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Oscar Humphries on Le Bristol quite possibly Paris’s most perfect palace hotel Oscar Humphries on Le Bristol — quite possibly…
ByMonth: July 2009
Manchester Festival Diary
I have gone to the Manchester International Festival and will be blogging about the sights and sounds of the city…
BySal Oppenheim denies it needs extra capital
Sal Oppenheim, the largest independent German private bank, has moved to quash reports that it could require extra capital. Sal…
ByWSJ: Swiss govt will stop UBS handing over names
BERN, Switzerland — The Swiss government said it will block UBS AG from handing out confidential client data to U.S.…
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Tel: Millionaire builds largest folly for a century
A millionaire landowner has defied the recession by having an extravagant 65ft folly built on his 1,700 acre Rushmore Estate…
ByThe idea of Earnest
Is there anything more frightening than the idea of The Importance of Being Earnest in the Regents Park Open Air…
ByJoin My Jet Club
The current economic climate may not be the best time for luxury industries to taxi along the runway, but the…
ByPeople Will Talk: Banned!
We want to hear what you’ve overheard. Let us know here! Real Words from Real People in the Real World…
ByOne & Other & I
I have applied to be in One & Other. Suggestions welcome below for what I should do (tho’ I have…
ByNYT: UBS banker stole millions, fled to Argentina
He grew up in elite circles in Buenos Aires, acquiring the polish and privileged connections that paved the way for…
ByGuardian: Chris Hohn donated £486m last year
The secretive hedge fund manager and philanthropist Chris Hohn last year donated almost half a billion pounds to the children’s…
ByKPMG: Banking consolidation to continue
The credit crisis appears to have done little to dampen expectations of pending international consolidation across the private banking and…
ByBloomberg: HSBC asked clients to reveal names
July 3 (Bloomberg) — HSBC Holdings Plc’s Swiss private bank last September asked clients and independent money managers to surrender…
BySTel: Big names back Kleinwort Benson buyout
Sir John Bond, the chairman of Vodafone, and Simon Robertson, the chairman of Rolls-Royce, are among a clutch of City…
BySpear’s Book Awards on Newsnight
Newsnight last night (Wednesday 1st July) had a debate which featured two nominees from the same category in the Spear’s…
ByCredit Suisse offers up names of French clients
In what is shaping up as the latest assault on Swiss banking confidentially, Credit Suisse has said it will pass…
BySpear’s Book Awards
The Landau at The Langham, London 30th June The inaugural Spear’s Book Awards, celebrating the very best books of the…
ByGetSomeKulture
There are only so many pictures of polar bears on melting icebergs that one can take. Happily, the GSK exhibition…
ByArresting the decline at SIS
Whether Sawers can reverse the decline in SIS’s fortunes managed by Scarlett remains to be seen Britain’s ambassador to the…
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