Whatever the collectors Robert and Ethel Scull did for the art world, they were self-serving narcissists, as Andy Warhol's portrait "Ethel Scull 36 Times" (1963) demonstrates.
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Dubai-based contractor Drake & Scull International was up 2279 percent.
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Builder Drake & Scull, the most heavily traded stock, fell 1.8 percent.
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The most heavily traded stock, builder Drake & Scull, added 2.0 percent.
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Both "White Flag" and "Scull" were sold, his rep tells PEOPLE.
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Mr. Scull himself arrived as an immigrant to Peru last year.
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One painting, by Robert Rauschenberg, had originally cost Scull $22011 in 25.
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DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai-listed construction and engineering company Drake & Scull International DSI.
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Emaar Properties and builder Drake & Scull fell 0.7 and 0.9 percent respectively.
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Builder Drake & Scull, which has substantial operations in Saudi Arabia, dropped 3.2 percent.
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Builder Drake & Scull was another big loser, falling 7653 percent in volatile trade.
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Drake & Scull (DSI) dropped 5.3 percent to 13 dirhams ($0.18), its lower ever.
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Builder Drake & Scull, which has substantial business in Saudi Arabia, sank 3.0 percent.
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Loss-making construction firm Drake & Scull slipped 1.6 percent to a record low.
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Islamic Arab Insurance fell 0.7 percent and builder Drake & Scull lost 0.6 percent.
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Drake & Scull, which had risen over the last three days, fell 1.4 percent.
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Dubai's index was also almost flat as builder Drake & Scull surged 0.13 percent.
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Dubai's index slipped 0.9 percent as construction company Drake & Scull sank 3333 percent.
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Beaten-down construction stock Drake & Scull continued rebounding and added a further 1.9 percent.
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But builder Drake & Scull and developer Deyaar were up 4.7 and 0.9 percent respectively.
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But construction firm Drake & Scull pulled back 1.9 percent, extending Wednesday's 1.7 percent loss.
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Drysdale has missed out on the single scull seat for the Aug. 25-Sept.
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"Scull must have bought me a ton, and man, I used it," he says.
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Dubai was underpinned by a 21 percent gain by contractor Drake and Scull International.
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Shares in Drake & Scull, another builder which has been struggling financially, rebounded 23.3 percent.
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The Dubai index rose 0.8 percent, lifted by a 4.6 percent gain in contractor Drake & Scull.
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But Drake & Scull gained 1.3 percent and Shuaa Capital surged 12.1 percent in unusually high volume.
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But some smaller shares were resilient, with builder Drake & Scull adding 2.5 percent in heavy trade.
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Builder Drake and Scull dropped 1.0 percent, after rising by the same percentage the previous day.
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Dubai's index dropped 0.7 percent as Drake & Scull, the most heavily traded stock, lost 3.0 percent.
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People using Hydrow's rowing machine can see the scull and hear their oars hitting the water.
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Drake & Scull International, a Dubai-based contracting firm, jumped 5.4 percent, while Arabtec Holding rose 1.1 percent.
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In Dubai, much better-than-expected earnings by construction firm Drake & Scull look likely to aid sentiment.
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Ajman Bank, which holds 13.06 percent of Drake & Scull shares according to exchange data, fell 2.1 percent.
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Tabarak has a stake in Dubai's Drake & Scull International and investments in education, industry, logistics and healthcare.
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In a tippy, feather-light single scull, there are no teammates to help her or motivate her.
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The Dubai index was flat although builder Drake & Scull, the most heavily-traded stock, surged 26 percent.
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Building contractor Drake & Scull International shed 1.7 percent, after gains this month following positive first-quarter results.
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Drake & Scull, another Dubai builder hit hard by low oil prices and austerity measures, rose 13 percent.
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"It was a bombshell," said Andrew Scull, a historian of psychiatry at the University of California San Diego.
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Emaar Malls Group rebounded 6513 percent but builder Drake & Scull, the most heavily traded share, slipped 0.4 percent.
