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FT: Grübel stepped down over strategy
UBS chief executive Oswald Grübel resigned after the board refused to back his plans to overhaul the bank’s strategy and…
ByNo puedes comprarme amor, or Can’t buy me love
What do Spain’s most titled woman and one of Liverpool’s best-loved sons have in common? The answer, say Annmarie Gosling…
ByPassenger, ENO
I had prepared myself for a harrowing experience I had prepared myself for a harrowing experience while I settled into…
ByCan You Split This?
There’s plenty of change when it comes to splitting the money in a divorce, says Tanya Roberts of Charles Russell…
ByIndy: Vincent Tchenguiz settles with Kaupthing
The property tycoon Vincent Tchenguiz has settled his £1.5bn dispute with the collapsed Icelandic bank Kaupthing, which has seen him…
ByNYT: Obama favours Buffett Rule to make millionaires pay more
WASHINGTON President Obama on Monday will call for a new minimum tax rate for individuals making more than $1 million…
ByEarly intervention by private funding can save billions, report says
Early intervention can significantly reduce the economic cost of some of the UK’s most difficult social problems, currently £100 billion…
ByFT: Adoboli allegedly used Kerviel tactics
Kweku Adoboli, the trader charged with blowing a $2.3bn hole in the books of UBS, allegedly disguised huge lossmaking positions…
ByUseless Bloody Swiss!
Adoboli has done us all a favour: we all now know casino banks are definitely a waste of time and…
ByJosh Spero on the BBC World Service
Spear’s editor Josh Spero has been interviewed for the BBC World Service on African investment. Click here to listen to…
BySeeing Swarovski's Sights (and the Heights) at St Paul's
If you’ve ever found climbing to the top of St Paul’s Geometric Staircase a little tiring, the new installation of…
ByThree cheers for UBS's rogue trader?
In the week of the Vickers Report, what better evidence that investment banks and retail banks should be separated? Following…
ByThe Zagats talk Google and celebrity chefs
Just as The Ivy has become London’s most popular restaurant, according to the new 2012 London restaurant survey from Zagat,…
ByHow the Vickers Report Affects the Wealthy
The Vickers Report on banking reform, published today, provided little clarity on how HNW private banking clients would be affected…
ByWho owns the landscape?
How do we balance the Arcadia of the English countryside with more housing, better transport and climate control? Aristocrats, farmers…
ByDown and Out in Paris, Berlin, Athens…
London has a chance, not a great one, but only because we are not saddled with the euro straitjacket We…
ByAFP: Hurun announces wealthiest Chinese
SHANGHAI A machinery tycoon topped a list of China’s richest people released on Wednesday, as the world’s second biggest economy…
ByA Sour August for Oenophiles, says Mark Bedini of Fine+Rare
Following a poor August for the Liv-Ex fine wine index, which declined by 4 per cent, Mark Bedini of wine…
ByWilliam Cash on The Class Ceiling on Radio 4
Here are some key quotes from William Cash’s interview with Peter York and Polly Toynbee on The Class Ceiling on…
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