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Morbid money-spinners
If the life settlements market seems ghoulish, here’s a British scandal which isn’t doing the image of the business any favours. It’s one of the worst the country’s seen. Around 30,000 mainly elderly...
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This is going to hurt
In Britain, the coalition government is readying its “comprehensive spending review” later this month. Rather than get caught up in chasing which government departments or bodies will be cut, two of...
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Mongolia’s El Dorado stirs shareholder battle
In Mongolia’s South Gobi desert lies Oyu Tolgoi, touted as having the world’s largest untapped copper and gold deposits. Little wonder then that this “El Dorado” has become a boardroom battleground...
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Inside the Pirates’ Web
Reuters trade correspondent in Washington Doug Palmer had an unusual assignment: buy a fake Louis Vuitton handbag on the Internet, and take it to a LVMH store for a comparison test, before handing it...
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How to make friends and influence people
White House correspondent Caren Bohan’s special report out today examines President Barack Obama’s testy relationship with the business community. After Tuesday’s election, Obama was faced with the...
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A peek inside our layer
We stepped into the new new Media Universe for our report on Augmented Reality, creating our own app which will alert anyone using it (iPhone or Android-phones only so far) when they are near one of...
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Diplomacy Inc
By Ben Berkovitz Diplomacy is a complex thing, and it gets even more complicated when diplomats are trying to act as salesmen. A series of State Department cables, obtained by WikiLeaks and provided to...
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Nevada’s Big Bet
By Brian Grow What happens in Nevada, stays in Nevada. Literally. Especially when it comes to Nevada shell companies. That’s the gist of our latest special report in the SHELL GAMES series, “Nevada’s...
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