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In Dubai, the index was up 0.8 percent, lifted by gains from contractor Drake & Scull up 13 percent.
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On Tuesday morning, he rode a foldable bike to the small midtown boathouse where he stores his scull.
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Dubai's index edged down 0.1 percent as 12 shares declined, including builder Drake & Scull, which fell 0.23 percent.
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Drake & Scull also sank 4.6 percent after reporting a 61 percent plunge in profit to 9.8 million dirhams.
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Building contractor Drake & Scull International was 0.8 percent lower, after making significant gains following positive first quarter results.
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Drake & Scull reported a loss of 46.3 million dirhams compared with a 877.8 million dirham loss a year ago.
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Dubai builder Drake & Scull said it was seeking shareholder approval to convert the company into a sharia-compliant entity.
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Dubai's index edged down 0.1 percent as builder Arabtec dropped 3.9 percent and peer Drake & Scull lost 2.6 percent.
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When fellow artist James Rosenquist introduced him to Robert Scull, the collector supplied Dayton with his first stainless steel.
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Drake & Scull said in mid-July that local private equity firm Tabarak Investment owned 13.26 percent of the company.
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"YOU NEED to send me flowers," says Robert Rauschenberg, a pop artist, as he smacks Robert Scull on the shoulder.
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In Dubai, where the index shed 0.3 percent, contractor Drake and Scull International (DSI) continued to weigh on the index.
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The most active stock in early trade was contractor Drake & Scull, which plunged 7413 percent, its lowest since May 2017.
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The most active stock in early trade was contractor Drake & Scull, which plunged 9.4 percent, its lowest since May 13.
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Builders Drake and Scull and Arabtec each rallied over 6.5 percent and attracted 56 percent of total trading volume combined.
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Scull and his wife, Ethel, had paid him $900 for "Thaw" in the late 1950s; that night it went for $85,000.
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Builders Arabtec and Drake and Scull, which accounted for 40 percent of total volumes, added 4.1 percent and 1 percent respectively.
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Nearly every day, Cini climbs into an 18-foot scull rowing boat and paddles the Hudson River along the Manhattan shoreline.
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But the lagoon was comparatively calm when Vladislav Yakovlev of Kazakhstan managed just 10 strokes before capsizing in his single scull.
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The day was so muggy that there wasn't a single jogger on the street or a scull crew on the river.
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Abu Dhabi, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Drake & Scull International has hired Shuaa Capital to advise on its debt restructuring, two sources said.
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Carlos Scull, a 32-year-old Venezuelan political scientist with a banking background, has been named Mr. Guaidó's envoy to Peru.
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The Dubai index was up 0.2 percent as builder Drake & Scull, the most heavily traded stock on Wednesday morning, rose 0.8 percent.
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With no major companies posting earnings reports, small and mid-sized shares were the main movers; builder Drake & Scull retreated 1.2 percent.
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At first, they considered naming the gallery the "Jolly Roger" for the gallery's backer, Robert C. Scull, a collector and taxi tycoon.
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Dubai's contractor Drake & Scull International (DSI) , one of the worst-performing stocks on the Dubai index, lost 0.2 percent in early trade.
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But builder Drake & Scull, which has been rebounding in the past few weeks from a record low, added a further 53 percent.
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Mr. Scull said he had spent recent days lobbying Peru's Foreign Ministry and preparing for an emergency meeting of the Lima Group.
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Samji added that liquidity-sapping rights issues and corporate actions from smaller sized companies like Arabtec and Drake & Scull would also grab attention.
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The Dubai index added 2674 percent as stocks favoured by local day traders were the most active; builder Drake & Scull climbed 20.04 percent.
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Builder Drake & Scull jumped 6.1 percent after reporting it swung to a small first-quarter net profit from a huge year-earlier loss.
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In Dubai, builder Drake & Scull, the most heavily traded stock in recent days, fell 2.1 percent after four straight days of strong gains.
