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Martin Sorrell sells off Mugabe’s ad agency
Sir Martin Sorrell, the head of the advertising giant WPP Group, has ordered the sale of one of his agencies after discovering it had taken on president Robert
Mugabe as a client. Zimbabwe-based Imago Y&R, 25 per cent of which is owned by Sorrell, created an... [continued]
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Tribunal gets glimpse into Abramovich world
A legal action brought against Chelsea Football Club by one of it former executives, Tim Smith, offers an intriguing glimpse into the working practices of its secretive owner, the
Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich. Giving evidence to the tribunal, Smith, who claims he is owed... [continued]
Abramovich denies latest house-buying rumour
In Brief: John McEnroe sells marital portrait
John McEnroe, who is currently presenting the BBC’s coverage of Wimbledon, has decided to sell a portrait that Andy Warhol made of him and his then wife, Tatum O'Neal at Sotheby's in London next week. The acrylic and silk-screen portrait, based on a Polaroid of the... [continued]
Merkel rallies German team at Euro 2008
Angela Merkel, Germany's frowsy Chancellor, is so engrossed in her national teams's progress in the football Euro tournament – they play against Turkey in the semi-finals this
evening – that she has taken to sending the players text messages to pep them up before and after... [continued]
World Leaders: at home with Brown, Sarko et al
Was Lech Walesa a commie spy?
Lech Walesa (pictured here at Euro 2008), Poland's Nobel Prize-winning former president, has been accused of working as a secret police informer before he became the leader of the pro-democracy trade union Solidarity. The potentially devastating charges are contained in a 780-page work, The Secret Police and Lech Walesa, by... [continued]
Duke baulks at Candy brothers’ plans for Chelsea Barracks
The Duke of Westminster has no reason to like Christian and Nick Candy, the two Johnny-come-latelys who are challenging him for his crown as the London's most prominent property developer. Perhaps this is why he has chosen to round on the brothers, who trade under the... [continued]
Stuart Wheeler loses Lisbon challenge
Stuart Wheeler, the rakish spread-betting tycoon, lost his legal challenge to Gordon Brown's decision to ratify the Lisbon Treaty today, thus removing last obstacle to Britain's ratification of the infamous treaty. At the heart of Wheeler's challenge was the question of whether a political party's election... [continued]
