Royal Mint's first Sh?ngxi’o Lunar coin reflects strong UK-China relations
With the coins acting as investment assets, as collectables and as a safe and traceable medium for buying bullion, the…
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How do family businesses survive betrayal?
THE ENEMY WITHIN The spirit and attachments that make a family business great can also be the very things that…
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EMerging’s FinFair is a Second Life for financial professionals
Usually, attending a professional fair means visiting some conference hall in the back of beyond, or perhaps a marquee in…
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Eike Batista's failure should make billionaires fear for their fortunes
Brazilian entrepreneur Eike Batista said he could become the world’s richest man. Fast forward a few months and things aren’t…
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How to become an accountant
Accountants have been providing financial information and strategic guidance to organisations for hundreds of years. Organisations of every size around…
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A family constitution helps the next generation transition. Just look at the Royal Family
During his first investiture ceremony, Prince William nervously wielded the investiture sword over Andy Murray’s shoulders to dub him a…
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QE boom is hurting BRICs
The unproven long-term use of ongoing doses and overdoses of QE, along with its necessary pre-condition of ultra-low interest rates,…
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Colombia’s millionaire population hits a high
The study found that the number of millionaires in the Latin American country rose by 39 per cent between 2007…
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Ashoka fellow Charlie Alcock brings ‘Streetherapy’ to young offenders with MAC-UK
SIX YEARS AGO, Charlie Alcock was working in an NHS mental health clinic with back-to-back referrals for young offenders. None…
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Colombia's millionaire population hits a high
Colombia has bounced back from the financial crisis better than the rest of the world as its number of millionaires…
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The City benefits from George Osborne’s Chinese takeaway
George Osborne’s recent announcement of a mega-deal with Beijing to provide renminbi trading and purchasing in the City has received…
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The City benefits from George Osborne's Chinese takeaway
A new mega deal with Beijing providing Yuan trading and purchasing in the City echoes China’s New Silk Road policy…
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Trillionaires on the way as wealth gap widens – for now
Global wealth has reached an all-time record of $241 trillion but wealth concentration remains high, with less than a tenth…
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In debt ceiling negotiations, who will blink first?
Right now, just such a piece of paper is circulating in Washington, called the Total Debt Ceiling Bill. This paper…
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Scotland’s oldest family businesses revealed
An Auchtermuchty-based manufacturer of scales and weighing tools is Scotland’s oldest family business, a new report has found. John White…
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Scotland's oldest family businesses revealed
John White & Son was established by John White as a beam scale business in 1715 ’ the year of…
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Last week Ross William Ulbricht, aka Dread Pirate Roberts (pictured below), was arrested for violation of US narcotics law. Ulbricht…
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Float fever hits the City as companies rush to market
‘Float fever’ is hitting the City as we see the government and companies selling off shares in companies they own…
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The 15 most successful women in business
Author: Peter Matthews A host of contenders vie for a slot on our list. They have not only succeeded in…
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The Tea Party have Obama where they want him and don’t mind the government shutdown
October has become the month when financial crises and collapses tend to happen, seemingly out of the blue. Summer, it…
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