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Cheating Thierry Henry hands his sponsors a moral dilemma

20.11.09
Thierry Henry's earning power could be seriously damaged as sponsors desert him in the wake of the 'hand of God' cheating scandal, it has emerged... more

Martin Kemp: How I beat terrifiying brain tumours

04.09.09
Spandau Ballet star Martin Kemp has described his “terrifying” battle with two brain tumours.... more

Persil whiter than white but sweets come unstuck in green index

26.08.09
New 'eco-index' charting the environmental impact of Britain’s favourite groceries has crowned Persil laundry powder the greenest supermarket product and Haribo sweets the worst... more

Michael Jackson killed by Demerol shot given by aide, doctor claims

03.08.09
Michael Jackson’s personal doctor claims he was killed when his aide gave him a shot of the painkiller Demerol ... more

Why it was mad not bold of Beckham to trek to final frontier

31.07.09
The States is the final frontier in terms of soccer. Those were the words of Simon Fuller, when his client David Beckham signed for LA Galaxy, on a five-year contract worth a reported $250 million, excluding all the usual extras from image rights to sponsorship... more

Michael Jackson's hair catches fire in Pepsi advert

16.07.09
Michael Jackson's hair caught fire during filming of his 1984 Pepsi commercial... more

Sporting summer puts Britvic ahead of the City profits game

14.07.09
A baking hot Wimbledon and the success of this summer’s 20/20 cricket tournament helped put the fizz into soft drinks group Britvic ... more

How Jacko got his Wacko nickname

26.06.09
Jackson's often eccentric behaviour, which included sleeping in an oxygen tent, adopting a chimp, and wearing a surgical mask, saw him dubbed "Wacko Jacko" by the tabloid press... more

LIFE & TIMES: Despite a bizarre life, Jacko was the greatest star of his time

26.06.09
The death of Michael Jackson at the age of just 50 should perhaps come as no surprise... more

Obamas in tourist trip to abbey

09.06.09
They may be America's First Family but Michelle Obama with children in tow did what all tourists do when in London - they visited Westminster Abbey... more

Davids load their slings to take on the Goliaths

27.05.09
Challenger brands, I learned this week, are upstart companies snapping at the heels of established rivals. Virgin Atlantic taking on British Airways is the textbook example of a successful challenger (while Virgin Cola's lame assault on Coke and Pepsi is a popular case study for the opposite reason) ... more

Britvic loses its sparkle as shareholder dumps 14%

27.05.09
Shares in soft drinks supplier Britvic slumped 15p to 275½p after its biggest shareholder was forced to dump almost 14% of the company, worth £80.1 million, in the market place... more

Britvic is held back by a sour taste from Magners

20.05.09
Profits at the soft drinks group Britvic have been held back this year after earnings were wiped out at its Irish operations... more

The Milky Bars are on him ... all over again

13.05.09
The Milky Bar Kid and the Hovis Boy are back on our television screens as household brands turn to nostalgia to get consumers buying again... more

Meet the Freuds

17.04.09
Sir Clement Freud, who died this week, was just one member of a colourful family dynasty that continues to leave its mark on us, as Sebastian Shakespeare reports... more

Tate left sour as US allows China to rip off Splenda

07.04.09
The future of Tate & Lyle's wonder sugar, the zero-calorie Splenda sweetener, soured after an international tribunal ruled the British industrial giant cannot stop cheap Chinese copycats... more

Sainsbury's chief: I'll get Olympics right for spectators

16.01.09
Sainsbury chief executive Justin King signalled a change of focus in Olympic planning as he was confirmed as the Mayor's new appointment to the board of 2012 organising committee... more

Pepsi cashes in with the Yes You Can

14.01.09
Leading American brands are launching Barack Obama-inspired campaigns ahead of next week's presidential inauguration... more

New York wants to put obesity tax on a can of Coke

16.12.08
New York state could impose a 15 per cent "obesity tax" on high-calorie soft drinks as the governor tries to pay off a crippling $15 billion budget deficit... more

Britvic beats the gloom at £70m

26.11.08
Consumer: Soft drinks maker Britvic reckons teenagers and teetotallers will keep slurping through the recession ... more

Freud PR firm axed in City Hall cost-cutting

18.11.08
Boris Johnson has dumped a public relations agency owned by Rupert Murdoch's son-in-law as part of his cost-cutting drive at City Hall... more

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08.10.08
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Television and Radio

08.10.08
London still exports hit formats all over the world and is a hothouse for the use of new technologies in tandem with traditional creative talents. ... more

Games backer Coca-Cola in £1.3bn China drinks coup

03.09.08
Consumer: Capitalist icon Coca-Cola today struck a deal for more than £1 billion to buy one of China’s biggest drinks companies as it aims to build on its momentum in the vast country set off by its sponsorship of the Olympics... more

I'm Kylie's bottom, Britney's boobs and Christina's tummy ... but I still don't like my body

02.08.08
As a TV show prepares to tell all, Rachael 'The Body' Carr reveals the inside story of life as a body double .. . ... more

Billionaire's drugs let off

29.07.08
A London billionaire and his wife caught with class A drugs have had all charges against them dropped, a court was told... more

Barry Manilow: Why we still love the King of Kitsch

30.06.08
There are few artists who can match Barry Manilow's megastar status. As The Mail on Sunday prepares to give away a brilliant 12-track CD of some of his greatest songs, the man himself reveals why he's still on top of his game after more than 40 years.... more

Becks takes his 'Mini-Me' boys for a run in the Roller... and meets a nice young lady

26.06.08
David and his two youngest children turned heads with their lookalike cropped haircuts as they rolled down Rodeo Drive in the football star's £300,000 Phantom Drophead Coupe.... more

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