Living large with the Hills
The Hills' Villa Collina, on 44 acres in New Jersey, is among the biggest residences in the U.S. Features: 50,000 square feet of living space, compared with 55,000 for the White House and about 66,000...
View ArticleVernon Hill is the best damn banker alive (Just ask him)
The impresario who upended retail banking in the U.S. is taking his show on the road ... to London. In the hidebound world of British retail banking, the launch of a new bank last July -- the first in...
View ArticleLondon's great debate: Can it survive as a financial hub?
Love it or hate it, Prime Minister David Cameron's decision to isolate Britain from the European Union and protect its bankers has brought London back into the international spotlight. By Katherine...
View ArticleThe death of Bob Diamond's dream for Barclays
Caught up in the Libor scandal, the star investment banker and American CEO of the British bank was forced to resign. His departure represents the end of an era for big banks. FORTUNE -- By the time...
View ArticleLondon’s great debate: Can it survive as a financial hub?
London's Canary Wharf In London, bankers are everywhere — at least for now. They are in the "The City," the English answer to Wall Street. Banks and asset managers line narrow streets surrounding St....
View Article8 ways an independent Scotland could spell U.K. economic disaster
Will an independent Scotland suffer a total and irreparable economic meltdown if voters choose to break from the United Kingdom on Thursday? U.K. loyalists, the City of London, and the most of the...
View ArticleSleep inside a priceless sculpture at The Beaumont
This post is in partnership with Food & Wine. The article below was originally published at FoodAndWine.com. By M. Elizabeth Sheldon, Food & Wine Plenty of hotels are home to stunning,...
View Article5 London restaurants where food meets art
This post is in partnership with Food & Wine. The article below was originally published at FoodAndWine.com. By Christine Ajudua, Food & Wine The British capital's top cultural institutions...
View ArticleFord’s Zipcar-killer is launching in this city
Ford is going head-to-head with Zipcar as it launches its new GoDrive car rental service in London. The app-based service will allow users to pick up one of Ford’s 50 vehicles on-demand and drop it off...
View ArticleNobody knows if this $18,000 wine is any good
A bottle of wine sold at a London auction for $18,000 on Thursday. The problem is it might taste pretty bad. The Chateau Mouton Rothschild 1945, one of the rarest wines in the world, was sold by...
View ArticleYou can buy a slice of Princess Diana’s wedding cake
You can now buy slices of cake from a slew of royal weddings. A slice of fruit cake from Princess Diana and Prince Charles’ wedding headlines an auction of famous wedding cakes at the end of the month....
View ArticleMost Powerful Women in London explain how to succeed
"Fear of what other people will think is the most paralyzing dynamic in business and in life. You will never own the future if you care about what other people think," said entrepreneur Cindy Gallop at...
View ArticleHere’s when Harry Potter is going from page to stage
J.K. Rowling’s wildly popular Harry Potter franchise is going from the page -- and the big screen -- to the stage. The play, dubbed “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” is due to open at London’s...
View ArticleLondon’s Heathrow Airport is set for a massive expansion…maybe
London’s Heathrow Airport, which receives more international flights from the U.S. than any other airport in the world, is about to get a major expansion, after a government-backed commission...
View ArticleUber tripled its fares in London for this reason
A strike of London’s Underground workers Thursday led to Uber, maybe unsurprisingly, tripling its fares due to high demand. The ride-sharing service's surge pricing kicked in during the strike, going...
View ArticleWhy people call this London skyscraper the ‘death ray’
London’s “Walkie Talkie” building, not-so-affectionately nicknamed “Walkie-Scorchie” or the “death ray,” is the most destructive thing to wreak havoc on the city since Jack the Ripper. The 38-story...
View ArticleHere are the best Twitter responses to London’s #Tubestrike ordeal
Londoners are enduring another day of misery as drivers on their subway–the famous ‘Tube’–strike again in protest at plans to introduce a 24/7 service. The order of the day has been horror, resentment...
View ArticleLeaked papers reveal Julian Assange’s life inside Ecuadorian Embassy
In June, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange marked his third year hiding in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. But it was certainly no celebration: Ecuadorian internal documents seen by Buzzfeed portray a...
View ArticleMeet the UK’s hottest new Michelin-approved restaurants
Michellin announced its 2016 star-winning restaurants in the UK on Twitter Wednesday after a bookstore accidentally displayed its Michelin Guide to Great Britain and Ireland 2016 a day too early. No...
View ArticleHere’s how London is cracking down on Uber
After outright bans for some of its services on the continent, Uber is now facing a crackdown in the U.K., the European market which has been most welcoming to it. London, by far the most lucrative...
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