View: There was a special place for the Soviets, whether in Olympics or MiGsAs an Indian growing up in the early-'70s, there was absolutely no doubt which of the Cold War combatants were on our side. We'd read Ameri...
02 Apr, 2022, 11.03 PM IST
Russia's second-richest man Vladimir Potanin faces $7 billion divorce claim, world's biggest after Jeff Bezos & Bill GatesThe largest payout in a divorce is currently $631 mn to billionaire Akhmedov's wife.
09 Dec, 2021, 03.14 PM IST
'The Lost Leonardo' documentary unpeels mysteries of the Salvator MundiIts international stops, chronicling the da Vinci painting's sales, are baffling leaps.
13 Aug, 2021, 02.52 PM IST
Disputed $123 mn Da Vinci artwork won't return to Italy, thanks to a Swiss courtThe 'Portrait of Isabella d’Este' painting has become the subject of an international tug-of-war.
03 Jun, 2019, 02.59 PM IST
Vows of divorce: What these wealthy couples said before calling it quits with their partnerRecently, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife MacKenzie announced their divorce on social media.
11 Feb, 2019, 06.39 PM IST
When D-word hits rich & mighty: Wealthy focus on post-split net worth, not emotional landscapeThe Jeff Bezos divorce will cover Amazon's billions of dollars, but could be handled with ease.
15 Jan, 2019, 05.29 PM IST
Bezos divorce might be handled as ‘Quickly as an Amazon delivery'“Their divorce will be handled as quickly as an Amazon delivery,” said West Coast-based attorney Christopher Melcher.
13 Jan, 2019, 10.36 PM IST
The Last da Vinci May Set a New CodeKnown for getting around the highest divorce settlement ever, Rybolovlev has had the last laugh again as a dip in the Old Masters market ha...
16 Nov, 2017, 11.56 PM IST
What I read this week: India’s IT recruits are untrainable because they cheat in collegesI have blended some interesting reads on how the bubble is bursting in art mart and how much truth is there in the suggestion that IT recru...
23 May, 2017, 03.21 PM IST
The fine art of multi-crore disputesWarring parties who want to paint each other black invariably add colour to the feud by throwing some art into it.
09 Sep, 2015, 02.54 PM IST
How 2016 US presidential candidate Donald Trump spends his billionsOne thing is for certain, though: regardless of how many billions Donald Trump has, he knows how to spread his fortune around.
23 Jul, 2015, 01.19 PM IST
The Billionaire, the Dealer and the $186 million Mark Rothko's No. 6A showdown between a Russian collector and a Swiss art merchant has exposed a freewheeling market in private sales where collectors trade m...
29 Apr, 2015, 10.25 AM IST
Meet the big shots who live at 15 Central Park West, world's most powerful address15 Central Park West is filled with bankers, hedge funders, and business tycoons. The building took three years and $1 billion to construct.
13 Mar, 2015, 01.49 PM IST
Costliest divorce: US oil tycoon Harold Hamm to pay ex-wife $1 billion as alimonyThe size of the settlement grabbed the headlines, without much attention to the suffering the woman may have gone through.
12 Nov, 2014, 12.08 PM IST
Marital arts: Manoeuvres that squeeze the moolah out of an exReports of a Rs 400-crore divorce settlement between Sussanne and Hrithik Roshan took the social media by storm last week.
07 Aug, 2014, 12.48 PM IST
- Hasan Ali has strong ties with Russian tycoon Suleiman Kerimov
Besides having close links with Adnan Khashogi, the Saudi arms dealer, it has now been revealed that Khan has strong ties with Suleiman Ker...
11 Apr, 2011, 04.00 AM IST
- Russia's Silvinit gets $1.5 bn loan for potash mine
Russian potash miner Silvinit has secured a $1.5 billion, three-year loan from VTB Bank that will allow it to pay for a huge deposit of the...
30 Jul, 2008, 08.04 PM IST