Vive la Resolution
Jungian platitudes with a side order of sea parsley? Vanessa Neumann on the curious notions we are willing to entertain…
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No Lehman is an Island
Who didn’t enjoy watching the unlovable chumps of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers getting their comeuppance? Trouble is, we’re all…
ByConfessions of a Wealth Addict
It’s been years since I kicked the wealth habit. I don’t do money anymore. Haven’t had any since 2005. It’s…
ByGucci Wars: How I Survived Murder and Intrigue at the Heart of the World’s Biggest Fashion House
Gucci Wars: How I Survived Murder and Intrigue at the Heart of the World’s Biggest Fashion House Jenny Gucci John…
ByIt’s Not All About Money: Memoirs of a Private Banker
It’s Not All About Money Memoirs of a Private BankerHans J Baer Beaufort Books Review by Martin Vander Weyer ‘The…
ByWealth, War and Wisdom
Wealth, War and Wisdom Barton Biggs Wiley Review by Christopher Silvester Reading this book while the world gets to grips…
ByIt’s Not All About Money: Memoirs of a Private Banker
‘The little gnomes of Zurich’ was a phrase famously used by prime minister Harold Wilson in 1964 to describe Swiss…
ByGucci Wars: How I Survived Murder and Intrigue at the Heart of the World’s Biggest Fashion House
You’ll be expecting Tom Ford, of course. But there isn’t a word about him here. How could you publish a…
ByStuck in the Middle with You
We’re living through topsy-turvy times, and one of the things we’ve lost in the confusion is our parents’ sense of…
ByPrententious, Moi?
Let’s face it, we’re all fakers, at least some of the time. So go easy on the poseurs and the…
ByThe double standards of justice
The reason Black should be commuted is that – living as he was in a $35 million Palm Beach mansion,…
ByPumping Iron
Almost the first thing that President-elect Obama did after winning his landslide victory was to pick up his black sports…
ByTo Go Or Not To Go
A simple invitation can unleash a Shakespearean drama of chronic indecision, says Alessandro Tom’. A simple invitation can unleash a…
ByPrivate Concerns
You take your Ferrari for a spin around Belgravia, your favourite London restaurants are Scott’s and the Square, and you…
ByThe Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High Rollers, and the Great Credit Crash
The Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High Rollers, and the Great Credit Crash Charles R Morris Public Affairs Is there…
ByCommodore: The Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
Commodore: The Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt Edward J Renehan, Jr Basic Books Last year, when the New York Times published…
ByExtreme Value Hedging: How Activist Hedge Fund Managers are Taking on the World
Extreme Value Hedging: How Activist Hedge Fund Managers are Taking on the World Ronald D. Orol Wiley In June 2006,…
ByThe Eccentric Billionaire: John D MacArthur – Empire Builder, Reluctant Philanthropist, Relentless Adversary
The Eccentric Billionaire: John D MacArthur – Empire Builder, Reluctant Philanthropist, Relentless Adversary Nancy Kriplen Amacom John D MacArthur is…
ByHow'd You Like Those Pepysers?
Vanessa Neumann struggles to get her tongue and her head around the barbarism that is English pronounciation. English is a…
ByEnough Already!
The sheer abundance of stuff in today’s supermarkets makes you long for simpler times when less really was more, says…
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