Poll Position
Good polls are the ones you can control. Bad polls are the ones that involve money and phoning 1378 men…
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Black & Blue Friday
You’d think I’d know better at my age, but apparently hope does indeed spring eternal. You’d think I’d know better…
ByFuture Map
The winner of the first 176 / Zabludowicz Collection Future Map Prize has been chosen. Cindie Cheung was selected for…
ByTimes: Deripaska races to refinance
Oleg Deripaska, the Russian oligarch, is in a race against time to complete the $7.4 billion (£4.5 billion) refinancing of…
ByAFP: Swiss tell 500 UBS clients of data transfer
BERN Swiss authorities said Tuesday they had informed more than 500 UBS clients suspected of having evaded taxes in the…
ByLula and Ahmadinejad
What’s Lula up to by hosting and defending such a global enfant terrible? Same as always, in a word: power.…
ByA Ruination of Macroeconomists
At the most recent Adam Smith Lunch at Boodle’s, in the presence of senior business figures and economists, Dr Peter…
ByHer Imperial Command
Some traits are clearly genetically inherited: dark eyes and male pattern baldness instantly come to mind. But entrepreneurialism? Is there…
ByCity AM: Spencer-Churchill Miller to target MFOs
WEALTH management firm Spencer-Churchill Miller Private (SCM Private), run by star fund manager Alan Miller, plans to target family offices,…
BySTel: City workers flock to Swiss relocation seminar
With rooms at up to £8,000 a night, which includes the use of a private butler, the Lanesborough hotel in…
BySnow Time Like the Present
His Excellency confirmed that the Cresta Club was very worried about the effects of global warming on the run. In…
ByWSJ: Moody’s downgrades UBS across the board
Moody’s Investors Service downgraded various ratings on Swiss bank UBS AG, citing challenges in its investment-banking and wealth-management businesses. Moody’s…
ByWBrief: Coutts to treble Private Office team
Coutts & Co, the private banking arm of Royal Bank of Scotland, aims to treble the size of its Private…
ByBack to a Bonus Bonanza
It’s no wonder that the American people are furious, says Rob Cox: bonuses are back and bigger than ever DUDE,…
ByThe Minsky Moment
The fight to stop Great Depression 2 is far from over. In 2008, we saw the Keynesian Stimulus Cure and…
ByTen ways to kill your business
A recent New York Times blog and a business book published last year cover the same territory: the many ways…
ByNYT: 14,700 take up US tax amnesty
Fear, apparently, can be a powerful inducement. Fear, apparently, can be a powerful inducement. The Internal Revenue Service said Tuesday…
By“No we can't!”
Bob the Builder’s gleeful cry “Yes we can!” isn’t matched by Brown the Banker, unfortunately for the UK-taxpayer. Bob the…
ByPalin on Oprah
I wasn’t quite sure what to expect, having never watched Oprah before, but I couldn’t resist watching Sarah Palin. I…
ByBooze Control
So far, the most memorable events in my life have been enhanced by the presence of alcohol. Could a great…
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