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S&P: European Round-up
The S&P Europe 350 (+1.7%) ended Friday's session higher, boosted by better-than-expected US employment data
Hong Kong Airlines to launch all Club Class flights
Hong Kong Airlines has taken delivery of its first all Club Class Airbus A330-200 passenger aircraft ahead of the launch of the flagship London route, and the first of 30 Airbus A320s to operate within Asia
Appeal denied in Terry Marley case of mis-signed wills
A man disinherited because his adoptive parents signed each other's wills in error will not be able to receive any of their fortune, the Court of Appeal rules
WBrief: HSBC most valuable banking brand
Bank of America has fallen off its pedestal as the world’s most valuable banking brand and has been supplanted by HSBC, according to the 2012 Brand Finance Banking 500 rankings announced yesterday
The Spear's 1 Per Cent Campaign
Today we launch our 1 Per Cent Campaign. We will be partnering with a number of charities and organisations who can offer our readers, the 1 Per Cent and those who work with them, imaginative and significant ways in which to help the less fortunate.
Alan and Gina Miller launch campaign for fairer fees
Alan and Gina Miller, the husband and wife co-founders of SCM Private, today launched a campaign to bring full transparency to the UK investors
S&P: The Financial Week Ahead
It's another busy data week with employment and business surveys set to provide colour on the economic picture in the first month of 2012
Reuters: HSBC under US investigation for money-laundering
(Reuters) HSBC Holdings PLC is under investigation by a U.S. Senate panel in a money-laundering inquiry, the latest step in a long-running U.S. effort to halt shadowy money flows through global banks, according to people familiar with the situation and a company securities filing
Scorpio: Wealth management industry generates 1% of UK GDP
The UK wealth management industry manages over GBP2.1 trillion in private client monies and generates nearly GBP7.6 billion in annual tax for the UK Exchequer
WealthInsight: Dubai billionaire capital of Middle East
Three Middle Eastern cities have made it into the list of the top 25 cities with the largest population of billionaires, with Dubai the highest-ranked Middle East city at 18th place
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