Taking the middle road for a financially stable future
WE HAVE recently passed a noteworthy anniversary.Not a happy one, but one which is worth some reflection. On 10 March 2000, following an unprecedented stock market bull-run, the Nasdaq Index
New rules to underpin the Euro
THE ONGOING Stability and Growth Pact saga appears to be over…for the time being anyway. Against the odds, EU finance ministers were finally able to reach a deal on reforming
MG Rover task force awards grants
A task force set up after the demise of MG Rover has paid grants of 300,000 pounds sterling to 34 suppliers affected by the crisis. The body, set up to
Two funerals, a wedding and a horse race
Skip Bandele reflects on life and his world – as he sees it. AHEAD of my main topics this week, a brief postscript to my latest deliberations in a ‘A
Let’s get physical!
The teacher can adapt the exercises to suit your ability, as well as motivate everyone to work to their optimum ability. There are a number of classes available, from beginners
Oil drillers set to invade Alaskan wildlife refuge
THE US Senate has voted to allow oil drilling in a remote wildlife refuge in the northern state of Alaska. Senators voted 51-49 against an amendment that would have struck
A real bitsa this week
WHAT’S a bitsa? You know, bitsa this, bitsa that – a real mix of things this week, just for a change. Let’s start with my last piece about bad debts,
A time to be born
“Spring is sprung, de Sun am riz, I wonder where dem boidies is? Dem boids is on de wing! But dats absoid-de wing is on de boid!” Trivial but true.
Our world this week
UNITED KINGDOM The end for MG Rover? Administrators for UK car manufacturer, MG Rover, recently announced that they are keen to re-open talks with China’s Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp (SAIC).
End of an era, focus now on papal election
POPE John Paul II was buried in a crypt under St. Peter’s last Friday, after one of the biggest funerals in history, and remembered in special mourning services around Rome