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...This is done through a complex network of contractual obligations registered in tax havens such as the Cayman Islands....
...Boohoo: reality bites Some of you may be familiar with Love Island. The hit British reality TV show is known for its drama, toned abs and fast fashion....
...A new exhibition in the Middle East draws back the curtain on the growing collection of the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, the long-awaited mega-museum on Saadiyat Island’s cultural quarter....
...Growing up in the Long Island suburbs of New York City had its advantages....
...(Wired) On the rocks Filipinos living on a remote island in the vast South China Seaare watching as China dredges sand nearby to build on reefs and rocks they claim as their own....
...If they remain unstable or get worse, then Morocco just has to be kind of an island and maintain its stability.”...
...It has a target to double its balance sheet to £6bn by 2015-16, expanding in niche areas such as mortgages for professional landlords and lending in the Channel Islands....
...(FT Alphaville) China flies aircraft over disputed islands: A Chinese aircraft flew over the Senkaku Islands on Thursday, in an escalation of Beijing’s efforts to challenge Japanese control of the disputed...
...JC Flowers, which attempted to buy Northern Rock amid the credit crisis and also failed to seal a deal with Friends Provident, will have a 40 per cent stake in the joint venture....
...Mr Sinha, who led Flowers’ attempts to buy Northern Rock and Friends Provident, left the group amid allegations that he misappropriated £1.3m....
...Finally, Kerzner’s capital structure also includes a USD 575m credit facility backed primarily by all non-Paradise Island assets....
...The campaign that won the most awards was the web-led Tourism Queensland contest to fill “the best job in the world” – a caretaker on an “island paradise”....
...Virgin wants to buy more than 50 per cent of Northern Rock’s shares and keep the business listed....
...Sir Richard helped clinch the deal in a half-hour phone call with Alistair Darling, the UK chancellor of the exchequer, from his private island in the Caribbean....
...Finally, Virgin could raise extra capital on an ad-hoc basis each time it eyes an investment opportunity, as it has done in the case of Northern Rock....
...Indeed, any hedge fund manager, investor or marketer can now while away their entire year simply attending conferences in such attractive places as the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Florida and soon....
...Horrified, the Ithacan watched as a Chinese junk steered for the rocks. There was a crash. Then a silence. Then a Brummie voice asked: “Has anyone kept Jon Moulton’s number?”...
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