In praise of waterboarding
On each occasion waterboarding has elicited valuable information that has saved lives. According to evidence given to Congress, water-boarding has…
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Survey: half of clients unhappy with wealth managers
Just 50 percent of clients are satisfied with their main provider of wealth management services, according to a new private…
ByThe world's bank
Lending money to the real down-and-outers whose credit has gone ping ’ that’s what the IMF is up to. Lending…
ByWannabe Wolfes
I have to ask, why has every unemployed City person decided to turn into an author? I have to ask,…
ByReaction to Pre-Budget Report
David Blumenthal, corporate tax partner at Mishcon de Reya: “In a major play to increase the competitiveness of the UK…
ByCiti gets $20 billion US government bail-out
Citigroup is the latest big bank to receive US government help. The U.S. Treasury will invest $20 billion in Citigroup…
ByBack to Black
I sincerely hope that Conrad Black’s application for a pardon goes to the top of the pile. I’m delighted that…
ByVenezuela, my homeland
Sitting outside my grandfather’s house, I tried to explain my past to my husband, and so the present of my…
ByHow to act like an oligarch
The rich operate according to a different set of rules – and if you don’t like the rules, you simply…
ByComment on Conrad Black's diary
We want to hear your thoughts on Conrad Black’s diary, fresh out of a Floridian jail. If you would like…
ByBullets over Caracas
In Caracas, criminals come up to your car with a gun and demand you hand over your wallet ’ or…
ByBank of Ireland confirms bid approaches
Bank of Ireland has confirmed it has received unsolicited bid approaches, following a 14 percent jump in its shares earlier…
BySaudi prince to raise stake in Citigroup
Saudi Arabian investor Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud has announced he will increase his holdings in Citigroup to…
ByEggheads Can Seriously Damage Your Wealth
In 1988 the Wall Street Journal ran a full-page recruitment advertisement for a New York bulge-bracket bank: a bald egghead…
BySurf ‘n’ Turf
Don’t let the big-city real-estate meltdown put you off: investing in beachfront property or farmland is still a good bet,…
ByAllow Me to Introduce Myself
The alias industry — building up fake identities, complete with official documentation — is flourishing. It’s not even that hard…
ByThe Fugitive
Andrei Navrozov meets Michael Cherney, yet another billionaire Russian in self-imposed exile from an increasingly corrupt and creepy Kremlin. The…
ByBuy Me to the Moon
Space on the ground in Manhattan is in desperately short supply, but luckily for developers there’s plenty of prime air…
ByPayback Time
Philanthropy used to be a matter of throwing cash at a cause and forgetting about it. No longer. Josh Spero…
ByTeach the Parents
UBS’s Dialogue programme takes an innovative approach to the financial education of its key clients, from teenagers to tycoons, says…
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