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June 27, 2009
Scramble starts to untangle singer's riches
...traced the arc of the modern music industry. It began with Motown, at the height of the label's power, exploded as riches rushed into the industry between the disco era and the peak of the lucrative compact disc format, and ended in a trickier...morning his albums accounted for the entire top 10 on Amazon.com and seven of the top 10 albums on Apple's iTunes store. Jonathan Morrish, Jackson's publicist for 25 years, said: "There's Elvis, The Beatles and Michael Jackson. It won't happen... By Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson in New York and Martin,Arnold in London
June 27, 2009
Scramble starts to untangle singer's riches
...traced the arc of the modern music industry. It began with Motown, at the height of the label's power, exploded as riches rushed into the industry between the disco era and the peak of the lucrative compact disc format, and ended in a trickier...morning his albums accounted for the entire top 10 on Amazon.com and seven of the top 10 albums on Apple's iTunes store. Jonathan Morrish, Jackson's publicist for 25 years, said: "There's Elvis, The Beatles and Michael Jackson. It won't happen... By Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson in New York
April 15, 2006
Storing up riches in heaven (and below)
...education. But at this time of year, it is surely appropriate to evaluate a time-honoured prescription for creating riches, which is to promote a strong religious belief. The thought is scarcely new. A hundred years ago, Max Weber famously...the religion should be supported by government. Yet governments often crowd out what they hope to encourage. Professor Jonathan Gruber of Massachusetts Institute of Technology has discovered that tax breaks for donations to religious charities strongly...
November 13, 2009
The final meltdown
...Whaling Season By Peter Nichols Putnam $26.95, 294 pages The Magnetic North: Notes from the Arctic Circle By Sara Wheeler Jonathan Cape £20 354 pages FT Bookshop price: £16 Arctic Labyrinth: The Quest for the Northwest Passage By Glyn Williams Allen Lane...Victorian age. The idea was that if only ships could find an ice-free shortcut through the Arctic, they could get to the riches of Asia much more quickly than by going around South America. The Arctic was the world’s last outpost of fantasy: as... By Simon Kuper
January 9, 2010
Big screen celebration of Lula's life leaves Brazil audiences cold
...film. The incidents it portrays of Mr Lula da Silva's life will be familiar to most Brazilians, telling the rags-to-riches story of the most popular president in Brazilian history, the man who has overseen the country's emergence as a global power... By Jonathan Wheatley in São Paulo
January 8, 2010
Outrage and boredom greet film of Lula’s life
...film. The incidents it portrays of Mr Lula da Silva’s life will be familiar to most Brazilians, telling the rags-to-riches story of the most popular president in Brazilian history, the man who has overseen the country’s emergence as a global power... By Jonathan Wheatley in São Paulo
September 18, 2009
Drawing comfort from conspiracy
...at University College London, suggests "people are lost when it comes to choosing books - there is an embarrassment of riches, so [the publicity campaign] helps people know where to start". In the absence of Richard and Judy's book club, even the tweeted recommendations of celebrities Stephen Fry and Jonathan Ross sway book sales. After Mr Fry tweeted "you will not read a more dazzling book this year" about David Eagleman... By Emma Jacobs
September 17, 2009
Drawing comfort from conspiracy
...University College London, suggests “people are lost when it comes to choosing books – there is an embarrassment of riches, so [the publicity campaign] helps people know where to start”. In the absence of Richard and Judy’s book club, even the tweeted recommendations of celebrities Stephen Fry and Jonathan Ross sway book sales. After Mr Fry tweeted “you will not read a more dazzling book this year” about David Eagleman... By Emma Jacobs
February 6, 2009
Arshevin adds to Arsenal riches
So, after all the waiting, was it worth it? The news that Arsenal were preparing a bid for Andrei Arshavin first emerged in By Jonathan Wilson
March 3, 2009
Dreaming of tea, cake and a profit
...were a more popular start-up choice among the survey of 2,194 adults, 13 per cent of whom dreamed of dotcom riches compared with 9 per cent who would opt for a tea or coffee shop. Jonathan Moules Stories in full at www.ft.com/uk By Jonathan Moules