Having spent the past 17 years creating a mini fashion world grounded in classic American roots – fashioned with a twist – it’s clear that Steven Alan has quietly emerged an uncommon fashion pioneer. Continue reading »
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It’s Christmas time and that means bonus season. What will you do with a little extra money in the bank? Why not invest in your favorite hobbies–a new boat, a classic roadster or a down payment on a new vacation home?
Regardless of how you spend your leisure time, it’s important to protect your favorite avocations, just like you would any other investment.
That’s why Towergate Insurance wants to help you. We offer a wide range of general and specialist insurance products, ranging from holiday homes to vintage cars.
Our team is as passionate about your hobby, pastime or business as you. Finding the right insurance on an individual basis is second nature to our staff, whether you want to insure your boat, classic car, holiday home or small business.
We offer boat insurance for yachts, fast fishers, sports boats, sports cruisers and motor cruisers. We also cover smaller vessels such as canoes, dinghies and jet skis.
Our classic motor insurance is designed to protect your cherished vehicle. It includes coverage for American cars, classic tractors and classic commercial vehicles. Our specialist motor insurance team shares your love of cars, so when you phone for a quote, they will talk your language.
And for the real estate connoisseurs out there, Towergate Insurance specializes in landlords insurance. We’re committed to offering great service and generous coverage to individuals who rent out their property – either personally or through a property management agency. We provide extensive building and contents cover for single properties and portfolios. Whether you have one house to lease or several, we can help.
If you’ve ever hit the slopes on a pair of rented skis, you know fit is everything, and even a millimeter can make a big difference in your performance on the mountain. That’s why you need Wagner Custom Skis, made by die-hard skier and mechanical engineer Pete Wagner one pair at a time in an ultra-modern shop powered entirely by wind and sun. Wagner skis are built with everything from Kevlar and carbon fiber wraps to old-school standbys like sugar maple and aspen, with a variety of flex and bases for optimum speed in different weather conditions and on specific courses. Continue reading »
There are a handful of products that men everywhere turn to for reliability and inherent style. Military issue chinos, Timex watches, Levi’s — these products were originally designed to serve a purpose and represent the proverbial “real McCoy.” JACK SPADE was created with these products in mind. We believe in offering men items with honest, thoughtful design and practical purpose. Continue reading »
The long/short equity strategy is comin’ back, according to Dave McMillan, Partner at Mercer Investment Consulting.
Companies are looking to take back their marketshare, he says, and that “creates winners and losers.” He says that moving forward, the long/short strategy will also offer a good risk-reward balance. Continue reading »
It might feel like a thing of the past, but it’s only a matter of time before stock-picking savvy will seriously matter again.
Right now, everything in the financial markets is correlating, says Alan Zafran, Partner at Luminous Capital. These days, it’s not unheard of for 90 percent of all stocks on the S&P to move up or down the same direction on a single day. So stock-to-stock comparisons can feel redundant.
In 2012, however, Zafran predicts the markets will start balancing out, “returning to the mean.” Long/short equity financial managers and hedge funds with the skills to identify outperforming stocks will be the big winners.
“Once we return to an environment where stock picking matters, [hedge funds] with stock-picking skills and [quality] analysis will do well,” he says.
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Every day from Oct. 3-Oct. 31, New York steakhouse Smith & Wollensky is literally changing the name of their restaurant to the last name of a randomly chosen guest who pledges to make Smith & Wollensky their exclusive steakhouse. And when we say, “the name of their restaurant, ” we mean on everything: the awning, the the signs, the napkins, even the knives. All you have to do is go to their website, take their pledge, and book a table and you too could see your name alongside the famous Wollensky.
O’Doyle & Wollensky? Chang & Wollensky? It could happen.
Remember just a few years ago, when the first smartphones came out? People would tease each other for checking e-mail on the device, as if it made them obsessive or just plain strange.
The world moves fast. At this point, it’s hard to believe there was ever a time when the Internet, e-mail and your entire work life was not right at you fingertips, regardless of whether you are anywhere near your office.
Ubiquitous connectivity has fundamentally changed the business world — for the better, no doubt. People periodically refer to the modern “mobile workforce,” and it’s an accurate term. Everyone seems to be constantly traveling for work. Conferences in Florida, client meetings in Wisconsin, whatever. Two weeks ago in Florida, we were posting to Dealbreaker.com and AbovetheLaw.com on our hotel wifi, while our editor in New York made sure Fashionista.com posts went live on deadline. On the way home, we were blasting time-sensitive emails back and forth until the moment the planes took off.
Americans make more than 405 million long-distance business trips per year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics. And one in five adult Americans plans to take at least one business trip in the next six months (you can imagine the Wall Street number is probably a teensy bit higher). But when you’re on the road, the deal still needs to be closed, and the trades still need to be made. Thank God for your laptop, your smartphone, your tablet.
It would be hard to quantify the astronomical increases in efficiency and productivity that technology allows just during travel alone.
Flight delay? No biggie. Stuck in a hotel room? Just pop in your wireless card.
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Every day from Oct. 3-Oct. 31, New York steakhouse Smith & Wollensky is literally changing the name of their restaurant to the last name of a randomly chosen guest who pledges to make Smith & Wollensky their exclusive steakhouse. And when we say, “the name of their restaurant, ” we mean on everything: the awning, the the signs, the napkins, even the knives. All you have to do is go to their website, take their pledge, and book a table and you too could see your name alongside the famous Wollensky.
O’Doyle & Wollensky? Chang & Wollensky? It could happen.
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Every day from Oct. 3-Oct. 31, New York steakhouse Smith & Wollensky is literally changing the name of their restaurant to the last name of a randomly chosen guest who pledges to make Smith & Wollensky their exclusive steakhouse. And when we say, “the name of their restaurant, ” we mean on everything: the awning, the the signs, the napkins, even the knives. All you have to do is go to their website, take their pledge, and book a table and you too could see your name alongside the famous Wollensky.
O’Doyle & Wollensky? Chang & Wollensky? It could happen.
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Posted in:
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Every day from Oct. 3-Oct. 31, New York steakhouse Smith & Wollensky is literally changing the name of their restaurant to the last name of a randomly chosen guest who pledges to make Smith & Wollensky their exclusive steakhouse. And when we say, “the name of their restaurant, ” we mean on everything: the awning, the the signs, the napkins, even the knives. All you have to do is go to their website, take their pledge, and book a table and you too could see your name alongside the famous Wollensky.
O’Doyle & Wollensky? Chang & Wollensky? It could happen.
