HOT tip for wannabe frauds? A fine taste for design. Apparently that's the reason the authorities didn’t catch Bernie Madoff sooner than they did
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Hillary Clinton descended on the city for the weekend and brought gridlock in her wake. For some reason, the authorities thought shutting down key traffic lights a vital anti-terrorist measure - perhaps to entrap Al Qaeda operatives in a honking morass of black and yellow cabs... more
There is no Indian billionaire more elusive than Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry, known as the "Phantom of Bombay House" for his behind-the-scenes presence at the headquarters of Tata Group. ... more
The market is going down: it’s going to be a hung parliament,” said Russell Pinto, the garrulous Goan who owns the business centre where I work on Saturday. He had just sold off all his shares
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Oleg Deripaska, the Russian oligarch who contentiously entertained Peter Mandelson and George Osborne on his yacht last summer, has been humbled by the global economic storm... more
First, India's finance minister told its parliament that the stock-market regulator had begun a formal inquiry into insider trading at Reliance Petroleum, a Mukesh company. ... more
West Ham owner Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson is considering selling the club after the economic meltdown in Iceland wiped an estimated £230million off his personal fortune, and left him facing the possibility of even bigger losses... more
Analysis: The Abu Dhabi Royal Family has announced that it will spend at least $1 billion over the next five years co-funding Hollywood and other international movies
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