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‘Wolf in cashmere’ Bernard Arnault calls off the hunt for shares in rivals

What could bring a chief executive to compare an attempted takeover to rape?

Hermès’s then-chief executive, Patrick Thomas, did just that back in 2010 when it emerged rival French luxury group LVMH had secretly built a stake in the handbag and silk scarf maker.

Mr Thomas was so angry he declared: “If you want to seduce a beautiful woman, you don’t start by raping her from behind.”

The man…

'They are close friends and care for each other': Shanina Shaik and on/off boyfriend Tyson Beckford hold hands on the red carpet at Boardwalk Empire premiere

They are yet to confirm whether they are on or off.

But Shanina Shaik and Tyson Beckford certainly looked cosy as they attended the premiere of the fifth and final season of Boardwalk Empire in New York City on Wednesday night.

The handsome couple walked the red carpet hand-in-hand and appeared happier than…

'There is a huge hole in everybody's life and we can't believe that she is not here': Family of missing 14-year-old make emotional appeal for her to get in touch

The family of a teenager who went missing from her home four days ago have made an emotional appeal for her to get in touch with them.

Alice Gross, 14, was last seen by her mother at 1pm on Thursday when she left her home in Hanwell, Ealing, west London.

Alice, a pupil at Brentside High School, told her mother,…

The Government’s preferred candidate to take over as the BBC’s first female chairman is to face a grilling from MPs.

City executive Rona Fairhead will appear before a Commons select committee next week before a final decision is reached over the BBC Trust role.

The former head of the Financial Times group has been approved by the Prime Minister to succeed Lord Patten. If confirmed in the post, she will be paid £110,000 a year for a three-day working week.

But Tory MP…