Hong Kong mogul Jimmy Lai testifies for first time
Getty Images Jimmy Lai, Apple Daily founder, arrives at the Court of Final Appeal ahead…
Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island coming to PC this winter
Spike Chunsoft will release dungeon RPG Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island for PC via Steam this winter, the company announced. A specific release date and price will be announced at a later date. The base game will feature all free updates previously released for the Switch version. The paid downloadable content…
The Ashmolean Museum Acquired Fra Angelico’s “The Crucifixion”
Fra Angelico’s “The Crucifixion” will stay in the UK and will soon be available for public viewing. The Ashmolean Museum of the University of Oxford has closed the record-setting deal for over €5 million to ensure the world-famous painting by the notable Italian Renaissance painter won’t be sold abroad. The event has ended a long-term…
$486 M. Total at Christie’s Double Header Hides Uneven Night of Sales
If there is one thing we have learned this year it’s that the collector class still has money to spend, but will only spend it on choicest, most fresh-to-market works. Christie’s 20th century evening sale on Tuesday, which totaled $486 million with a sell through rate of 92 percent by value and 83 percent by…
Investing Blog Roundup: Retirement Spending, Gifting, and Big Inheritances
I’ve seen it over and over again with clients: they reached financial independence at some point in their 50s or 60s. And then, years later (maybe several years, maybe a decade or more), they inherited a whole bunch of money from their parents. And it’s not that the inheritance does nothing for them, but it…
Hong Kong mogul Jimmy Lai testifies for first time
Getty Images Jimmy Lai, Apple Daily founder, arrives at the Court of Final Appeal ahead a bail hearing on February 9, 2021 Jimmy Lai, one of Hong Kong’s most influential pro-democracy figures, has taken to the stand in a national security trial that may see him sentenced to life in jail. The 76-year-old founder of…