Less than a generation ago, the Seminole tribe of Florida were living a precarious life of poverty in the Everglades. Yet last week, they bought the Hard Rock chain for a knock-down price of $965m.

A jury has awarded more than $800,000 million to the Seminole Tribe of Florida after finding that Wachovia Bank and its new owner Wells Fargo Bank charged more than $7 million in unauthorized fees ...