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Impose a deadline on tax losses

05.11.09
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Breakthrough brings hope to cancer victims

05.10.09
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Brandon Stokley's touch of luck stuns Cincinnati Bengals

14.09.09
Wide receiver Brandon Stokley caught a deflected pass and ran for an 87-yard touchdown with seconds to play as the Denver Broncos beat the Cincinnati Bengals 12-7 in the NFL... more

Seven teenagers shot at bus stop

01.07.09
Gunmen in a green minivan opened fire on a group of teenagers waiting at a bus stop near a Detroit school, wounding four boys and three girls aged from 14 to 17. A 16-year-old boy and a girl aged 17 are in a critical condition. Five of the teenagers had just left classes at summer school when they were shot yesterday afternoon. Detroit public schools police chief Roderick Grimes said two gunmen "asked for a person by name" before opening fire. ... more

Rodriguez is the older, wiser man

08.06.09
Sexagenarian Detroit guitarist Sixto Rodriguez is making the most of the fact that people, at last, are listening to him. ... more

Kenny Garrett is still miles ahead

02.06.09
Studious, skull-capped and lightly bearded, Kenny Garrett is not the most expansive of bandleaders.... more

Eminem - the bad angel who produces great art

01.06.09
There's a pleasing irony in Eminem emerging from his Detroit stockade with a No 1 album, Relapse, the same week that the US's biggest motor manufacturer collapses. What's bad for GM is good for rap... more

Worst loss at Ford, but no tow needed

29.01.09
Transport: Carmaker Ford have posted the worst annual loss in its 105-year history, but insisted it did not need to turn to the US government for funds... more

Jetting into a PR bailout disaster

29.01.09
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Best New Year's Eve bashes in London

19.12.08
Not sorted your plans for the 31st yet? Tickets are still on sale for these great parties.... more

US carmakers steer closer to bailout deal

16.12.08
Engineering: Hopes are growing that the Bush administration could act early to approve a Detroit bailout from its bank rescue fund... more

Devastating blow for America's motor city

12.12.08
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US carmakers facing vital vote on bailout

11.12.08
Engineering: The US House of Representatives has approved bailout plans for General Motors and Chrysler that include tough conditions on restructuring in return for taxpayer help... more

Stricken US carmakers looking close to a bailout

04.12.08
A bailout by American taxpayers of Detroit's crippled carmakers looked ever more likely as key politicians voice their approval of a £23 billion aid request... more

Troubled GM warns it is running on empty

03.12.08
Engineering: Failing US carmaker General Motors says it will run out of cash this month unless the taxpayer comes up with $4 billion immediately... more

US carmakers' rescue in a jam

20.11.08
Engineering: Chances of a last-minute Detroit rescue plan are fading, with a deal between Republican and Democrat congressmen and the White House needed urgently... more

Nissan in warning of a profits dive to zero

19.11.08
Engineering Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn has warned that the company's second-half profit will probably fall to "zero" as the global motor industry crisis intensifies... more

Ford trims back stake in Mazda

18.11.08
Engineering: Ford will sell down its stake in Japanese carmaker Mazda, according to reports in Tokyo... more

Crunch time for US motor industry's bailout hopes

17.11.08
Motor Industry: The US motor industry faces a showdown over whether Congress will approve a multi-billion-dollar bailout for the industry its detractors brand "a dinosaur"... more

US carmakers double cash plea

07.11.08
Detroit motor companies are looking for $50 billion from the US taxpayer - twice the size of the bailout first expected.... more

Obama in at the deep end as US woes grow

06.11.08
The economic crisis facing Barak Obama was made starkly clear as corporate America hit the president-elect with a barrage of bad news... more

The silicon chips aren't down yet

13.10.08
"How poor are you?" That's what formerly rich guys ranging from hedge-fund kings and tech pioneers to bankers and trust-fund heirs are now asking each other at dinners around town. ... more

Chrysler plea for £13bn aid

24.09.08
Engineering: Struggling Detroit automaker Chrysler has stepped up pressure for its own bailout, with a plea to Congress to sign off a $25 billion (£13.51 billion) loan package... more

Mixing pop and politics

16.05.08
The Story of The Supremes is about much more than shimmering dresses with unusual names. Visitors get a taste of life in Sixties Detroit. ... more

Larger than life: Aretha Franklin is still a big, big star

11.02.08
She has always had an impressive set of vocal cords. But on this particular night, Aretha Franklin's spaghetti straps were the real stars. Somehow, in defiance of gravity, physics and probability, the two thin black cords managed to keep the singer's frock at a decent level on her generous frame... more

Jazz trio prove a killer combination

11.05.07
No-nonsense Barry Harris leads his trio through a masterly set of jazz standards ... more

Breaking down the walls

13.04.07
Jack Massarik enjoys Kenny Garrett's evening of top-class original music, delivered with just a dash of showmanship, at Ronnie Scott's.... more

Crockett? Johnson is more Tubs as main Guy

19.01.07
Casting Don Johnson, best remembered as smoothie detective Sonny Crockett in Miami Vice, as Nathan Detroit in spiv musical Guys And Dolls was always going to be a high-risk gamble. ... more

Top 5 weekend gigs

20.10.06
Jack White joins his old Detroit mucker Brendan Benson on stage at the Brixton Academy, tuneful Parisians Phoenix play the Astoria and the New York Dolls will be whipping up a storm.... more

Amp Fiddler struts his stuff

25.09.06
Amp Fiddler has decades of serious musical experience and an accomplished new album to his name. His stage skills are guaranteed to be just as impressive when he plays Scala on Tuesday night... more

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