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Ireland: A reality check

As he prepares to move back to the UK, John Murray Brown, the FT’s Ireland correspondent reports on an eventful decade for Ireland’s wealthy

Mexico: Paradise in dispute

In Mexico, government plans to create a new tourist playground have met bitter opposition from residents who fear for their future

Activism: Not too posh to protest

Blue-bloods may have often been the object of activists’ ire, but these days they are as likely to be the ones at the barriers

The Ideas Column: the return of get rich slow

James Mackintosh on the fortunes of the private sector and the deployment of investment

Chevrolet targets zero-emission market with Volt

For an electric car, Chevrolet’s Volt looks big. Alarmingly so. The larger – and heavier – the electric vehicle, the bigger the battery that it needs to carry around

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FT Wealth indices

NEW Click here to view the price indices for September 2011, showing market movements for fine wine, historic cars and art, with additional analysis

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Car review: Chevrolet Corvette ZR1

Rohit Jaggi test-drives the archetypal US sports car, the Chevrolet Corvette from General Motors

Ask the expert: be smart about art

Pierre Valentin, partner and art specialist at Withers, the international law firm, answers questions about collecting art

Book review: Greenback Planet

Daniel Ben-Ami reviews Greenback Planet by H.W. Brands, a professor of history at the University of Texas in Austin

Equities: the ups and downs of benchmarks

Matthew Vincent investigates why most of the benchmarks that are used to represent the market are actually hobbled

Investment focus: investing amid volatility

Safe havens in volatile markets, the investment road ahead and investment tips

Lifestyle: sailing into the record books

Alain Thébault shows Rohit Jaggi what his record-breaking sailboat, l’Hydroptère, can do

My liquidity moment: Marc Worth

Jonathan Moules meets Marc Worth, co-founder of the Worth Global Style Network

Mega-gifts: generous to a fault

Younger donors are getting involved in philanthropy, and they are giving more

How I made it: Penny Streeter of A24 Group

How Penny Streeter launched the UK healthcare staffing business that has since made her fortune

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The placing of brands within feature films and TV shows is expected to skyrocket in the next few years

Rankings: finest for funds

The US and Singapore are the best markets in the world for fund investors

The Rich Column: follow the money

An emphasis on cash is one that contemporary wealth managers would do well to adopt

Turkey: the party starts here

Strict rules limiting the advertising of cigarettes and alcohol in Turkey have led to a thriving underground scene

Sponsorship: hip to be arty

The corporate world tries to overcome its reputation as a machine of ruthless self-enrichment by funding the arts

Women and finance: banking on a new relationship

Some private banks still find it difficult to enter the modern age, in which female entrepreneurs are on the rise

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