Citigroup's announcement today that Michael Klein is leaving the company surely makes one wonder whether there is a reason for Citigroup. Klein, oft referred to as one of the bank's "most senior executives" though he is all of 44, is leaving "to pursue other opportunities." He should have a...
...Some Trace of Her (NT: COTTESLOE, LONDON) Ben Whishaw gives a strikingly haunting performance in Katie Mitchell's extraordinarily compelling multimedia piece, inspired by Dostoevsky's The Idiot. Hattie Morahan stars. (020-7452 3000) to 21 Oct Collaboration ...
In case you haven't noticed, people andproducts keep getting bigger. Take the Prince tennis racket or the Big Bertha golf club for example.When they were introduced they looked funny, but their superior performancehas made them the standard. Toilet seats remained the same size for 100 years until a larger, moreergonomically...
The Revenger's Tragedy (NT: OLIVIER, LONDON) Rory Kinnear superbly captures the conflicted essence of Vindice in Melly Still's modern-dress version of Thomas Middleton's black Jacobean jamboree. (020-7452 3000) tonight & Thur Taking Sides (MINERVA THEATRE,...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Hurricane Gustav dumped torrential rains across southern Haiti on Tuesday, killing at least one man and threatening crops amid protests over high food prices. Oil prices rose on fears the storm could batter oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. Trees toppled as the...
LONDON AFP — Jose Mourinho insists Andriy Shevchenko was destined to fail at Chelsea because the Ukraine striker was treated with kid gloves at AC Milan. Mourinho was in charge at Stamford Bridge when Shevchenko joined for a club record 30 million pounds (37 million euros) in 2006....
Protection of the Environment and Sustainable Development are Key Goals of H.S.H. Prince Albert II's Global Initiative NEW YORK, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Less than two years after H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco created an eponymous Foundation that would reflect his personal commitment to the protection...
Canada: More meat deaths OTTAWA -- Public health officials in Canada say two more deaths have been attributed to a deadly bacterial outbreak linked to tainted meat. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Monday that the latest deaths bring to six the total number...
PORT-AU-PRINCE AFP — Tropical Storm Gustav stalled over Haiti on Wednesday, lashing the impoverished island with heavy rain after striking it with hurricane force and killing five people. The US National Hurricane Center warned that Gustav could regain hurricane strength on Thursday once it moves away from Haiti....
Diverse-Owned Extended-Stay Hotel is Located in Maryland's New National Harbor BETHESDA, Md., Aug. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Marriott International, Inc. http://www.marriott.com/default.mi announced today's opening of the 162-suite Residence Inn by Marriott in Oxon Hill, Prince Georges County, Maryland. Located at 192 Waterfront Street, the Residence Inn National...
West Side Story (SADLERS WELLS, LONDON) Joey McKneely's high-kicking, skirt-snapping revival of Leonard Bernstein's musical stars Ryan Silverman, who gives a powerful and eloquent voice to Tony. (0844 412 4300) to Sun Her Naked Skin ...
Pop: Be Your Own Pet (ACADEMY, LIVERPOOL) Jemina Pearl's scrappy Nashville natives whip up one last flurry of sugar-rush girl-punk-pop on their farewell tour. (0844 477 2000) tonight World: Tinariwen (KOMEDIA, BRIGHTON) ...
The problem with Philadelphia City Council - OK, one of many problems - is that it doesn't think big. Except when it comes to summer vacations. Take the curious case of Christopher Wright, Councilman Jack Kelly's suspended chief of staff. He's charged with taking $16,000 in gifts from the Chawla...
TIPSY Scots TV presenter Gail Porter shocked posh guests at a GREEN knees-up by turning the air BLUE! She let rip with a list of expletives at Scotland's first ever carbon neutral ball at the five star Sheraton Grand Hotel in Edinburgh. ...
AN MP has been banned from his local pub for supporting the smoking ban. Labour's David Heyes has been told he's not welcome at the Prince of Orange in Ashton-under-Lyne, Manchester, after the ban halved business. Landlord Roger Hantulik, who has put...
THE doctor who delivered Princes William and Harry left nearly pounds 1.5million in his will. Sir George Pinker, who died at the age of 82 in April after battling Parkinson's disease, was the Queen's surgeongynaecologist from 1973 to 1990. He delivered nine...
Eilen Jewell With her aching voice and heartfelt lyrics, Eilen Jewell is reminiscent of Lucinda Williams, and her tendency to wrap these emotions in timeless folk and country settings brings to mind Gillian Welch. But Jewell, who hails from Idaho via the Boston folk- club scene is...
A Sports on TV item Thursday about the use of the "live" designation during NBC's Beijing Olympics coverage included inaccurate information provided by a spokesman for the network's graphics provider. According to Kevin Prince, chief operating officer of Chyron, the "live" label can only be removed from the...
JERUSALEM AFP — Eager to revive its prestige in the Holy Land, Russia is pressing a claim to ownership of an historic Jerusalem building formerly owned by a tsarist prince and which once housed aristocratic pilgrims. The 19th century Sergei Building is in the centre of Jerusalem and...
MADRID AFP — Princess Letizia, the wife of the heir to the Spanish throne, Crown Prince Felipe, had surgery on her nose last week to fix a breathing problem, the Royal Palace said Friday. The septorhinoplasty -- an operation to straighten the cartilage and bone that separates the...
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