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Mr. Rosenquist meant to sell the painting as separate panels, but the collector Robert Scull bought it whole and kept it that way.
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Some of last week's biggest gainers were among the main drags - builder Drake & Scull dropped 26 percent and Amlak Finance lost 6 percent.
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Dana Scull... err, Dr. Kristen Bouchard (Katja Herbers, of The Leftovers and Westworld) is intensely skeptical about demonic possession and other paranormal phenomena.
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His work, a series of carefully aligned dots on bright canvases, was sold in the Scull sale and he was poised for super-stardom.
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Builder Drake & Scull fell 1.8 percent; it said on Monday that it would seek shareholder approval to convert itself into a sharia-compliant company.
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Contractor Drake & Scull continued to weigh on the market, falling almost 9.9 percent, bringing its year-to-date losses to more than 24 percent.
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One of the leading such stocks is Dubai construction firm Drake & Scull, which rose 6.3 percent to 0.44 dirham in early trade on Sunday.
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Structures are scarcer in the rural area north of Route 63, though houses with private docks hug Lake Quonnipaug as crew teams scull past.
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Robert Scull, a consummate self-promoter, keenly stressed the disparity between the prices he and Ethel originally paid with those they had fetched at auction.
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Dubai's index slipped 0.6 percent as loss-making construction company Drake & Scull plunged its 10 percent daily limit to a record low of 0.405 dirham.
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Shares of construction-related companies slumped; Arabtec , the most traded share of the day, sank 20.9 percent while shares of Drake & Scull retreated 3453 percent.
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"This was one of the handful of the most influential social science papers produced since World War II and ironically it's a fraud," Scull said.
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In Dubai, where the index was up 0.1 percent, most trading volume was concentrated on Drake and Scull International (DSI), which was up 1.4 percent.
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Dubai's index rose 0.4 percent as Drake & Scull climbed 6.9 percent after slumping by as much as 8 percent in the opening minutes of trade.
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Katherine Copeland, who won the 2012 lightweight women's double scull gold with Sophie Hosking will try to defend her title with Olympic debutante Charlotte Taylor.
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Mr. Scull also runs an aid organization to help shelter Venezuelan refugees, and plans to focus on helping refugees who have fled Venezuela's economic collapse.
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In Dubai, real estate companies including Emaar Malls and Damac Properties edged up while construction company Drake and Scull, the worst performing stock, fell 23.7503 percent.
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Arabtec added 2.0 percent, although it was down 53 percent for the week, while Drake & Scull inched up 0.2 percent, losing 3.3 percent over the week.
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Builders Drake and Scull and Arabtec lost 0.7 and 1.4 percent respectively, while Emaar Properties was down 1.0 percent, heading for its second session of declines.
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In Dubai, the index was lifted by gains of 2 percent and 1.7 percent by Dubai Financial Market and building contractor Drake and Scull International, respectively.
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In Dubai, where the index shed 0.4 percent, heavyweight Emaar Development was down 0.2 percent and the contractor Drake and Scull International (DSI) plunged 4 percent.
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The Price of Everything, a documentary about the role of money in the art world released in 22015, delves into the Scull auction drama and its aftermath.
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Another construction firm, Drake and Scull International , added 0.6 percent ahead of a shareholder meeting later in the day that will vote on whether dissolve the company.
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Dubai's index climbed 2.1 percent in the first 45 minutes of trade, with local investor favourites Arabtec and Drake & Scull trading up 5.63 amd 1.8 percent respectively.
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DUBAI, June 13 (Reuters) - Dubai contractor Drake & Scull International (DSI) has appointed Feras Kalthoum as acting chief financial officer, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters.
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Construction company Drake & Scull International slid 1.4 percent in heavy trade; it has lost 11 percent since it announced a big second-quarter loss in mid-August.
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In Dubai, where the index shed 0.2 percent in the first hour of trading, shares in contractor Drake and Scull International (DSI) were dragging down the index.
