy a 182-year-old US jeweler Tiffany & Co. for $135 per share in cash. The $16.2 billion deal will become the largest luxury-goods deal ever. “The acquisition of Tiffany will strengthen LVMH’s position in jewelry and further increase its presence in the United States,” LVMH said in a statement on Monday. Paris-based LVMH has 75 brands, with 156,000 employees, and a network of more than 4,590 stores. Other brands include Louis Vuitton, Kenzo, Tag Heuer, Dom Pérignon, Moet & Chandon, Hennessy, Givenchy and Christian Dior. « We are delighted to have the opportunity to welcome @TiffanyAndCo to the LVMH...

Military science professor sets off nuclear twitterstorm by saying Americans only pretend to like ‘terrible’ Indian food A US academician was buried under an avalanche of angry tweets after posting his opinion that Indian food was terrible and Americans who said otherwise were doing so out of conformity. He also doesn’t care for Led Zeppelin. Full disclosure, the post by Tom Nichols, a professor at the US Naval War College, didn’t come out of the blue. He simply, like many others, took part in a jokey game which encouraged people to post their most controversial opinions about food. His however received huge feedback, in contrast to most others. Indian food is terrible and we pretend it isn’t. https://t.co/NGOUtRUCUN— Tom Nichols (@Radi...

UAE to host Europe-led Gulf maritime mission – France A European-led maritime mission to monitor Gulf waters will be stationed at the French naval base in Abu Dhabi, the French defense minister has said. Since May, tensions in the Gulf have escalated following a string of attacks on oil tankers that the US and its allies blamed on Tehran. Iran denies the charges. “We formally agreed that the command center of the European maritime surveillance initiative will be on UAE territory,” French Defense Minister Florence Parly told AFP on Sunday. It will be run by around 10 to 15 staff members deployed at the French naval base in Abu Dhabi who will “contribute to making maritime navigation in the Gulf as safe as possible,” she said on a visit to the base. Parly did not identify the co...