Rough N’ Ready: the year’s standouts

Rough N’ Ready: the year’s standouts

Three-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington returns to American cinema after five years, with a psychotic vengeance film based on 2011’s crime novel Man on Fire, in which Washington plays a man who becomes a…

Norsk Hydro scandal: Who is Nigel St John Martin?

latest

Norsk Hydro scandal: Who is Nigel St John Martin?

BBC News Nigel St John Martin and his deputy, Peter Pilz, have lost their jobs as head and vice-president of the energy company Norsk Hydro ASA. They stepped down earlier this week as a…

Debt ceiling window is narrowing

health

Debt ceiling window is narrowing

By Gregory Mankiw, President, SummerHill Advisors The U.S. public debt stands at around $21 trillion. The balance sheet of the Federal Reserve currently contains $2.4 trillion in debt that will be paid off over…

Last surviving 'Band of Brothers' general dies aged 99

politics

Last surviving ‘Band of Brothers’ general dies aged 99

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Shames described how he recalled his battle-tests at St Nazaire in Normandy. Edward Shames, a retired Major-General and last officer from the famous World War II “Band of Brothers”,…

Talk Like an Executive Coach: Annie Frisbie

politics

Talk Like an Executive Coach: Annie Frisbie

What had you thought about your first marathon before you made the all-important team of 11 that would hit the pavement? Annie Frisbie: I really never knew what it was, so I was thinking,…