European stocks halt losing runFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 9:39PMEuropean stocks ended mostly unchanged on Tuesday, pausing after a one-week losing run.
Euro rises above $US1.30Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 9:26PMThe euro ended the week at highest level in two months, topping $US1.30.
Magic mushroomsFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 5:41PMWhen the orange chanterelles are up, they look like fire spreading across cream. Ian Brown tracks the wild luxury to its forest home in Saskatchewan
Wall Street's Buy ListFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 3:20PMActions speak louder than words.
Susan Sisko Carter: Why French Women Wear ScarvesFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 2:21PMScarves intimidate me. Until this precise moment. The saleswoman places the scarf around my neck... and voila: She reveals the secret of how French women tie their scarves.
Movie review: Dinner for Schmucks *Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 1:28PMThe new comedy “Dinner for Schmucks,” directed by Jay Roach, is based on a 1998 French film called “Le Dinner des Cons,” in which a group of business executives hosts a regular dinner party where they invite the most buffoonish and imbecilic people they can find.
Fast Fashion: Zara in IndiaThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 5:05PMThe latest catwalk designs, at affordable prices. That's Zara's promise. But to deliver that in India, it will have to tweak its centralized business model.
Dollar opens higher as greenback slipsThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 4:54PMThe Australian dollar has opened higher today as investors buy the currency ahead of a month-end readjustment of portfolios.
While you were sleeping: Short-circuited by techsThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 4:32PMTechnology shares added a fresh hurdle for equities to clear and further clouded a murky outlook for the world’s biggest economy. In late trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.20%, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index declined 0.27% and the Nasdaq Composite Index lost 0.29%.