There was an echo of the last days of Rome at last year's
Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous. The barbarians were fast approaching the
gates with the downfall of Lehman Brothers and American
International Group occurring a few days after the last canapé
was gulped, while Hurricane Ike - the third most costly hurricane
ever - was yet to crash onto the Texas coastline.
But in the hazy calm of early September 2008, the talk at the
Rendez-Vous parties was either of...
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