It wasn't torture
The issue of whether the techniques reach the American criminal test for torture has never been before a court. The…
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Forthcoming attractions
The new issue of Spear’s is almost upon us and so I thought I would share some of the highlights…
ByWBull: HSBC apologises for data theft
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ByBillionaires bounce back
The new Forbes World’s Billionaires List has been released and it shows that there are nearly a quarter more biilionaires…
ByFinancial News: Cazenove man found guilty of insider trading
Malcolm Calvert, a City veteran and former Cazenove partner known by his peers as ‘Streaky’, has been found guilty of…
ByWithers: Budget Predictions
Law firm Withers are first out of the gate with their pre-Budget predictions. Herewith the results. Law firm Withers are…
ByWSJ: US millionaire nos soar
The number of U.S. households with a net worth of $1 million or more, not including primary residence, jumped 16%…
ByUruguay, The Best Tax Haven You’ve Never Heard Of
Uruguay is one of the least known but most enticing locations for high net worths and their businesses thanks to…
ByHurt Locker hailed
There is no doubt that the Hurt Locker was the most deserving winner at the Oscars last night in Hollywood.…
BySpring Schadenfreude
‘The idea of a common market with a common currency is the stuff of economic nonsense’ – prophetic words. In…
ByETA tottering
This latest blow to ETA threatens to be a final for the leadership which has seen six key members imprisoned…
ByReuters: Rothschild plans to double
LONDON (Reuters) – Anglo-French banking group Rothschild ROT.UL plans to at least double the size of its British private banking…
ByBloomberg: Deutsche looking at ex-pat Indians
March 4 (Bloomberg) — Deutsche Bank AG, Germany’s biggest bank, plans to double the assets it manages for wealthy Indians…
ByFT: HMRC to name tax evaders
A fresh assault on tax evasion has been launched by HM Revenue & Custom after new legislation allowing the publication…
ByWBrief: Schroders PB profits down 50%
Profits at the private banking arm of Schroders, the London-listed firm, slid by almost half to £20.1 million (around $30.3…
ByTimes: Prokhorov loses £36m deposit
A lump sum of -40 million (£36 million) will buy a sumptuous mansion on the French Riviera. Russia’s richest man…
ByReuters: Sarasin profits up 6% ’09
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ByWBrief: HSBC PB profits down 21%
The private banking division of HSBC, the UK-listed bank, said today that its pre-tax profit for 2009 was $1.1 billion,…
ByGreening Philanthropy
How many philanthropists does it take to change a lightbulb? None: they just fund a project helping disadvantaged youth to…
ByST: Candys to buy Grosvenor House?
THE Candy brothers, property developers to the super-rich, are poised to enter the bidding battle for the Grosvenor House hotel…
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