Glencore is one of the world's most tight-lipped companies. Odd, then, that gaffe-a-minute chairman Simon Murray is moonlighting as a "senior adviser" to GPW... more
So would you pick a well-paid job with a less happy lifestyle or a less well-paid job with an easier lifestyle? The answer we're expected to give, by happiness gurus, is that we'd forfeit the stress, dosh and status to be more content... more
The annual news of A-level results is usually accompanied by photographs of girls hugging each other and boys looking gobsmacked. Some things don't change, such as pass rates inching up and more and more students gaining the top grades. But this year, beneath all the froth, there is real change... more
Amy Chua, the 'Tiger Mother' notorious for her fiercely competitive parenting, has arrived in London. She tells Lucy Cavendish how she drove her family to the brink... more
City feature: When bankers and hedge fund managers try to scare us and say they will jump ship to more benign climes, our response is to suggest they go at once. But bankers know they can now work from almost anywhere - and the next generation may not pick London... more
Professor Malcolm Grant, provost of University College London, recently rated one of the world's top four universities, has warned that parents may have to save from birth to pay future college fees... more
Universities will be forced to tell students how many lectures and classes they can expect amid fears that undergraduates are being cheated out of their £3,225 a year fees... more
London parents will go to any lengths to make sure their little Mozarts can play an instrument. Our reporter tells of her trials as a Music Mummy... more
Peter Mandelson is prodding at an interactive plasma screen at the Visual Planet company, oohing and aahing at what advanced manufacturing can do for Britain. It's everything New Labour loves - cutting edge, meritocratic and not a recession-hit smokestack industry... more
News of the latest salvo in a strange war between parents and the Government comes from Durham University, which has turned down a boy from St Paul's School with four A grades at A-level... more
Finance: The endowment fund at President Bush's old university Yale has taken a 25%, $5.5 billion (£3.59 billion) hit from plunging markets over the past four months... more
Wall Street drinking dens were engulfed with panic and despair at US politicians as traders drowned their sorrows following the bail-out collapse... more
After years of living a trans-Atlantic life which has done little for the depressive actor's mental state, not to mention his marriage, Laurie's family are moving to the US to be with him.... more
Since signing to London-based label XL, who found them via their MySpace page, Vampire Weekend have wasted no time building up a following. Their two UK tours to date have both sold out, while they are already pencilled in for a slew of summer festival appearances. The band have also been credited with rejuvenating the New York pop scene
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Even if you see a lot of dance, and even if you've seen it before, William Forsythe's One Flat Thing, Reproduced comes as a howling, dazzling surprise.... more
Robert De Niro's The Good Shepherd, his second feature as director, is arguably too long and sometimes repetitious, but it remains intriguing throughout, says Derek Malcolm.... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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