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Jungian platitudes with a side order of sea parsley? Vanessa Neumann on the curious notions we are willing to entertain…
ByJungian platitudes with a side order of sea parsley? Vanessa Neumann on the curious notions we are willing to entertain…
ByGood tax lawyers are worth their weight in gold sometimes almost literally. But that doesn’t mean you actually have to…
ByWho didn’t enjoy watching the unlovable chumps of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers getting their comeuppance? Trouble is, we’re all…
ByIn another blow for the reputation of Merrill Lynch and the tenure of departed chief executive John Thain, the bank…
ByGENEVA (AFP) Switzerland’s key financial services industry could be decimated if its trademark secrecy is given up as part of…
ByAn invitation arrives for the launch of Alain de Botton’s new book, The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work, which will…
ByA selection of correspondence from the Spear’s postbag. Extermination of Exiles Dear Sir, I found Andrei Navrozov’s interview with Michael…
ByIn the last Hedgehog, we brought you the news that set menus are the new à la carte, and that…
ByAs celebrated by the new Russian edition of Spear’s WMS, Moscow is a home from home for high net worths,…
BySmash your icons and cast down your idols Judgment Day is upon us. Galleries and auction houses are seeing their…
ByIn the context of the US government bailing out Wall Street and the election of Barack Obama as president, a…
ByAs 2008 drew to its close, two men who had never met each other and of whom most of us…
ByFormer Merrill Lynch chief executive John Thain has been ordered by a New York court to provide more details about…
ByTragedy is very bonding, and globalization has meant that we are all bound together. Tragedy is very bonding, and globalization…
ByPressure is growing in Switzerland to pass new laws to protect the confidentiality of its banks, as a US court…
ByAmid a grim economic environment, the art market let out a sigh of relief Monday as Christie’s in Paris successfully…
ByA prince of the House of Liechtenstein, one of the world’s richest royal families, is being investigated for tax evasion…
ByLloyds Banking Group suffered another blow on Monday when it lost its long-held Aaa credit rating from Moody’s amid continued…
ByThere is such a thing as a free lunch but you probably wouldn’t want to eat it and it’s certainly…
ByWhen it comes to maintaining long-term liquidity in a family business, just going with the flow is not an option.…
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