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...banking has become mind-bogglingly complex, and the credit debacle has made it clear that many supposedly savvy bankers failed to grasp the scale of the risks they were taking. Tiny C. Hoare & Co. - pretax profit for the year to last April was a modest $32 million, up 8% from the previous year - has prospered over the centuries by keeping it simple. Two-thirds of its income still derives from providing rock-solid banking services - deposit-taking or loans, say - to its wealthy customers through just a pair of London branches. (Investment or financial-planning advice and help with...
...anything wrong.” In spite of this controversy, or perhaps because of it, there is a growing interest in blackjack. Irvine has an HBO drama series and a reality show currently in development. Kaplan, who has been retired from blackjack for decades, has seen more modest gains. “I’m in the background of one scene in the movie as a cameo appearance,” he says. “For about two seconds...
...start a decent little collection of oriental rugs. This may sound like a travel fantasy from the age of empire, but rugs are among the most practical pieces of furniture for the modern nomad looking to create a portable home. Originally designed to fit on pack animals, modest-sized rugs easily fold into airplane carry-on luggage; their irregular, hand-made patterns brighten up cookie-cutter hotel rooms; and as exotic gifts, they appease far-flung friends piqued by your absence from their wedding or the baptism of their child...
...among other things, mindful and prepared) make a point to carry packets of tissue paper with them into the stall, and handkerchiefs to dry their hands. What other country would install devices to mimic the sound of a toilet flushing to discourage the waste of water by modest Japanese anxious to cover the sound of their micturition with multiple flushes...
...interest loans to induce small businesses and individuals to begin investing and collecting contemporary works that many now feel are beyond their financial range. In reality, Albanel noted, the average work of modern art in France sells from $7,500 to $15,500 - prices that could make creating modest art collections via interest-free loans more affordable than parking funds in the preferred French investment of real estate...