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Threat to offshore accounts as taxman does deal with Liechtenstein

Some of the richest people in the UK will find out today if the taxman will be allowed access to details of their secret offshore accounts. The tax courts will rule on whether HM Revenue and Customs can demand information from accounts held by an estimated 500,000 Britons at 300 foreign banks with branches in [...]

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

Ten facts on tiny principality of Liechtenstein

1. The Principality of Liechtenstein is one of only two countries in the world that are doubly landlocked — that is surrounded by other countries that are also landlocked — which means that its inhabitants have to cross at least two borders before reaching the coast. The other such country is [...]

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

Harrods by Appointment – Services only for the super Rich

Mohamed Al Fayed’s Knightsbridge store introduces a new ‘focus’ on personal service — to ramp up the top-end shopping experience Here’s a quick question for well-heeled brides-to-be and their harried mothers. What do you do if in order to accommodate all your friends and respect your cultural and family traditions you need to hold wedding [...]

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

Sheikh Who Backed Barclays Gets Another Shot With Qatar’s Money

On a March morning in Qatar’s Ras Laffan Industrial City on the Persian Gulf, a red flame shrouded in black smoke shoots into the haze from a 650-foot stack. The burst of fire is burning off excess fuel as workers rush to finish equipment that will help the nation, already the world’s biggest exporter of [...]

Saturday, August 1st, 2009

Launch of new website Perfect Knowledge PR www.perfectknowledgepr.com

PRESS RELEASE
Press Office
Perfect Knowledge PR
27 Mallard House
Townmead Road
London
SW6 2BF
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Perfect Knowledge PR would like to announce the launch of our new web site www.perfectknowledgepr.com. Prefect Knowledge PR is an independent consultancy aimed at the luxury media market.
Perfect Knowledge PR represents the private interests of Perfect Knowledge Ltd, which provides a premium bespoke service to [...]

Saturday, August 1st, 2009

The worlds wealthiest royals

No. 1 on Forbes’ list, for the second year in a row, is Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej. He is worth $30 billion, $5 billion less than last year, as a result of double-digit declines in real estate and stocks owned via the Crown Property Bureau, the state investment vehicle of which he is a trustee. [...]

Saturday, August 1st, 2009

Russian billionaires oligarchs favourite fixer and English lawyer met his horrifying death

It is 6.56pm on March 3, 2004. A brand new, six-seater, £1.5million Agusta A109E helicopter lands under an overcast sky at Battersea heliport in South London. Waiting impatiently and clutching his two mobile phones is a broad-shouldered lawyer named Stephen Curtis.
The 45-year-old climbs aboard and manoeuvres his bulky frame into a rear seat. At 6.59pm [...]

Saturday, August 1st, 2009

Millionaire Fair Moscow 2009

Held in Moscow for the first time, the Summer Fair is a smaller version of the giant luxury market, the Millionaire Fair. “It’s definitely smaller, but the level of the participants is higher,” said Yelena Kudozova, the managing director of the Millionaire Fair. She listed carmakers McClaren and jewelry brand Piaget as examples.
Highlighting the exclusivity [...]

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

Abramovich Launches his new Mega Yacht

Russian oligarch, Roman Abramovich’s mega-yacht ‘Eclipse’ has finally made a preliminary launch at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany where it was built secretly for more than two years. Estimated to have cost around $500 million, the vessel is nearly 170 meters long. It has room for 24 guests, with a crew of [...]

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

Saudi princess runs up £15 million shopping bill around the world

She has ignored her furious debtors and locked herself in her £2,500-a-night suite at the George V Hotel in Paris. When a royal aide was approached about settling the underwear bill he replied: “I’m afraid we can’t go around settling bills for the Princess’s knickers.” Princess Maha, whose husband, [...]

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

Sheikh Mohammed Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, and Ruler of Dubai opens facebook account

I am passionate about sports, particularly endurance racing. I enjoy and love horse riding with my family members. I enjoy the outdoors, especially the Arabian desert experience. I relish visiting cultural institutions throughout the Emirates, the Middle East, and during my other international travels.I often go to cultural gatherings. Writing Nabati (traditional Arabic poetry) has [...]

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

Press Release – Launch of new Public Relation Company – Perfect Knowledge PR

PRESS RELEASE
Press Office
Perfect Knowledge PR

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Launch of new Public Relation Company – Perfect Knowledge PR
Perfect Knowledge PR offers a wide range of public relations services and communication solutions. These include corporate identity, integrated marketing communications, focused campaigns with controlled media profiles, editor level relationships, strategic advice, media PR and event marketing. Our target [...]

Thursday, July 9th, 2009