Jumby Bay Dispatches III
Updike’s prose reads like somebody who writes too cosily. Greene and Wolfe prefer to get their hands (and notebooks) dirty.…
ByMonth: April 2010
BRIC it on
Phillips is hosting a BRIC-themed sale. But does this term have any meaning? Phillips de Pury rejoices in the fact…
ByFT: Greece’s true deficit revealed
Greece’s budget deficit last year reached 13.6 per cent of gross domestic product, Eurostat said on Thursday, prompting Moody’s to…
ByMuse launch
Amid chests pinned with white or black rosettes (white for diamond-fanciers, black for oenophiles), Johnny Goedhuis and Martyn Downer squared…
ByJumby Bay Dispatches II
The mark of a true paradise resort is how you feel when you are trapped there: Jumby Bay has passed…
ByWBull: GSAM sees $39bn in outflows 1Q10
Clients pulled a record net $39bn (-28.9bn) from the asset management arm of Goldman Sachs in the first quarter of…
ByTyranny of the minorities
And now the political class dare not tell the truth. Why? Because democracy in Britain is now subject to the…
ByTel: Did Goldmans short Lehmans?
Goldman Sachs has been drawn into a fresh controversy as lawyers demand to know whether it was partly responsible for…
ByFabulous Fab
Inspired by the leaked email from Goldmans’ ‘Fabulous Fab’ Tourre… Inspired by the leaked email from Goldmans’ ‘Fabulous Fab’ Tourre……
ByGold(mans bites the) dust
The Goldmans which emerges from this string of crises may be unrecognisable from the one that helped precipitate them. The…
ByIrony
Irony: another cartoon from the sharpest pen. Enjoy! AHG.
ByThe anti-virus virus
The latest internet scam is a program masquerading as anti-virus software. The latest internet scam is a program masquerading as…
ByWBrief: 7 US UBS clients charged with tax evasion
Seven UBS clients in the US were charged yesterday with hiding over $100 million in secret Swiss bank accounts to…
ByWBrief: Trust in wealth managers falls
Well publicised losses of trust in wealth managers by their UK clients has not yet galvanised firms to improve customer…
ByFT: Brown piles onto Goldmans
British premier Gordon Brown attacked the “moral bankruptcy” of Goldman Sachs on Sunday after the US Securities and Exchange Commission…
ByJumby Bay Dispatches
I am marooned in paradise with Piers Morgan. I am marooned in paradise with Piers Morgan. At 5am yesterday morning…
ByNo absolution without confession
An operatic mass and effusive charm are not enough these days, not nearly enough. I used to love my particular…
ByFT: SEC goes after Goldmans
US authorities on Friday accused Goldman Sachs of securities fraud that caused investor losses of more than $1bn, in the…
ByLady Justice
Knowing Obama’s predilection for naming women to the Supreme Court, it was only a matter of time before speculation turned…
ByFT: Tories would sell off bank stakes soon
A Conservative government plans to rush through a competition inquiry into concentration in the British banking sector, paving the way…
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