As the spotlight fell back on the collapse of Icelandic bank Kaupthing with yesterday's arrests, it emerged that All Saints, the fashion chain owned by retail entrepreneur Kevin Stanford, whose empire was backed by loans from Reykjavik, is also facing its own crisis... more
The greatest fortunes in California’s first gold rush were made by the likes of Leland Stanford and Collis P Huntington, shopkeepers who sold the miners their shovels. The pair of Sacramento outfitters went on to become two of the Big Four investors in the Central Pacific Railroad, America’s first transcontinental railroad, and respectively built the best university and the finest library in the state
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Cricket: The ECB should never have contemplated an association with Stanford - a private individual - in the first place and the very notion that an England team should play in a 'winner-takes-all' match demonstrated a breathtaking naivety... more
The Texan billionaire who shook up Lord’s with his $20m match in the Caribbean faces $8bn fraud charges in the US. As investigators pore over Sir Allen Stanford’s books, we reveal the warning signs that should have been spotted... more
Cricket: Sir Allen Stanford's public humiliation is a serious blow to the credibility of the England Cricket Board, and particularly to their newly re-elected chairman Giles Clarke... more
Cricket: England cricket bosses Giles Clarke and David Collier are under pressure to resign after Texan businessman Sir Allen Stanford was charged with fraud... more
A healthy chunk of the population here ended up working in technology thanks to a childhood fascination with all things robotic. So it's surprising to find how little robots have permeated what we like to think of as the Gadget Center of the Universe.... more
England's cricket bosses are to hold an urgent review into the $20million Stanford Super Series after accepting it has turned into a public relations disaster... more
Cricket: In times of trouble, the Stanfords always come out on top. This Texan family have survived the Great Depression of the 1920s, the oil crisis of the 1980s and the current credit crunch... more
Cricket: The man behind the richest cricket match ever is forced to apologise to the England team after his inappropriate behaviour with the players' wives... more
Cricket: England's cricketers will know by the weekend whether their £10million match in the Caribbean has been sunk by conflicting commercial interests... more
Cricket: England's management insist the "protocols and safeguards" are in place to ensure no one will be able to cover up an injury in order to play in the lucrative Stanford Super Series... more
Twenty20 is casting a long shadow over events at Lord's - and the fact that bad weather ravaged the First Test for three days out of four has done nothing to help... 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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