Front End

Anglo Irish Bank: Bonfire of the BMWs

Mandelson becomes an investment banker

Relationship banking: DangDang dishes the dirt

Falcon Group: A bubble-free economy

Chateau Lafite: The world’s best liquid asset

Quotes of the month

Not so Hungary for euro

Off the Record

China: European bank averts height of folly

Santa’s retirement funds: Pity poor Pandit

Quotes of the month

Cocos for Christmas