08/01/2012
The source of funding for the restoration project, though, has generated some controversy. $30 million doesn’t sound like a lot, when you’re talking about fixing up one of the most famous historical landmarks on the planet.
07/31/2012
Developed by Singapore-based SC Global and designed by architect Kerry Hill, the condominium is marketed as Singapore’s only beachfront condominium, equipped with an infinity pool and a private beach resort.
07/30/2012
Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, which spent £1.5billion buying the Knightsbridge department store in 2010, opened its upmarket tills to hike the annual pay-out 342 per cent following a record year.
07/30/2012
Deutsche Bank and the PGA Tour have reached an agreement in principle on a four-year contract extension that, barring any setbacks, will keep the German bank as title sponsor of the Deutsche Bank Championship through 2016.
07/29/2012
The ship, called Azzam, is under construction at a shipyard in Germany, according to SuperYachtTimes.com. It’s expected to measure 180 meters, or around 590 feet — or the size one-and-a half football fields, plus a basketball court.
07/26/2012
His father is Zeng Qinghong, a top Communist Party cadre and former Beijing kingmaker (think Graham Richardson and the Labor Party of the 1990s) who is credited with brokering the deal that saw Xi Jinping catapulted into pole position in the race to becom
07/24/2012
The gorgeous home at 26 Lloyd Haven Drive is priced $22 million, according to a listing on Coldwell Banker.
07/24/2012
Perhaps the ultimate show of wealth is the private island.
07/22/2012
They are some of the most magnificent and expensive vessels in the world and this weekend they started arriving in London as the world’s global CEOs brought a touch of glitz and glamour to the capital in time for the Olympics.
07/22/2012
The Price of Offshore Revisited was written by James Henry, a former chief economist at the consultancy McKinsey and commissioned by the Tax Justice Network.
07/19/2012
Today, as the firm undergoes a generational shift to younger bankers, he’s being groomed to run Rothschild and succeed his 69-year-old father, David, within five years, according to three people with direct knowledge of the plan.
07/18/2012
Louis Vuitton routinely ranks among the most admired brands in surveys of Chinese consumers. But ultra-luxury names such as Hermes are making inroads, and some top-tier consumers now look down on Louis Vuitton as too common.
07/17/2012
Officials of MENA Golf Tour are very excited about the partnership that offers huge dividends to both the partners.
07/11/2012
Also known as Winston Wen, he is one of the most successful and prominent private equity investors in China, and a highly controversial figure in the Chinese investment community.
07/10/2012
Rausing, 48, was the wife of Hans Kristian Rausing, heir to the TetraPak fortune his father built by creating a successful manufacturer of laminated cardboard drink containers.
07/10/2012
Legislation to thwart such abuses of the U.S. financial system has failed to get traction in Congress over the years, but two Senators are pushing it again this year.
07/09/2012
In 2003, Nicholas Newlife, an unknown British gambler, placed the equivalent of a $967 bet on odds of 66/1 with bookmaker William Hill, just after Federer won Wimbledon in his first Grand Slam victory.
07/08/2012
“I believe this is the first time [there has been such a scheme] only tailored for wealthy women,” Mr Du told The Daily Telegraph this week during a visit to Shanghai, one of the cities he is tapping for potential husbands.
07/08/2012
“It’ll be a fast transatlantic”: the word is out! With less than 24 hours to go till the start of the Krys Ocean Race, Sébastien Josse and his navigator, Antoine Koch, are checking the final details for the upcoming race. An eastb
07/08/2012
Emirates NBD, a leading bank in the region, announced today its sponsorship of the St. Andrews Youth Golf Camp, which is designed for young amateur golfers of 12-18 years of age from emerging golf markets