Managers of Wealth

Most Powerful Arab Business Women

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National Bank of Kuwait (NBK), Sheikha Al-Bahar was placed as the top 100 leading business women in the Arab world, according to Forbes Middle East Magazine May issue.

Jaguar F-Type Revisits Swinging ‘60s to Challenge Porsche

“If the product can do what the original E-Type did for Jaguar, it will be a huge boost,” said Peter Schmidt, managing director of Warwick, England-based Automotive Industry Data.

Kuwait's Shaikha Al Bahar leads Forbes Middle East list of most powerful Arab business women

A first of its kind, the ranking focuses on the role of Arab business women over a wide range of public listed companies and sectors.

Credit Suisse puts final touches to 2012 Grand Prix de Monaco Historique

Credit Suisse has constructed its own Drivers Club, which will be a central hub for racers and VIPs to share their passion for classic cars and historic racing throughout the weekend.

Australian billionaire plans to launch full-size replica of Titanic

Weeks after the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the cruise liner, Clive Palmer said he had signed a memorandum of understanding with state-owned Chinese company CSC Jinling Shipyard to build the Titanic II.

Classic 1950s Silver Arrow back on track

Now a new generation of Mercedes stars will be paying homage to the racy little number -- and its most famous driver -- ahead of the DTM season opener this weekend.

The World's Priciest Convertible

Bloomberg gets a private tour of O'Gara Coach Company in Beverly Hills, home to some of the most star-studded cars in Hollywood.

Rémy Cointreau fortifies growth

The increase was helped by double-digit organic growth in the US and Asia, as booming demand for premium Cognac in China continues at pace.

Tech billionaires bankroll gold rush to mine asteroids

Planetary Resources, based in Bellevue, Washington, initially will focus on developing and selling extremely low-cost robotic spacecraft for surveying missions.

"Woman in a hat’ painting is actually a man – making it earliest known picture of a transvestite

Discovered in a Manhattan auction house by art historian Philip Mould, the portrait has now been confirmed to be of Chevalier D'Eon, who was a legendary French 18th-century transvestite.

Multi-millionaire’s island retreat goes up in smoke

THIS is the dramatic moment a Brit multi-millionaire’s Robinson Crusoe-style island retreat went up in smoke.

Richest Green Billionaires 2012

This much is for sure: It’s far easier to live a semi-green lifestyle than it is to mint riches off a clean tech company.

Wealthy New Yorkers funnel cash to presidential candidates

The contributions come directly to candidates’ campaigns and to separate political action committees, called Super PACs, that can receive unlimited cash.

Lord Rothschild buys £7.5m stake in Bathrooms.com - set up by founder to stop his wife getting bored

Ian Monk, a former UBS executive who set his wife up with the Bathrooms.com website to keep her from getting bored, has sold a £7.5m stake in the business to Lord Jacob Rothschild’s Augmentum Capital fund.

Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit's home for sale for $4.3m

Well, hope you're happy with yourselves, Citigroup shareholders: You've gone and made Vikram Pandit sell his house.

Warren Buffett diagnosed with prostate cancer

Mr Buffett said he will begin a two-month treatment consisting of daily radiation treatments in mid-July. This will limit his ability to travel during that time, he said in the statement.

Wealthy foreigners can’t ‘buy’ PR status anymore in S'pore

Wealthy foreigners who want their PR application expedited will now have to apply under a different scheme for well-heeled entrepreneurs from abroad who invest in businesses here.

Super Yacht, Arianna Debuted by Delta Design Group

Her successful debut makes Arianna the largest all composite 50m, full-displacement motor yacht in the world.

94-Year-old Austrian billionaire to marry for the 5th time

Wlaschek is the fifth-oldest billionaire in the world after only Walter Haefner, David Rockefeller Sr., Albert Ueltschi, and Kirk Kerkorian. He founded the Austrian retail chain Billa and sold it for about $1 billion in 1996, after more than four decades

Marine Registration - Where Is Best For You To Moor Up?

Despite the weak economic climate, demand from wealthy individuals and company executives for yachts and the services associated with running and maintaining these assets remains strong.

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