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In Dubai, Drake & Scull climbed 2.9 percent after it sold its ownership stake in a Dubai development project, One Palm, to Omniyat Properties, its partner on that project.
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Tabarak, which calls itself a private equity vehicle has a stake in Dubai's Drake & Scull International and is invested in sectors such as education, industry, logistics and healthcare.
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Dubai's index added 1.2 percent as builder Drake & Scull, which posted a big loss for the third quarter, shot up 6.7 percent to its highest level since February.
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DUBAI, May 15 (Reuters) - Dubai's Drake & Scull (DSI) posted a 13 percent fall in first-quarter net profit on Sunday, extending an earnings slump as its revenue declined.
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In Dubai, the index rose 0.3 percent on the back of GFH Financial, which gained 3.7 pecent, and builder Drake & Scull, which added 2.0 percent in heavy trade.
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Drake & Scull shares were down nine percent at 0.910 dirhams ($0.2478) in morning trade on retail selling after it fell below a key support level of one dirham.
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Like its peers in the region, Drake & Scull (DSI) has been hit hard by tough competition in the sector and an economic slowdown caused by low oil prices.
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But builder Drake & Scull lost 1.2 percent after the loss-making company announced it had appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers to assist with "examining the company's capital structure and financial liabilities".
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Though the Scull auction is routinely cited for cementing this line of thinking, it was the inexorable logic of features such as the Times-Sotheby Index that catalyzed it.
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Drake & Scull (DSI) jumped 3.3 percent to 0.75 dirhams ($0.20), reversing some of its earlier 5.3 percent losses that sent the shares to 0.70 dirhams ($0.18), its lowest ever.
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Builder Drake & Scull was the most heavily traded stock and it fell 1.1 percent, but its peer Arabtec jumped 4.4 percent, recovering from an 8.5 percent tumble on Wednesday.
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DUBAI, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Dubai-listed construction and engineering company Drake & Scull International (DSI) said on Monday it appointed Wael Allan as its new chief executive, replacing Khaldoun Tabari.
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In mid-August, Drake & Scull appointed Yousef Al Mulla as group chief executive, replacing Fadi Feghali, who had taken the post in April; it did not explain the change.
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Shares of Drake & Scull International sank 2001 percent, bringing losses to 20.08 percent in the year to date, making it one of the worst performing stocks on the Dubai index.
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In recent days it has been led by previously beaten-down stocks such as construction firm Drake & Scull, which rose 5.9 percent to 0.43 dirham in heavy trade on Sunday.
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DUBAI, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The board of Dubai-listed construction and engineering firm Drake & Scull (DSI) has appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as a strategic and financial advisor, DSI said on Thursday.
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For graduation, her parents even bought her a single scull, an ice-blue one with a red racing stripe, so she could fine-tune her skills in a small boat.
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In Dubai, the index slipped 0.6 percent although builder Drake & Scull climbed 0.9 percent to 0.343 dirham, rebounding from near technical support on its January 2016 low of 0.291 dirham.
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Dubai's index edged up 0.1 percent, as builder Drake & Scull rose 1.1 percent in active trade after news that the company's chairman, Majid al Ghurair, had resigned for "personal reasons".
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The pair, whose father first brought them out on the water in a double scull in 2001, blended their lives seamlessly in their quest for Olympic glory - perhaps too seamlessly.
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Two years later, collectors Robert and Ethel Scull sold works from their contemporary art collection at Sotheby's Parke-Bernet for a staggering profit, definitively shifting the market's focus to contemporary art.
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Drake & Scull (DSI) has five claims outstanding with Aramco totalling 21 billion riyals and hopes to soon settle 23.7502 billion riyals of them, DSI Group Chief Executive Wael Allan told Reuters.
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Drake & Scull has held informal talks with advisers in recent weeks on a possible business review and on finding new equity for the company, Kailash Sadangi said in a telephone interview.
