According to the Financial Times, the UK now vies with the US for most developed financial market, with New York narrowly retaining its lead over London as a financial market.
It’s the UK’s second bite at the apple, having been the most important financial center through much of the 1800s.

Here, another Mistake Monday from our own Jean Mercedes.
I’m on a business trip to London, asking people on the street for directions. First I ask the guy selling newspapers. “Excuse me, sir (Brits are always polite, so I try to be also), where is Hudson street?” The reply: ” ‘udson street? Down der, turn right…” A few minutes later, I am still lost in central London, so I ask the next person I see – a business man in a suit. Trying to fit in and speak the local dialect, I ask for directions to ‘udson street.
The reply “Hhhhudson …read more