President Obama names Fischer as Fed vice chairman
Washington - SPA
US President Barack Obama on Friday named experienced central banker and economist Stanley Fischer to serve as the vice chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed), the White House said.President Obama nominated Lael Brainard, who served as the Treasury Department's top official for international affairs, to serve on the Fed board, and he also named Fed Governor Jerome Powell to a new term on the board, ending in 2028.The Fed vice chairmanship became vacant when Janet Yellen was approved by the U.S. Senate on Monday to become the next chair of the U.S. central bank, replacing Ben Bernanke, who steps down at the end of January.
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Paris - Emiratesvoice
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Singer Bruni arrives in Beirut Sunday evening
Beirut - NNA
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Microsoft to open 4 data centres
Paris - Emiratesvoice
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'Friendly and kind' N. Korean skaters
Taipei - Emiratesvoice
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Sanofi buys US haemophilia treatment
Paris - Emiratesvoice
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to 'eternal style' of late Alaia
Paris - Emiratesvoice
Two months after legendary designer Azzedine Alaia's sudden death plunged the fashion world into mourning, an exhibition in homage to the "King of Cling" opens Monday in his studios in Paris. The Tunisian-born designer, renowned for the way his clothes hugged the body, died suddenly in November aged 82, reportedly of heart failure after falling down the stairs at his home. The diminutive maverick, who ignored fashion week convention by showing when and where he wanted, in July produced his first couture collection in six years to rapturous reviews. Now some of his most iconic dresses are going on display in the glass-roofed gallery next to his studio and home in the Marais district where he used to show his creations. It includes the dress worn by supermodel Naomi Campbell, his longtime friend and muse, when she led
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