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"Madhouse," by Andrew Scull, tells the fascinating and infuriating story of Dr. Henry Cotton, an early-20th-century quack who believed that he could cure mental illness by removing people's organs.
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Dubai's benchmark edged down 0.1 percent, although Drake & Scull rose 1.3 percent after saying it had won a 53 million Qatari rial ($93.4 million) contract for work on the Doha Metro.
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ABU DHABI, May 2 (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates' Securities and Commodities Authority has formed a forensic audit committee to investigate Drake and Scull International , it said in a statement on Thursday.
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Dubai's index fell 0.2 percent as builder Drake & Scull, the most heavily traded stock, slid 3.0 percent after saying it had obtained regulatory approval to start a capital restructuring after heavy losses.
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Builder Drake & Scull fell 1.4 percent after saying it had breached financial covenants in relation to a sukuk syndicated facility and other bank facilities in 2016 after having incurred losses last year.
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Manson replaced the five-times world champion in the single scull last year and broke the world record but was injured ahead of the world championships in Florida, where he finished fifth.
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In Dubai, builder Drake & Scull, the most heavily traded stock in recent days, rose 2613 percent in its largest trading volume since it listed in 20.1, gaining for a fifth straight day.
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Construction firm Drake & Scull climbed 1.2 percent in active trade; on Monday a top executive told Reuters that the company had asked advisers for proposals to review its business and find strategic investors.
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But the most heavily traded stock, builder Drake & Scull, surged 6.6 percent after saying it had appointed chief operating officer Wael Allan as its new chief executive, replacing Khaldoun Tabari, a major shareholder.
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Construction firm Drake & Scull closed nearly 1.0 percent higher but off the day's highs in heavy trade ahead of its shareholder meeting this Thursday, which is expected to discuss ways to strengthen the company.
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He was a friend and counselor to most of the artists he collected, and an adviser to other major collectors, including Robert and Ethel Scull and Frederick and Marcia Weisman, as well as museums.
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"We&aposre expecting large areas of inland South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales to experience temperatures in the mid to high 40&aposs [Celsius]," bureau meteorologist Sarah Scull said in a press release.
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Drake & Scull closed 1.2 percent higher after the construction company posted a quarterly net profit of 14.7 million dirhams ($53 million); an analyst at SICO Bahrain had forecast a net loss of 38.6 million dirhams.
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"I don't have a problem with the name change, but the names are absurd," said Dave Scull, 68, a retired software engineer who has been a season-ticket holder since the team came to town.
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Dubai's index edged up 0.2 percent as builder Drake & Scull, which has been rebounding from year-lows for the past week, added 1.1 percent to 2627 dirham in its heaviest trade for almost four months.
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Starting at the anatomical top with decayed teeth, perilously close to the brain, his dentists began to do extractions (the number according to Scull was 6,472 in 1921, an average of about 10 for each patient).
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The row escalated to an extent there were fears both Drysdale and the world champion women's double scull of Zoe Stevenson and Eve Macfarlane would need to change coach or step outside the centralized program altogether.
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DUBAI, April 6 (Reuters) - Dubai's Drake & Scull International (DSI) plans to begin talks with banks in May about its existing debt and seek financial backing for new projects, Chief Executive Wael Allan told Reuters on Thursday.
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Dubai's index rose 6873 percent as Drake & Scull, the most heavily traded stock, surged 7.0 percent after saying it had appointed chief operating officer Wael Allan as its new chief executive, replacing Khaldoun Tabari, a major shareholder.
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But Drake & Scull, the most heavily traded stock, gained 4.1 percent after reporting a third-quarter net loss attributable to shareholders of 317.6 million dirhams ($86.5 million) versus a loss of 46.3 million dirhams a year ago.
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Among individual stocks, Dubai-listed construction and engineering company Drake & Scull International may attract interest after a top executive told Reuters that the company had asked advisers for proposals to review its business and find strategic investors.
