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…

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…

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…