Nat Rothschild profile

telegraph.co.uk

Oct. 21, 2008

A child of perhaps the world's most famous banking dynasty Nat Rothschild has built a personal fortune that is large even by his family's standards

Tight security for Thai by-election

BANGKOK, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Security was tight Sunday as Thai voters went to the polls for a do-over of a parliamentary election in Chai Nat.

Faberge egg auctioned for nearly $18M

LONDON, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- A 105-year-old, bejeweled Faberge egg has been purchased at auction in Britain for a record $17.8 million by a private Russian art collector.

Banker, vintner Rothschild dead at 90

INNSBRUCK, Austria, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- The Baron Elie de Rothschild, who helped run France's successful Rothschilds' bank, died this week in Austria at the age of 90.

Banking patriarch Rothschild dies at 98

PARIS, June 14 (UPI) -- Guy de Rothschild, the banking dynasty's French patriarch who saw his Paris bank seized not once but twice, has died in Paris at age 98.

Ad executive Diane Rothschild dies

NEW YORK, April 6 (UPI) -- Hall of Fame advertising executive Diane Rothschild has died of lung cancer at her New York home at the age of 63.

China discovers 1,700-year-old tomb

NANCHANG, China, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- Archaeologists have found a 1,700-year-old tomb dating back to the Jin Dynasty at a construction site in China's Jiangxi Province.

Two Italian banks to merge in stock deal

MILAN, Italy, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Italy's Banche Popolari Unite Scpa will buy domestic rival Banca Lombarda e Piemontese SpA for $7.88 billion as Europe's banking sector consolidates.

Ming Dynasty castle damaged in typhoon

FUZHOU, China, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- The typhoons that have killed hundreds of people in China have damaged an ancient castle dating from the Ming Dynasty, a Chinese cultural official said.

Sutter sells gold concessions to Dynasty

RIVERTON, Wyo., Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Sutter Gold Mining Inc. said Monday it would sell three Ecuadorian gold concessions to a Canadian mining company.

Hong Kong firm to get slice of Rothschild

LONDON, June 22 (UPI) -- Britain's Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance Group PLC Wednesday said it was selling a 21.5-percent stake in one of the venerable Rothschild banks.

Nomura expected to tie up with Rothschild

TOKYO, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Japan's biggest brokerage house may be joining forces with one of Europe's oldest financial groups, a Japanese financial newspaper reported.

Cubs hire Rothschild as pitching coach

CHICAGO, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Larry Rothschild, fired as manager of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays early in the 2001 season, was named Thursday as pitching coach of the Chicago Cubs.