Yachtmakers axe jobs as HNW orders fall
Luxury UK boat-building firm Fairline Boats is to axe jobs in response to the growing economic uncertainty which is starting…
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Vanessa Neumann
Dr Vanessa Neumann is a political philosopher who is editor-at-large of Diplomat magazine.
ByNigel West
Nigel West is the author of over twenty books and is a lecturer at the Center for Counterintelligence and Security…
ByWilliam Cash
William Cash is Editor-in-Chief of Spear’s WMS and has twice won Editor of the Year at the PPA Awards (2007…
ByCredit Suisse pays out clients on Lehman losses
Credit Suisse has said it will reimburse a small number of its private clients affected by losses on Lehman-issued structured…
ByCiti Private Bank is hiring again in Europe
A decision by Citigroup Private Bank in the UK to look to hire advisors may prove a timely positive indicator…
ByBonfires of New York
I am now at the centre, if not of the universe, then of the Zeitgeist: midtown Manhattan. I am now…
BySupping with the Devil
The former Chief Sir Richard Dearlove was unknowingly taped by the American journalist Ron Suskind. Unusually, the American journalist Ron…
ByLiberals for Palin!
Democrats are in my blood, but I have become a statistic: another turncoat rejecting Obama in favour of the McCain-Palin…
ByHas le Carre gone mad?
John le Carre has confessed he thought of defecting. In an interview intended to publicise his new novel The Most…
ByTo the Victors, the Spoils
In the brutal times of the credit crunch, the Spear’s Awards remind us of the good work that goes on…
ByA Junior Minister’s Attack
McNulty’s attack on the former head of MI5 is unprecedented and outrageous. According to the Tony McNulty, Minister of State…
ByDemocracy and the West
Tour guides in Georgia invariably ask how Stalin is viewed in the west, inviting suggestions that he was sorely misunderstood.…
ByDora Loewenstein is London’s chief party girl
William Cash accepts a much-coveted invitation to meet Dora Loewenstein, queen of London’s society events and now doyenne of the…
ByGordon Fool
Gordon Brown has thrown his fiscal rules out of the window and mucked up the economy. How could he get…
ByRock Solid
Coloured diamonds may not be an obvious safe choice for the astute investor, but their track record speaks for itself…
ByNapoleonic Dynamite
At the opening of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars in 1792, the Rothschilds were fairly prosperous antique coin and…
BySale Now On
Big American banks are getting rid of unwanted securities for knock-down prices, and the atmosphere is less end-of-the-season, more end-of-the-pier.…
ByIt’s All Right For Some
The past three months have been extraordinarily challenging for equity and bond investors — more so, I must say, than…
ByFight the Power!
Last winter, my son persuaded me to take the family to an exclusive beach resort in Mauritius where some of…
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