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On 18 April 1923, Babe Ruth stepped up to the plate in the brand new Yankee Stadium, and hit a home run, the first to be struck in the new home of what was destined to become America's ‘winningest' team.

The third annual Financial Services Challenge took place at Nanny Cay Marina in the British Virgin Islands on Sunday, June 24. It also proved to be third time lucky for offshore law firm Conyers Dill & Pearman (Conyers).

The market for rare US coins is not one a casual investor would first consider, but in terms of pure performance numbers, it might be worth a look.

If the estate agents' blurb is to be believed, Eastern Europe is the golden property investment at the moment. The Western European market is slowing down and returns are slipping to around 5% per year, while Eastern European markets are still steaming ahead.

There seems to be an increasing level of interest in wine investment on the part of both private and institutional investors. It is interest that is being driven partly by the search for non-correlated asset classes which can still provide a respectable rate of return, and partly by the increasing consumption of wine by the general public, around the world.

The space technology and exploration industry is a growing one, and is starting to attract more interest from private equity and venture capital funds as it begins to mature, and the companies that comprise it start to look that they will actually make some money. It was not always thus.

Despite the financial crisis, business jets have become more and more popular.