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...Gerhard Richter in St Moritz In 1989, German artist Gerhard Richter sought advice on where to go on holiday from the Swiss curator Dieter Schwarz, who suggested the Waldhaus, a very traditional, family-run...
...(FT) Deutsche Bank’s decision makers The takeover saga between Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank seems to be coming to a head....
...Job moves Garth Ritchie, Deutsche Bank’s top investment banker, could quit the lender because of disagreements over cuts and a lack of support from shareholders....
...who now runs Viola Risk Advisors....
...Banks have to rely on central banks as lenders of last resort....
...He also developed a passion for churches and for the River Thames....
...He describes a man who fretted over minutiae – the colour of the company cars, the cleanliness of the bank’s branches – while the group careened towards disaster....
...“Trust was shaken today,” Deutsche Bank chief european economist Thomas Mayer told the New York Times. As one executive of a major global bank said later, “It was something none of us had experienced....
...What really happened at Northern Rock, Royal Bank of Scotland et al? This gives you a clearer idea....
...You talked a lot about this deficit of trust....
...“These people are family, friends, people we trust. This is our secret way. If you talk about it, maybe they will try to put sanctions on this too,” Saeed says, before abruptly closing his mouth....
...In November, the list of plaintiffs at the twice monthly sale included HSBC Home Mortgages, Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Deutsche Bank....
..."Family-run companies often do not want non-execs and, when they do, rarely use headhunters," she says....
...They had 50 years of ‘Brother raise your head, the age of tyranny is over’ and ‘Trust in God’. The most powerful people in politics today are bank managers and business people.”...
...And she said she’d trust me, and she did, and she really came through.” Today Forster is still sizing up the idea of fame, of Hollywood, indeed of America....
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