Take the Money and Run
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How to Win Funds and Earn Interest Off People
Desperate times call for desperate measures, up to and including borrowing money from your friends. William Cash on the dos,…
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Forget tax havens and steer clear of commodities. If you’ve still got money to burn, put it in property and…
ByGym'll Fix It
There aren’t many beneficiaries of the credit crunch but the new breed of exclusive high-end super-gyms are currently enjoying a…
ByReady, Set…
Eating, shooting and everything but leaving. READY, SET…If lunch is the new dinner, the set menu is the new à…
ByShrinking the Super-Ego
Evaluating asset managers is no easy business so one investment consultancy employs an in-house psychologist to keep an expert eye…
ByExclusive: Conrad Black's Jail Diary
“I write to you from a US federal prison. It is far from a country club or even a regimental…
ByAnatomy of a Breakdown
Stephen Hill on the causes and chronology of the credit crunch — in which the blind avarice on the part…
ByTrading in treachery
The death of Dickie Franks may be an opportunity to solve one of the most enduring mysteries of recent times.…
BySt James’s Place offers goodwill payment
St James’s Place is to make a £6.9 million one-off goodwill payment to clients affected by the collapse of the…
BySaying 'no' to Motown graspers
Is Obama about to make his first major error before he even gets to the White House? Is President-elect Obama…
ByCitigroup announces 53,000 further job cuts
Citigroup has announced that it intends to cut an additional 53,000 jobs worldwide as the banking giant struggles with four…
ByUBS launching Middle-East focused private equity fund
UBS Global Asset Management is preparing to unveil its first private equity fund to focus on the Middle East. UBS…
ByEFG reassures it is ‘highly profitable’
EFG International issues an update stating that performance for the first ten months of 2008 is up on the same…
ByRBS to shed 3,000 jobs worldwide
Royal Bank of Scotland is to cut 3,000 jobs worldwide in the next few weeks as the impact of the…
ByMerrill Lynch strengthens UK and Ireland
Merrill Lynch’s Global Wealth Management (MLGWM) group has appointed of Andrew Keating as a financial advisor focusing on the UK…
ByBarclays increases lending to small business
In spite of difficult market conditions, Barclays has increased its lending and overdrafts to small businesses by 5.3 percent. In…
ByPictet looks to expand in Dubai
Swiss bank Pictet & Cie, which opened an office in Dubai in 2007, is looking to expand in the region,…
ByColouring between the lines
In the City, the race issue is a joke. Obama’s election has been greeted with histrionic delight by the liberal…
ByObama’s victory and racial politics
Barack Obama’s election to the US presidency has been feverishly hailed as a historic event as momentous as man’s landing…
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