Hurt Locker hailed
There is no doubt that the Hurt Locker was the most deserving winner at the Oscars last night in Hollywood.…
ByMonth: March 2010
Spring Schadenfreude
‘The idea of a common market with a common currency is the stuff of economic nonsense’ – prophetic words. In…
ByETA tottering
This latest blow to ETA threatens to be a final for the leadership which has seen six key members imprisoned…
ByReuters: Rothschild plans to double
LONDON (Reuters) – Anglo-French banking group Rothschild ROT.UL plans to at least double the size of its British private banking…
ByBloomberg: Deutsche looking at ex-pat Indians
March 4 (Bloomberg) — Deutsche Bank AG, Germany’s biggest bank, plans to double the assets it manages for wealthy Indians…
ByFT: HMRC to name tax evaders
A fresh assault on tax evasion has been launched by HM Revenue & Custom after new legislation allowing the publication…
ByWBrief: Schroders PB profits down 50%
Profits at the private banking arm of Schroders, the London-listed firm, slid by almost half to £20.1 million (around $30.3…
ByTimes: Prokhorov loses £36m deposit
A lump sum of -40 million (£36 million) will buy a sumptuous mansion on the French Riviera. Russia’s richest man…
ByReuters: Sarasin profits up 6% ’09
ZURICH, March 2 (Reuters) – Private bank Sarasin (BSAN.S) set ambitious new targets for assets under management after booking a…
ByWBrief: HSBC PB profits down 21%
The private banking division of HSBC, the UK-listed bank, said today that its pre-tax profit for 2009 was $1.1 billion,…
ByGreening Philanthropy
How many philanthropists does it take to change a lightbulb? None: they just fund a project helping disadvantaged youth to…
ByST: Candys to buy Grosvenor House?
THE Candy brothers, property developers to the super-rich, are poised to enter the bidding battle for the Grosvenor House hotel…
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