Shares in the Chinese building exterior and interior designer led by Beijing billionaire Liu Zaiwang edged up by 0.2% on Thursday after the company posted a big rise in 2012 net profit.

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Capacity building, through artisan and designer collaboration, transferred and honed the skill level of the craftspeople in pit-loom woven fabric, chunri making skills, embroidery and ralli-making and developed designs to attract the contemporary market demands.

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When fashion king Calvin Klein first purchased the South half of the 5, 000-square-foot, two-level penthouse in the iconic Art Deco building at 55 Central Park West, the designer installed a hot tub on the rooftop terrace.

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Building on the opposites-attract style that emerged in recent seasons, designer Ann Yee says she was inspired to use "unexpected combinations" in her collection.

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Her saga makes me wonder what Sheryl Sandberg would say about the choices she made: Kay Keaney was a 40-year-old interior designer at a California medical company where she had a big portfolio of responsibilities that included planning building interiors and managing construction.

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Along with Michael Flexer and designer Nicci Gabriel, the bootstrapped company Duck Duck Moose was founded in 2008, and got to work building an app especially for tykes.

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