Michael White

Montreal's $4-billion man

Alan DeSousa not only survived the house-cleaning of executive committee members at city hall, he has been put in charge of Montreal's budget - a dramatic rise for an immigrant who grew up poor The GazetteNovember 22, 2009 9:33...

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House prices a safe haven for investors

Despite the downturn, it is an investment that has been as safe as houses, rising by an average of 111% over the decade, reports Rupert Jones Forget the stockmarket and high-interest savings accounts – the best place for your...

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Gallery: Region gets into the Pudsey spirit for Children in Need

Links To donate money to Children in Need visit www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey IT is the perfect excuse for madcap stunts and crazy capers. Kind-hearted residents across Suffolk and Essex caught the fundraising fever for this year's...

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Breaking design taboos

Asian boutique developers may say they want something radical, but when given what they claim they want, they tend to quickly get the jitters. Developers of luxury resorts in Asia are usually conservative and tend to freak out...

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DirecTV's Malone Plays 'Name My Exit Plan' (at The Wall Street Journal Online)

John Malone at July’s Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho. “Our relationship will continue to broaden and intensify,” Malone told Bloomberg in this interview. “It may lead to some more...

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Where are all the MPs? They're watching it on TV, too

The televising of the Commons, begun 20 years ago, was inevitable – but it has diminished the chamber Is it really 20 years since they fitted new, brighter lights above the chamber of the Commons , drove out those atmospheric,...

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Von Rompuy-Ashton appointment: The EU has opted for the quiet life

After a turbulent 500 years it is understandable – I sometimes feel like putting my feet up too – but it is a mistake It's not true that last night's appointments at the EU's Brussels conclave are without historic precedence....

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The sweet science of CEO succession

On July 1, A.G. Lafley woke up at 6 a.m., worked out, showered, and headed to the office in downtown Cincinnati, just as he had for nearly a decade. But this was the first morning in more than 3,000 days that he was no longer...

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Cockerill chirps get him in trouble

Leicester head coach Richard Cockerill has been summoned to a Rugby Football Union disciplinary hearing after being charged with two offences of match official abuse. The former England international was charged with the...

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After failing to get the European council presidency, Tony Blair will bounce back as usual |...

Blair's embarrassment at being so publicly rebuffed by the EU 27 will not last long "We can all picture the scene at a European Council sometime next year. Picture the face of our poor prime minister as the name 'Blair' is...

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