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‘Bespoke’ private banking: the ultimate in customer service?

Ultra-wealthy clients can pay for customised care in investments, tax and family governance. But they may not get everything they need

Business - Financial Times - October 25

Carried interest: private equity’s tax break

The lower-taxed performance fee has helped buyout firms’ executives amass personal fortunes

Business - Financial Times - October 27

Private equity eyes a deal with Reeves on carried interest

Labour’s agenda highlights tension between raising taxes and courting internationally mobile financiers

World - Financial Times - October 29

Private jets, carried interest and non-doms

Plus, Harvey Schwartz leaves a troubled fintech’s board and BHP sends mixed messages about interest in buying its rival

World - Financial Times - October 31

Cruise companies pour money into lucrative private resorts

Passenger numbers and profit forecasts are up as operators respond to a tourism backlash by building their own facilities

Business - Financial Times - November 3

State Street says it is ‘shopping’ for a private credit manager

Money manager tries to catch up with rivals as investors shift into unlisted assets

Business - Financial Times - November 5

Why These Fast-Growing Companies Turned to Private Equity

PE firms get a bad rap. These CEOs partnered with them anyway.

Business - Inc. - 6 days ago

Ivy League endowments struggle with private market downturn

Some universities have issued bonds to meet funding needs as a dealmaking dearth weighs on investment returns

Business - Financial Times - 4 days ago

Another Private Wavegarden Pool Is Opening in Brazil

World - Yahoo News - 2 days ago

I Saw Colleagues’ Private Messages Mocking Me

… and two other tricky workplace dilemmas.

Business - Inc. - 12 hours ago

British escaper’s stolen Napoleonic uniform and journal go on display in London

PoW Charles Hare, 19, escaped in rare uniform with tall feathered hat and travelled back to Lincolnshire – accompanied by his dog. A handwritten manuscript detailing the daring escape of a British ...

World - The Guardian - October 18

Yahya Sinwar was trying to escape through Philadelphi Corridor, Israeli official says

Ofir Akunis, the Consul General of Israel in New York, says Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was caught while he was trying to escape through the Philadelphi Corridor. Akunis joined CBS News with more ...

Haitians leave their homes in several neighborhoods to escape more gang violence in the capital

Gangs have attacked in several neighborhoods of the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, forcing many people to leave their homes after gunfire raged through the night

World - ABC News - October 19

He Dreamed of Escaping Gaza. The World Watched Him Burned Alive.

A video of Shaaban al-Dalou burning to death after an Israeli strike at a hospital has stoked criticism from Israel’s allies and highlighted the plight of people trapped in Gaza.

World - The New York Times - October 21

Palestinian journalist Plestia escaped Gaza to Lebanon. The war followed her there

World - Yahoo News - October 21

Man found guilty of kidnapping after woman escaped cinderblock cell in Oregon

A man who was arrested last year after a woman escaped a makeshift cinderblock cell where was holding her has been convicted of kidnapping and other charges.

Daniel Khalife read newspaper about alleged prison escape

The ex-soldier accused of escaping Wandsworth prison was seen changing clothes during the three days he was missing.

Indiana’s historic start, Ohio State’s narrow escape and more takeaways

As we approach November, it's getting increasingly difficult to shrug off all we've seen as dumb luck, soft schedules and total flukes.

Sports - ESPN - October 27

Falcons escape with another last-second victory over Tampa Bay

A crucial battle for the NFC South lead once again came down to the final seconds.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 27

Taiwanese driver recounts his narrow escape during Typhoon Kong-rey

A ride-hailing driver has recounted how he had narrow escape when a huge tree smashed onto his vehicle as Typhoon Kong-rey swept over Taiwan, also sweeping away metal roofs and sending landslides ...

World - ABC News - November 1

Khalife: Prison escape a bid to get put in high security unit

The alleged Iranian spy tells court he attached a sling made of trousers to the bottom of a lorry.

Central banks need escape route from cycle of boom and bust

We should debate excessive policy easing and the neglect of credit and debt developments

World - Financial Times - November 1

Mozambique presidential runner-up escapes alleged assassination attempt

World - Yahoo News - November 5

40 monkeys escape research facility, police warn locals to lock their doors

A police search is underway after 40 monkeys escaped from an Alpha Genesis research facility in Yemassee, South Carolina on Wednesday night.

Residents warned after 43 monkeys escape research facility

Traps have been set up and thermal imaging cameras are being used in an effort to locate the fugitive monkeys, police said.

Forty-three monkeys at large in South Carolina after escaping research facility

Residents advised to keep doors and windows locked as police use thermal imaging cameras to search for animals. These monkeys went bananas: 43 monkeys escaped from a research facility in South ...

World - The Guardian - 6 days ago

Forty-three monkeys escape from US research lab

Officials in rural South Carolina say the female rhesus monkeys escaped into the wild after their pen was left open.

Llamas on the loose on Utah train tracks after escaping owner

A small herd of domestic llamas was spotted taking an evening stroll on the train tracks in Provo, Utah, on Thursday after the woolen creatures escaped from their owner, according to the Utah ...

5 llamas escape owner, go for stroll on Utah train tracks

Five domestic llamas were spotted strolling on train tracks in Provo, Utah, after the woolen creatures escaped from their owner, according to the Utah Transit Authority.

40 primates escape South Carolina research center, police say

Police in South Carolina were asking for the public's help in locating 40 primates that escaped on Wednesday.

Politics - The Hill - 5 days ago

Conclave: the fun, exciting Vatican thriller is perfect election escapism

The Oscar-tipped papal saga, starring Ralph Fiennes, offers all the thrills of an election … without the grim reality. Given, well … everything this week, you could be forgiven for never wanting ...

World - The Guardian - 4 days ago

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