Treat yourself to a top tote March 4, 2010 1 Ostrich leather duffel bag, William &?Son, £2650, www.williamandson.com 2 Daria drawstring tote, Mulberry, £795, www.mulberry.com 3 Fabien bag, Jimmy Choo, £925, www.jimmychoo.com 4 Tate paisley-print tote, Marc by Marc Jacobs, £175, www.netaporter.com 5 Large patent Ebury leather bag, Vivienne Westwood, £679 www.harrods.com 6 Miami soft tote, Aspinal, £395, www.aspinaloflondon.com 7 Bretany snake effect tote [...]
MEN: GO AND GET MEASURED March 4, 2010 Sara Hollamby Style Counsel A SHARP suit is an important investment – get it right, and it makes you feel so good that it’s worth the hefty price tag. A quality suit should last many years and make you feel comfortable, relaxed and confident – the key is in the fabric and tailoring. So do [...]
Battlecry can answer Twiston’s call for another Saturday to remember March 4, 2010 WITH less than two weeks to go until the start of the Cheltenham Festival, there is a distinct lack of quality racing on offer this weekend. The Raymond Mould Supporting Greatwood Gold Cup at Newbury (3.10pm) is the feature race, but it has only attracted a field of nine runners. David Pipe’s Our Vic heads [...]
the INSIDER March 4, 2010 With no all-weather tomorrow and only one poor betting race declared over the jumps, I will be backing just the one horse over the next couple of days. FREDDIE’S GIRL runs in Lingfield’s 4.10pm this afternoon and this More Than Ready (USA) filly has got plenty of pace and should have enough to hold on [...]
Mick’s Wolves lack the bite to frighten United March 4, 2010 WOLVES vs MANCHESTER UNITED TOMORROW – 5.30PM ESPN THE relationship between the red and blue sides of Manchester has been especially hostile this season thanks mainly to the Carlos Tevez saga. However, the little Argentinian did his old teammates a huge favour by inflicting Chelsea’s first home league defeat since November 2008 last Saturday. That [...]
City cheers as economy rebounds March 3, 2010 RELIEF trickled through global markets yesterday as a series of polls showed the strongest growth in the services sector since the financial crisis began, fuelling hopes of recovery. Shares rose on both sides of the Atlantic after the UK service purchasing managers survey surprised analysts by jumping 3.9 points to 58.4 for February – its [...]
BA trains 1,000 staff to replace its cabin crew March 3, 2010 BRITISH Airways (BA) will have up to 1,000 staff members fully trained and ready to serve as cabin crew by next week should talks with aircrew to avoid a strike collapse. The commercial airline said up to 6,000 staff members, including pilots, had originally volunteered to work on flights but a smaller number had already [...]
Greece could seek IMF aid March 3, 2010 GREEK Prime Minister George Papandreou warned yesterday he would turn to the International Monetary Fund for support should the EU not provide the financial assistance he wants. The threat came in the wake of fresh spending cuts – the country’s toughest in decades. The newest line of measures are expected to raise €4.8bn (£4.3bn) after [...]
Why we need to balance the books March 3, 2010 IT is often forgotten that Britain has defaulted on its national debt in the past. The Great Conversion of 1932, after another economic and financial crisis, was a humiliating moment for what was then the British Empire. After much negotiating, the UK’s costly five per cent first world war bonds were turned into new, cheaper [...]
Mandelson slams Volcker March 3, 2010 BUSINESS secretary Lord Mandelson yesterday dismissed US President Barack Obama’s plan to separate retail banking from riskier trading as “too difficult” to implement. Suggesting a Labour government would not follow Obama’s so-called Volcker rule, Mandelson called for global coordination on regulation. He said: “Trying to apply sweeping rules about the structure, content and range of [...]