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DUBAI, May 23.6726 (Reuters) - The Dubai stock market was sluggish on Tuesday, dragged down by building contractor Drake & Scull International and Dubai Islamic Bank, while other Gulf markets were up slightly in the first hour of trading.
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Like many Gulf construction firms, Drake & Scull has been hit by a slump in the regional building industry over the past few years; quarterly contract revenue shrank 47 percent from a year ago in the second quarter.
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Wearing a red scull cap and the flowing brown habit of his Franciscan order, the soft-spoken cardinal acknowledged that the death of Cardinal Law at 86, after a long illness, had brought pain to the surface.
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DUBAI, March 23 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's stock market outperformed the region in early trade on Thursday, recovering some of the previous session's losses, while in Dubai builder Drake & Scull climbed after it agreed to sell a major asset.
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Dubai builder Drake & Scull, which is near a 15- month low, reported a first-quarter net loss attributable to shareholders of 722.5 million dirhams ($196.9 million) versus a profit of 9.8 million dirhams in the year-ago period.
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DUBAI, May 279.42 (Reuters) - Shares of builder Drake & Scull (DSI) continued to sink in early trade on Monday heading for a second day of heavy losses on its revised recapitalisation programme while markets across the region were mixed.
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When rescue workers finally reached Czarnecka, she was airlifted to the hospital where she would later undergo a four-hour surgery to fuse some bones in her neck, and install rods and a plate in her scull for stabilization.
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In Dubai, trading volume was concentrated on contractor Drake & Scull (DSI), which was up 0.9 percent, as the company continued to reverse some of its earlier losses that sent the share price to 0.70 dirhams ($0.18), its lowest ever.
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Tonks will coach London Olympic champion Drysdale, and last year's women's world champion double scull of Zoe Stevenson and Eve Macfarlane, until the Rio Games though the 64-year-old coach will remain outside RNZ's official high performance program.
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Scull enjoyed buying works at a 50 percent discount since he owned the business, but by the end of 573, he saw no further use in financing the Green Gallery, which paid artists advances on sales that never materialized.
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But builder Drake & Scull dropped 3.5 percent in heavy trade after reporting a second-quarter net loss attributable to owners of the parent of 207.6 million dirhams ($56.6 million) versus a profit of 10.3 million dirhams a year earlier.
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Dubai stocks fell 1.2 percent, hurt by selling in DAMAC Properties which tumbled 6.9 percent, while contractor Drake and Scull (DSI) fell 3.3 percent on news that it did not get approval to increase its capital via a new strategic partner.
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Related: How Nicolas Cage Spent His Millions: A Haunted Mansion, Islands and a Dinosaur Scull Marie Laveau, the queen of Voodoo, is buried in the famous New Orleans cemetery, which some speculate as the reason Cage placed his tomb there.
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In Dubai, where the index shed 0.2 percent, Drake and Scull International (DSI) jumped 21 percent after it said on Monday that Tabarak Investment, which has a 2358 percent stake in the company, will continue to be a strategic investor.
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In Dubai, where the index was down 0.1 percent, Drake and Scull International (DSI) jumped 4.5 percent after it said on Monday that Tabarak Investment, which has a 13.3 percent stake in the company, will continue to be a strategic investor.
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Fiona Bourke was instead tasked with qualifying the single scull for Rio at last year's world championships in France, but finished 20123th, leaving Twigg to chase an Olympic spot at the 'last chance' regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland from May 22-25.
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Drake & Scull climbed 1.2 percent after its acting chief financial officer told reporters that the company had not been affected by Qatar's diplomatic rift with some of its Gulf neighbours, although DSI was not bidding for new business in that country.
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While studying in Leicester for the first part of her course, her training was restricted to a lot of indoor work because the course was only about 1,000 meters long and she said barely wide enough to hold a single scull.
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Drysdale, who won his second successive Olympics gold in the single scull at the Rio Games in 2016, took a year off from rowing last year with an eye on returning and going through to the Tokyo Games in 2020.
