02/24/2012

Hong Kong leader denies bribery over yacht trip

The chief executive - whose wife is from Macau - said he was in the gaming hub, which is about an hour ferry ride from Hong Kong, for a private visit including tomb-sweeping and denied there was luxurious treatment on the yacht.

02/13/2012

Erin Duffy on her Wall Street roman a clef 'Bond Girl'

Just before the 2008 financial collapse, 22-year-old Alex Garrett joins the bond sales team at Cromwell Pierce, where she encounters unwanted sexual advances, office pranks, and the type of truly odd behavior that can only be found on Wall Street (wheelin

01/20/2012

The New Barons of Bubbly

The Rothschilds have been perfecting the art of Bordeaux winemaking for generations, almost since the very beginning, when Mayer Amschel Rothschild, founder of what was to become the family banking empire, sent his five sons to the commercial centers of E