Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans
Peer Steinbruck may be glorying in British troubles now, but we ought not to respond in kind – just think…
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Clear Off! We Want Our Houses Back
The upstart owners of London’s best properties are being driven away by the recession. About time, says Anthony Rufus-Isaacs The…
ByL’Affaire Madoff: The Movie
Like the unspooling of a Hollywood epic of the golden age (Ponzi with the Wind?), there are reels to go…
ByMadoff Makes Fools of Financiers
The most aggravating factor with the Madoff scandal is that so many banking geniuses fell for it, says Josh Spero.…
ByBe Cool
Christopher Silvester on the icy-calm business of crisis management For wealthy and powerful individuals, a crisis means negative media exposure…
ByOwe Dear
Turns out most of London’s super-prime property owners are mortgaged to the hilt and the bailiffs are starting to lick…
ByOn Your Mark
Anthony Haden-Guest meets James Sherwin, general manager of the Mark — the latest in a line of grand hotels being…
ByBy Georges, They’ve Got It
At last the gorgeous west coast of Cyprus has the super-luxe report it deserves in the comely form of Cap…
ByHere’s Looking at You
Intrusive new measures for investigating tax evasion may be effective, but they offer few protections for the innocent, says Caroline…
ByHere's Looking at You
Intrusive new measures for investigating tax evasion may be effective, but they offer few protections for the innocent, says Caroline…
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…
ByTake the Money and Run
While Liechtenstein still offers discretion and privacy from probing tax authorities, Singapore is proving itself an attractive rival. O’ar Pali…
ByHow 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,…
ByHow to Spend It
Forget tax havens and steer clear of commodities. If you’ve still got money to burn, put it in property and…
ByAnatomy of a Breakdown
Stephen Hill on the causes and chronology of the credit crunch — in which the blind avarice on the part…
BySpear's Crunches Credit
From our prescient leaders to our warnings to the central bankers of a year ago, Spear’s has been consistently ahead…
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