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...Bear’s Place. t.t.’s has as much street cred as any place in Boston—according to legend, Nirvana played there for a crowd of 14—and you’re less likely to run into that obnoxious future i-banker from your Justice section. At t.t.’s you can party with the pierced and enjoy some of the best acts on the small-club circuit. The club books a fairly eclectic array of bands, but its rep lets it be choosy in who it books. Last month...
...Fazio melodrama comes as Italy--the world's seventh largest economy--continues to struggle with European economic integration. Cross-border bank mergers are common in the euro zone, but not in Italy, where the banking system remains largely a fortress under the eye of the all-powerful central banker. Although Fazio no longer sets the price of money, he has wielded every ounce of his notable clout. His stated goal is for Italian banks to be at the service of Italian businesses. In practice, this has meant keeping foreign firms out. It's a shortsighted view and dangerous: some blame...
Fazio holds on, however, despite being under investigation in the same probe of the takeover bid. So what drives the decisions of Italy's top central banker? Some answers can be traced back to 2002, when Fazio traveled to the northern town of Lodi for a conference organized by Fiorani's bank, then called Banca Popolare di Lodi. During the afternoon break, the two men decided to stroll together through the center of town in front of a cadre of journalists. It was a blatant signal to all that Fazio had anointed Fiorani to be the next banker...
What may seem to be the least valuable--the day-to-day memorabilia of an ordinary life--may be a hidden treasure. Retired banker Arden Peterson, 62, who is in the process of downsizing, let his son Mitch, an iSold It trading assistant in Lakeville, Minn., put a 1929 $10 bank note from his collection on eBay just for fun (but also because a very rare 1905 $10 bank note had sold on eBay a month earlier for $27,000). The fun turned serious when Peterson's bank note fetched $1,037. Going through a lifetime of boxes...
...Bachchan owes his comeback to two decisions. In debt and with his film projects stagnating, Bachchan agreed to host Kaun Banega Crorepati beginning in 2000. It was a masterstroke. On television Bachchan appeared older and wiser, with a natty beard and banker's suit. And to its delight, India found that the brooding action man of the 1970s was now sophisticated, self-deprecating and witty, exuding comfortable prosperity rather than rebellion?just what was needed at a time when India was dreaming about getting rich. Industrialist Ambani calls Bachchan's new incarnation "the avuncular older citizen who embodies the materialist...