Private investment firm Brown Brothers Harriman, is neither a Rothschild, a JP Morgan nor a Goldman Sachs. In Inside Money, acclaimed historian, commentator, and former Financial executive Zachary Karabell, offers the first full and frank look inside the institution against the backdrop of American history and explores Brown Brothers Harriman’s central role in the story…
Heavy Light is the story of a mental breakdown, a journey through mania, psychosis, and treatment in a psychiatric hospital, and onwards to release, recovery and healing. Heavy Light deal with a lifetime of ups and downs, from hypomania in the Alps to a complete breakdown and a locked ward in Wakefield, explaining how…
Numis, booming city broker triggers hefty bonuses for bankers and shareholders who include Lord Michael Spencer and Danish retail billionaire Andres Holch Povlsen. Numis based near St Paul’s is moving to Gresham Street in the City. Their half year revenue jumped 83 per cen to £115million with profits up 442 per cent at £39million.…
Twitter has launched a new “ tip jar” feature that lets people send money to others on social networks. The company says the feature is “an easy way to support the incredible voices that make up the conversation”. Twitter says the feature is “an easy way to support the incredible voices that make up the…
Peloton recalled its 126, 000 Tread+ and Tread Treadmills on Wednesday after the company admitted it was wrong to fight the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s request that it do so. The CPSC said that there has been one child died and 70 other injuries tied to the Peloton treadmills, although when the federal safety…
NHS England had urged Instagram to clamp down on accounts selling Apetamin, an unlicensed “ dangerous” drug especially targeted at younger women and girls. Doctors say misuse of the appetite stimulant can cause severe fatigue, jaundice and even liver failure. Social media influencers promoted Apetamin as a quick way to gain weight and develop an…
Manchester United fans’ protest at an entrance to Old Trafford round the back of the Stretford End and those who made it onto the pitch, coming down the hill in wave after wave, which trigged the match between Manchester United and Liverpool to be postponed. Supporters of the other five big six clubs, Manchester United’s…
The turmoil of the Russian Revolution brought the formula for a fragrance, which had been created for the 300th anniversary of the Romanovs, to France. German academic specialising in Russian history, Karl Schlögel writes “In the beginning was a scent – a somewhat sweet, heavy aroma” that once filled the air on festive occasions in…
Three generations of the Sackler dynasty and their roles in the stories of the opioid Valium, and Opioid OxyContin, revealing misery, greed and pliant regulators and the abuse of philanthropy. Patrick Radden Keefe, a New Yorker writer and prize-winning, bestselling author of Say Nothing, reveals the inside story. In 1980s, a small UK drugs company…
There five brands of Electric vehicles with 40 per cent of the global EV market with over 1.3m EV car sales in 2020. Zeekr only launched a few days ago and they have pedigree, as the people that own then also own Volvo and their parent company Geely. Nio is China’s best-known homemade, high-end EV…