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Ernie Els bounces back with a hole-in-one

06.11.09
Ernie Els hit a hole-in-one at the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions event in Shanghai ... more

BA is worst plunger on Footsie after Deutsche drops rating to hold

26.10.09
Shares in British Airways ran into a spot of turbulence this morning, plunging more than 2% which made it the biggest faller among blue chips ... more

All shadows and little substance for Dance Umbrella

07.10.09
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan is a strange opener to Dance Umbrella, which usually programmes the indie and the unexpected.... more

Sharapova's finally up to speed

30.09.09
Maria Sharapova recovered from a slow start to reach the quarterfinals of Tokyo's Pan Pacific Open with a 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 win over Alisa Kleybanova... more

Finchley boys get on the Goodfoot

21.09.09
Four London street dancers who specialise in 'locking, popping and breaking' have beaten flamenco dancers and classical ballerinas to be named one of the best groups in the world... more

Baby saved in China storms

10.08.09
A crying baby is carried to safety by a rescuer after Typhoon Morakot struck Taiwan... more

Troubled RBS is to sell big slice of Asian assets

03.08.09
Stricken Royal Bank of Scotland is expected to sell a big chunk of its Asian assets this week to the ANZ banking group of Australia ... more

Heather Mills bites back: her plan for world domination

31.07.09
Armed with fake bacon, a snooker-playing toyboy and a £20 million divorce settlement, Heather Mills is launching her own offensive against global warming from a vegan café in Hove. Watch out world...... more

Darkest dawn of the century in longest solar eclipse

22.07.09
Longest solar eclipse of the 21st century plunges great swathes of Asia into near-darkness after dawn... more

Revealed: The greenest bike ever made

17.06.09
A £3,000 bamboo bike is unveiled as the ultimate green statement for commuters worried that even their cycling damages the planet... more

Taiwan in a tasty nutshell at Keelung

11.06.09
Keelung goes high on to the list of places David Sexton would recommend to a friend, spending his or her own money. ... more

ANZ raises £1.2bn to buy RBS Asian units

27.05.09
Royal Bank of Scotland's £1.1billion auction of its retail and commercial banking businesses in Asia hotted up today as bidding frontrunner Australia and New Zealand Banking Group said it will raise A$2.5billion (£1.2billion) through a share placing.... more

London on damage alert after Wall St 12-year low

24.02.09
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Dana and RBS help fight Wall Street's 12-year low

24.02.09
Investors on the London stock market today moved to stop the rot after another big sell-off overnight on Wall Street, which saw shares there slump to their lowest since 1997... more

Pru in bullish mood with £2.5bn surplus

20.02.09
Insurance: The Prudential insisted it has enough cash to survive a slump as bad as the Great Depression as it reported a 5% rise in sales... more

Pandas leave China on goodwill mission to Taiwan

23.12.08
A pair of pandas took off from China amid heavy security on their long-awaited "goodwill" journey to a new home in Taiwan... more

Vodafone climbs aboard new mobiles platform at Google

10.12.08
Technology: Mobile phones giant Vodafone has joined 13 other top telecom and chipmaking companies in an alliance to support Google's new phone platform... more

St Paul’s hits £40m target for cleaning and restoring

26.11.08
Church leaders at St Paul’s Cathedral announced that they have reached their £40 million restoration fund target to coincide with its 300th anniversary... more

Early morning queue to bag cheap Comme Des Garcons at H&M

13.11.08
Designers and fashion students joined bargain hunters in a huge queue around the block for the Comme Des Garcons collection at H&M... more

Market report: High Street retailers ‘in for a grim Christmas’

20.10.08
There will be little festive cheer on the High Street this Christmas as shoppers turn Scrooge and keep a tight grip on their cash... more

Central banks pump billions into markets to beat freeze

07.10.08
Banking: Central banks pump more than £6.3 billion into money markets, seeking to ease a credit freeze threatening to tip the world economy into a recession... more

Taste of China

20.08.08
Chinese food is Liz Hoggard's worst nightmare. Here she challenges TV star Ching-He Huang, dubbed 'the new Nigella', to prove it's no hassle to prepare ... and a pleasure to eat... more

Who's in and who's out

18.08.08
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Westwood's rally sparks major hope

04.08.08
Lee Westwood goes to this week's US PGA Championship full of confidence fightback at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational ... more

Asian banks hit by debt held in mortgage giants

15.07.08
Asian stock markets dived amid the clearest signs yet of global contagion from the crisis at US mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac... more

Oil price falls again after dollar revival

05.06.08
Crude oil is again trading lower, down nearly 10% from record highs a fortnight ago... more

Setting sail on a sea of tranquillity

17.04.08
It is difficult to connect with what the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre troupe conveys despite wonderful performances.... more

Go west for true Far East flavour

13.02.08
London restaurants are starting to make the most of the incredibly diverse range of Chinese dishes. Here are some of the favourite places.... more

In need of a stronger storyline

22.11.07
Royston Tan's film, 4.30, is atmospheric and well-shot but needs a stronger storyline to take hold.... more

Eros through the eras

03.08.06
Film review: The minimalist Three Times presents the same couple in a trio of different eras: the Sixties, the Twenties and the present-day. Beautifully shot, it proves that little changes as far as emotions are concerned.... more

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