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...Grand Casinos in Gulfport and Biloxi, sold its Gulfport location, moved everything to Biloxi and bought out a smaller casino for future expansion. And, the crown jewel of coast casinos - the huge Beau Rivage in Biloxi - announced a massive renovation beyond its Katrina damage. It plans to observe the one-year anniversary of the storm with a grand reopening to salute returning employees...
...government came up with a solution: In 2004, it helped to establish a Master of Science degree program at Singapore Management University (SMU) geared to churning out a stream of bright, socially savvy private bankers. Besides offering instruction in financial black arts such as macroeconomics and quantitative analysis, the one-year course teaches students "soft skills" needed to forge relationships with demanding clients, including cross-cultural etiquette tips. "All the bankers want hard-charging types, but our successful students are more low-key and soft with people," says Wee, who today is CEO of the Wealth Management Institute, a government...
...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 period may redeem their shares for actual bottles of wine, which can be drunk...
...current contract will not be renewed but that the committee has decided to negotiate a new contract. According to several unnamed school system officials quoted in The Boston Globe yesterday, the committee is trying to negotiate a new contract with Fowler-Finn that would expire in August 2008, a one-year extension on his tenure...
...one-year extension has been favored by veteran committee members Alfred B. Fantini and Joseph G. Grassi. They co-authored a letter in The Cambridge Chronicle last month stating their desire to give Fowler-Finn an additional year. Though dependent on the terms of the new contract, the result of a one-year extension is that the debate over a long-term extension of Fowler-Finn’s tenure will likely be replayed next summer, a few months before an election in which the School Committee members and the mayor are all up for reelection...