FT: Make China visas easier, say luxury brands Read More... Luxury retailers are pressing the government to tackle visa bottlenecks for Chinese tourists, claiming bureaucracy is causing shoppers to shun London stores in favour of centres such as Paris and Milan
MoS: Roger Jenkin offers wife half of £300m fortune in divorce Read More... Mr Jenkins, credited with saving Barclays bank at the height of the credit crunch, said that not only would he be willing to give his estranged wife Diana half his money but he would do so happily
NYT: US to serve HSBC over ‘tax evasion’? Read More... Federal authorities are considering whether to serve a broad legal summons on HSBC to ascertain whether it sold tax-evasion services to scores of wealthy American clients, people briefed on the matter said Wednesday
Fraud costs UK £38 billion a year Read More... Today the National Fraud Authority (NFA) published its second Annual Fraud Indicator (AFI), which estimates fraud is costing the UK over £38 billion a year