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By Caren Bohan A calm manner, rhetorical gifts and the promise of new ideas all contributed to Barack Obama's ascendancy to the U.S. presidency as Americans put their trust in him to

By Avril Ormsby With the pound at new lows against the euro and the dollar at the end of 2008, Britain looked good value to Maltese couple Mario and Josanne Cassar. They

By Jessica Mortimer With all news bad news for Britain's battered economy, sterling's six-month slump may have further to go, but charts show any new year slide is more likely to be

By Christian Lowe Until the financial crisis hit, Shahin Kerimov sent money home from his job in Russia to his family in Azerbaijan. Now his wages have stopped, they have to wire

By David Jones and Deena Beasley  It's a trend pre-dating the global slowdown: big hotel chains are moving into the quirky boutique sector to tap into a niche of profitable growth. What's

By Matt Spetalnick Two unfinished wars, the U.S. economy deep in recession, the budget deficit about to hit $1 trillion and America's image badly tarnished abroad. Not since Herbert Hoover left Franklin

Obama may call for more funds President-elect Barack Obama was considering on Sunday whether to have the Bush administration inform the U.S. Congress that the Treasury Department planned to tap the final

. As the credit crunch bites, we are going to be looking for value… and, value is going to be my watchword for 2009. I promise that in reviews of wines and

. We all know them. The Grumblers. Everything’s wrong – the government, the parents, the children, the schools, the hospitals, the hotel owners, the chefs, the winemakers…. Sad to say, quite a

Christofias administration marks first year in office One would expect that the developments of the past year should help the present administration learn from mistakes (of its own or others) and plan