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...directors Friday, citing possibility of a conflict of interest revolving around the Citigroup's ties to the automaker. Rubin's resignation gave new impetus to speculation that the Ford family was thinking of either taking company private or even preparing for a possible merger or alliance with another auto giant or even selling off parts of the company like Jaguar and Volvo."It suggests that some large changes are happening at the Ford Motor Co. that go way beyond the 'Way Forward' plan,"says John Casesa, a consultant with the CasesaShapiro LLC in New York City, who doesn't rule...
...gold. With all the financial savvy of an eighth-generation royal, Jah once chartered a plane just to bring a can of hydraulic fluid to his farm. Although his business ventures flopped, Jah was enjoying himself immensely. He bought a mansion in Perth, and converted a minesweeper into a giant luxury yacht. When his Turkish wife left him, unwilling to live on a farm, Jah married an Australian-who would also leave him-and began to dress like his Aussie neighbors, who called him "the Shah...
...what's happening in private banking in Asia, where the business of helping wealthy individuals manage their fortunes is growing so fast that there's a shortage of bankers. The industry's largest players are planning for a rosy future: Citigroup Private Bank, a division of U.S. financial-services giant Citigroup, says it has already captured half of Asia's approximately 88 billionaires as clients, even as it launches operations in the relatively untapped markets of China and India. Also expanding their Asia footprints are Swiss behemoths such as Credit Suisse and UBS. The latter, which is already the world...
...even further in offering products that provide not only profits but that aura of exclusivity and sophistication that the client with everything may be inclined to prize. One vehicle with almost irresistible snob appeal is the "Ultimate Wine Fund" offered by the private-banking arm of the French giant Soci?t? G?n?rale Group. Available primarily to customers of SocG?n's Asian private bank, the fund is linked to a specially created Cayman Islands firm that, acting on the advice of wine experts and auction houses, buys and stores select vintages. Investors wanting to cash out after the minimum one-year holding...
...this father of modern Australian composition. What began to issue from the stage was suitably piquant, with cello passages that seemed to weep in waterfalls of sound. Then, in the second movement, something miraculous occurred. Walking slowly from the back of the hall toward the stage came a gentle giant of a man, his 1.9-m bulk wrapped around a hollowed tree trunk into which he breathed. Sculthorpe's music at once expanded, evoking the spaciousness and soaring skies of the Australian Outback; William Barton's didgeridoo was the heartbeat...