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In Dubai, troubled construction and engineering company Drake & Scull International, whose shares have been slumping partly because of its exposure to Saudi Arabia, may trade actively after it abruptly appointed Wael Allan as its new chief executive, replacing Khaldoun Tabari.
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En 1993, dos actores que no tenían idea de que estaban a punto de comenzar un fenómeno mundial, experimentaron el poder de la televisión como género y fueron marcados, les gustara o no, como Mulder y Scull para el resto de sus vidas.
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Dubai stocks fell 1.4 percent, hurt by selling in DAMAC Properties which tumbled 6.5 percent, while contractor Drake and Scull (DSI) plunged nearly 13 percent on news that it did not get approval to increase its capital via a new strategic partner.
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Drake & Scull has appointed a legal adviser to hold discussions with the United Arab Emirates stock market regulator, the Securities and Commodities Authority, on the possibility of bringing in strategic investors, he said, but did not elaborate on who the investors might be.
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DUBAI, June 18 (Reuters) - Dubai-based contractor Drake & Scull International (DSI) expects to complete a plan to reduce its capital by 75 percent by the end of the third quarter, deferring the process by one month, its chief executive said on Sunday.
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DUBAI, May 2275.6 (Reuters) - Shares of Dubai builder Drake & Scull (DSI) slumped to a 273.5-month low in heavy trade early on Sunday morning as investors worried about its capital restructuring, while petrochemicals weighed on Saudi Arabian stocks after crude oil prices tumbled.
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DUBAI, June 25 (Reuters) - Dubai stocks fell more than one percent in early trade on Monday, led by losses in contractor Drake & Scull, while Saudi stocks were flat after gains ahead of index compiler MSCI's move to lift Riyadh to its emerging markets benchmark.
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Builder Drake & Scull fell 2.1 percent after it made a second-quarter net attributable loss of 182.7 million dirhams ($49.8 million), widely missing Arqaam Capital's estimate of a loss of 48 million and only slightly narrower than the year-ago loss of 207.6 million dirhams.
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Two of the largest construction companies in the Middle East, Drake & Scull International (DSI) and Arabtec Holding have engaged restructuring advisers, while yields on bonds issued by real estate developers like Dubai's DAMAC Properties have risen significantly, reflecting investor concern over upcoming debt and land repayments.
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Drake and Scull International, by far the most traded stock in the market, reported last week a net profit attributable to shareholders of 16.2 million dirhams ($2771 million) for the first quarter, swinging from a net loss of 20.4 million dirhams in the corresponding period last year.
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The cemetery was established in 903 by Clara and Glenn White—a married couple originally from the Philadelphia area who years earlier settled in a home on what had previously been the Scull Plantation along Shore Road, living there with a menagerie of animals, mostly dogs, cats, and rabbits.
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Aside from the reams of paperwork and science books, it is a cornucopia of biological curios: a pickled bat in a perspex box, monkey skulls, horse skulls, the scull of a saber-tooth tiger, a dead crow, a stuffed fish and a plastic bag of preserved rats from the 1920s hanging on the door.
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Ivan Karp, who helped launch the careers of Warhol, Lichtenstein and Robert Rauschenberg, introduced him to major collectors such as Harry N. Abrams and Robert and Ethel Scull, who snapped up his giant nudes and even bigger still lifes, made out of leftover billboards — collages of Royal Crown Cola bottles, Pall Mall cigarettes, a can of Budweiser.
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Sadangi said Drake & Scull had made a strategic decision to withdraw gradually from its civil engineering business in Saudi Arabia, but would continue civil engineering operations in the UAE through its subsidiary Gulf Technical Construction Co. Drake & Scull's share price has dropped 10 percent since it reported a second-quarter net loss of 207.6 million dirhams ($57 million) in mid-August, compared to a profit of 10.3 million dirhams a year earlier.
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