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/ 28 November 2007
Widows long ago racked up a name for themselves in France’s bubbly Champagne region, where the most celebrated of all, Veuve (Widow) Cliquot, struck gold over 100 years ago by discovering how to turn the cloudy tipple sparkling clear. As Champagne, now a victim of its success faces a turning-point in history, a new widow joins the elite club of top tipplers — with a weighty agenda on her plate.
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/ 5 November 2007
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The official review of Rugby World Cup 2007 was published last week and, notwithstanding the usual caveat concerning lies, damned lies and statistics, it makes for an interesting read, writes former England and British Lions lock Paul Ackford in the Daily Telegraph.
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/ 24 September 2007
The jostling for dominance among the world’s leading stock market operators has seen many alliances and feuds, but it has rarely had a day as dramatic as last week, when some of the Middle East’s most powerful sovereign funds took the sector by storm.