It's an occupational hazard: Even the best bosses sometimes act like jackasses. Boss Problem: Chronic Micromanagement Your Solution: Build a detailed plan for your projects, with regular milestones where you will report back for feedback. Invite your boss to review the plan and adjust it...
BERLIN AFP — The financial director of European aerospace giant EADS, Hans-Peter Ring, has been questioned as a witness in connection with a French probe into alleged insider trading in the group's shares, a German press report said Monday. Ring told the Financial Times Deutschland he was not...
Last Night's TV PERSONAL SERVICES REQUIRED CHANNEL 4 TRIBAL WIVES BBC2 After applying the principle of the blind date to personal growth Faking It, domestic relationships Wife Swap and the deserving poor The Secret Millionaire, the production company RDF has now turned...
Clive Cowdery, boss of the Resolution buyout fund, has turned down approaches from Bradford & Bingley's big four investors to return to the mortgage lender once its 400m rights issue is underwritten. Mr Cowdery has not ruled out coming back to B&B at a later date but...
JESSICA Alba is to play Barbarella in a remake of the hit sci-fi movie. Sin City and Fantastic Four star Jessica, 27, will take on the sexy role made famous by Jane Fonda in the 1968 futuristic space romp. She landed the...
To all Formula One Team Principals. 3 July 2008 Gentlemen, Formula One is becoming unsustainable. The major manufacturers are currently employing up to 1000 people to put two cars on the grid. This is clearly unacceptable at a time when all these companies are...
CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE secured 5,000 members, who have signed up at the discounted 9.99- a-month tariff. Anne-Marie Harris, investment director at Bridges, said: "About 12 per cent of the UK population are gym members but research indicates this figure could increase significantly if...
Andrew Jordan enjoyed his first run in a Super 2000 Touring Car at Snetterton during the two-day HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship test when he ran a few laps in one of the Team Halfords Honda Civics. The brief test was a reward from Halfords team boss...
PARIS AFP — French rogue trader Jerome Kerviel has told a psychologist his managers never reprimanded him despite "tonnes of alerts" sent to them over his dealings at Societe Generale, according to a document obtained by AFP. The 31-year-old trader, who has been charged with breach of trust...
Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali has admitted that seeing Kimi Raikkonen make it to the end of the French Grand Prix provided a real boost to the Scuderia as it heads into the second half of a season-long battle with Mclaren and BMW Sauber. The Finn was comfortably...
PAUL INCE will be appointed as Blackburn Rovers manager this week. The MK Dons boss will have final talks with Blackburn chairman John Williams today to finalise the details. But it looks certain the former England international will get the job. Rovers...
Larbre Competition team boss Jack Leconte says his team will seek revenge in the Spa 24 Hours after a problem early on in the Le Mans 24 Hours prevented his team from fighting for honours in the GT1 class. A hub carrier failure in the third hour of...
Local Banks Aren't Mired in Bad Mortgages, But Economy, Competition Are Other Matters Their market may have shrunk some, but local banks say they are as competitive as ever about gaining bigger pieces of it. As a slower economy and credit crunch lead to fewer deposits...
AUCKLAND AFP — All Blacks coach Graham Henry appealed Friday for rugby to make greater use of modern technology to improve refereeing standards. "Any technology that's going to support correct decisions I'll be totally supportive of and I'm sure the players would be too," he said here on...
PARIS AFP — Saudi Arabia's proposed oil summit for the world's biggest oil producing and consuming countries to discuss the problem of record crude prices is to take place on June 22, OPEC said Tuesday. Saudi Arabia, the leading member of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries and...
NEUCHATEL, Switzerland AFP — Portugal's Chelsea defender Ricardo Carvalho says he would like to work again with former Blues boss Jose Mourinho, who was confirmed as the new Inter Milan manager last week. "A change can sometimes do a player good, but at the moment I am just...
BEIJING, June 3 Kyodo Beijing Olympics organizers publicly appealed to Chinese companies Tuesday not to illegally pass off products as official Olympic merchandise or services. Chen Feng, the deputy director of marketing, said advertising using Olympic logos, slogans and images without copyright is...
RONALDINHO is expected to sign for Manchester City in the next 48 hours in a deal that will make him the world's highest-paid player. City were granted permission by Barcelona yesterday to open talks with the Brazilian star as representatives of Blues chairman Thaksin Shinawatra touched...
CHELSEA may not have a manager but they have tabled a pounds 20million bid for Bayern Munich midfield star Franck Ribery. Ribery is a key man in the France squad at the Euro 2008 finals, so there will be no quick conclusion to Chelsea's interest. ...
Business News IN BRIEF *Noel Forgeard, the former chief executive of EADS, was detained yesterday by French police as part of their inquiry into possible insider trading at the European aerospace giant. Under French law, questioning can last up to 48 hours and may or may not...
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