How to look razor sharp October 25, 2010 EVERY man knows how to shave, right? Wrong. Look at your colleagues and spy out the ones with red blotches and roughed-up skin under their chins and you see the chaps who have never mastered wielding a razor. “You can tell from looking at them who has been shaving badly for years,” says barber Carmelo [...]
Obama blames economy for heavy defeat in elections… November 3, 2010 REPUBLICANS swept to victory in the US House of Representatives yesterday, picking up 60 seats – well over the 39 needed to take control. President Barack Obama blamed the Democrats’ worst drubbing since 1948 on the fact that unemployment remains at 9.6 per cent, saying he takes “direct responsibility for the fact that we have [...]
Messi’s best but not as good as Maradona – yet April 7, 2010 WHEN it comes to Lionel Messi, I agree with Arsene Wenger. There is no-one to compare to the brilliant Barcelona star’s knowledge of the game and footballing intelligence. Put simply, he stands out: he is the best in the world. What amazes me about Messi is the way he is able to sprint from a [...]
Traders turning to stars for answers February 28, 2010 I’M sitting in an opulent suite at the Four Seasons Hampshire with about 20 other people, sipping tea and nibbling cakes. We’re here in deepest darkest Dogmersfield, a former hunting park of Henry VIII, to find out what the future holds – and what the chaotic present means – from one of the world’s most [...]
St Lucia’s most spectacular retreat is taking luxury to new levels August 2, 2009 ONE OF THE remaining signs of St Lucia’s colonial past (and Commonwealth present) is the fact that, by law, the first 40 feet inland of every stretch of coastline belongs to the Queen. That doesn’t mean sunbathing is restricted to Her Maj and Philip, should they deign to drop anchor in these parts, but it [...]
Picking the right moment is the key to forex trading August 19, 2009 SINCE Monday we have learnt that Japan exited recession in the second quarter, that German investors are more confident in August than they were last month, that UK inflation still stands at 1.8 per cent, and that three members of the UK’s Monetary Policy Committee considered extending quantitative easing in this country to £200bn. Today [...]