Sotheby’s profits down nearly 40%, sales down to $5.4bn, but private sales up 11%
This decrease is largely attributable to a $79.4 million (11%) drop in auction commission revenues resulting from a 10% reduction…
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The report shows that 13 per cent of clients were unhappy with their lawyers, complaining in some cases of an…
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ByRihanna shines like a diamond. My clients don't always
Does my client believe it projects a subliminal message? In that playing the song, she’ll dazzle like a diamond? I’m…
ByFF&P on How HNWs Will be Affected by the UK's Credit Rating Downgrade
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ByPilotlight reaches ten years of connecting City folk and charities
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ByTop Family Lawyers Say Divorce Outcomes are Becoming More Uncertain
By allowing legally irrelevant evidence to be heard in court, judges are increasing the financial uncertainty surrounding divorce JUDGES ARE…
ByTitanic II to sail into iceberg of bad taste
All I want from Titanic II is for Julian Fellowes to be on the first voyage. Then it will have…
ByWhat are the Big Risks Faced by Charities Today?
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ByDaily Mail: Titanic II to launch, replicating interiors and class system
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ByWhat’s Behind an Increase in Mortgage Lending?
Having operated at greatly reduced levels both in terms of aggregate volume and value since the global crash of 2007,…
ByAfter Hauser & Wirth’s 20th anniversary, why is Iwan Wirth setting up a gallery in Somerset?
Somerset Nous After reaching the top of the art world, where else does one go but to Somerset? Super-gallerist and…
BySuper-Gallerist Iwan Wirth on Setting Up His Next Gallery in Somerset
After reaching the top of the art world, where else does one go but to Somerset? Super-gallerist and unlikely English…
BySpear’s Exclusive: Kim Dotcom says US Government Drove Internet Activist Aaron Swartz to His Death
Internet activist and Reddit founder Aaron Swartz was driven to his death by the American government, Kim Dotcom, the embattled…
BySexual Harassment and the City
Sexual harrassment allegations against Lord Rennard have highlighted ‘neanderthal behaviour’ in Westminster. The same could be said of the City.…
ByReview: The Bride and the Bachelors: Duchamp with Cage, Cunningham, Rauschenberg and Johns
The Barbican’s show is an expansive distillation (if you will) of the many ways these five artists unpicked the seams…
ByMoody's Downgrade Is Symbolic – But Still Correct
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ByPeter Burgess on How to Set Up a Successful Family Law Boutique
Peter Burgess has left Withers to set up his own family law boutique, Burgess Mee. Hughes Fowler Carruthers and Levison…
ByIf Oscar Pistorius Jumped Bail, What Would He Do Next?
If Paralympian Oscar Pistorius jumps bail, what would he do next? He won’t be the first HNW to attempt to…
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