LONDON, Oct. 9 -- The flash of cash by the super-rich bankers and traders who work in London's financial district had come to symbolize the capital. They ordered birthday cakes with emeralds. They ran up $10,000 bar bills at nightclubs. They drove, or were driven in, Porsches and Bentleys. -
Hard Times On the Thames
LONDON, Oct. 9 -- The flash of cash by the super-rich bankers and traders who work in London's financial district had come to symbolize the capital. They ordered birthday cakes with emeralds. They ran up $10,000 bar bills at nightclubs. They drove, or were driven in, Porsches and Bentleys.-
By Kevin Sullivan and Mary Jordan