Image: Jim Cooke/Getty Who ultimately inserted Michelle Obamas words into Melania Trumps convention speech? At the root, there can only be two options: Melania herself. A speechwriter. http://gawker.com/melania-trump- The first would be more understandable. If Melania had asked to write the speech herselfas she said she didyou could see how she might have looked over…
When Adrian Boniciolli was retrenched after more than a decade at photocopying powerhouse Xerox, his final payout was nearly six months’ salary. With the luxury of time before lack of money would force him to find a job, he decided to tackle the task of renovating his home in the inner-Sydney suburb of Marrickville. Adrian…
(Repeats for wider distribution) By Emily Flitter Donald Trump, who often says he only likes winners, tells one grand tale of loss: In 1990, he nearly went bankrupt and was forced to ask dozens of banks to whom he owed money to change the terms on their loans and forgive some of his debts. It…
With the S&P 500 index close to record highs and U.S. Treasury yields near record lows, world markets increasingly resemble the ball-on-top-of-a-hill diagram used to illustrate an unstable state in popular science books. Roll to the left for a cataclysmic stock market collapse; roll right for resurgent global growth, soaring equity prices and a crash in…
Last June, as dusk fell outside Tony Schwartzs sprawling house, on a leafy back road in Riverdale, New York, he pulled out his laptop and caught up with the days big news: Donald J. Trump had declared his candidacy for President. As Schwartz watched a video of the speech, he began to feel personally implicated.…
Donald Trump, who often says he only likes winners, tells one grand tale of loss: In 1990, he nearly went bankrupt and was forced to ask dozens of banks to whom he owed money to change the terms on their loans and forgive some of his debts. It was, the real estate developer admits in…
There’s numerous ways that The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air has managed to continue to make a lasting impression with audiences over time. Not only was the show supremely hilarious, but it also had a lot of heart with more than enough Fresh Prince Of Bel Air episodes to make you cry. But that doesn’t…
A firmer grip on globalisation could close the wealth gap Across the world, populists are attracting votes with their promises to protect ordinary people from the harsh realities of globalisation. The democratic establishment, they assert, cannot be trusted to fulfil this purpose, as it is too busy protecting the wealthy a habit that globalisation has…
Examples cited by the FCA include a customer whose loan was approved despite a bank statement and pay slip showing that in the previous month the equivalent of 97pc of the customers income was spent on online gambling while payments were also made to WPPL and three other payday lenders, as well as a debt…
Las Vegas wants to attract more tourists, yet it also wishes to be known as more than a flamboyant gambling town. So it is considering a breathtaking $750m bet on a football stadium. Mark Davis, owner of the NFLs Oakland Raiders, has promised to relocate his team to southern Nevada if the state covers more…
