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London developers are again busily flogging off-plan apartments to Asian investors. Prospective buyers would do well to ponder the lessons…
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The Uncertainty Principle
For now, large-scale fiscal and monetary stimulus appears to have saved our collective bacon — but that phase of recovery…
ByGive as Good as You Got
Having been all hard-nosed and ruthless in the making of their fortunes, too many would-be philanthropists go all soft and…
ByCome Fly With Me?
Having taken off in the boom years, private jet firms crash-landed in the bust. Where now for the industry, asks…
BySotheby’s: Chatsworth sale smashes expectations
CHATSWORTH, 7th October, 2010 — The third and final day of Chatsworth: The Attic Sale was driven by the relentless…
ByZinfandel
Real words from the real world: Zinfandel Asked by my hostess to bring a bottle of vin rose, Anthony Haden-guest…
ByWBrief: UBS reshuffles Asia Pacific UHNW execs
UBS has announced major changes to its executive line-up to capture more of the Asia Pacific region’s expanding market for…
ByLetter from Brum
Click here to read my latest update from the Tory party conference in Birmingham Tuesday 5/10, 14.50 Have emerged from…
ByCash Never Sleeps
Wall Street pulled off the difficult trick of making a supposedly evil, vile, greedy Nero of finance a compelling and…
ByKen we stop it?
In the Sunday papers Ken Clarke is warning that there could be a double-dip, but it’s already started, Ken. Ken!…
ByThey’re Forever Bursting Bubbles
It’s not hedge funds’ fault that they’re so good at sensing (and shorting) trouble, says Sebastian Mallaby. Christopher Silvester meets…
ByRum Business or Jamaican Fizz?
Jamaica wants to become the Caribbean’s next big investment magnet. Think about it and you’ll realise that’s not as unlikely…
ByTel: Non-res tax-payers leaving UK
One in eight people registered in Britain as non-resident for tax purposes left the country in the last year for…
ByBond. Annette Bond.
London is a truly wonderful city. I need to remind myself of that sometimes, or something happens to remind me.…
ByWBrief: Asian HNWs grow by 20%
The wealth of Asia-Pacific high net worth individuals and their population rose sharply last year, while their holdings of property…
ByBBC: HSBC clients’ names handed to HMRC
Hundreds of wealthy UK taxpayers have been sent letters by HM Revenue & Customs over possible large-scale tax evasion, the…
ByTension Rising
To Olyvia Fine Art for Sold Out, for some serious face-time with one of my favourites, Robert Rauschenberg. To Olyvia…
ByResponse to non-compliance crackdown
On Monday 20 September Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander announced new plans to tackle non-compliance in the tax…
ByInflation? Deflation?
The problem is that inflation and deflation are both present. How can this be? While the world keeps its fingers…
ByThe Virgin Sturgeon
Spear’s has struck a deal with King’s Fine Foods, Britain’s largest importers of caviar and suppliers of provisions to Fortnum…
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