...becoming executive chairman.Printemps, whose flagship store is in Paris, did not fit in with the chief executive's ambitions to turn...through a public offering, which should see it float on the Paris stock exchange next week.PPR will cede control by disposing...

...publicThe public hearings of the UK inquiry into the Iraq war , chaired by Sir John Chilcot, begin in London.Gore on business changes Al Gore , the former US vice-president and environmental campaigner, speaks in Toronto on how physical changes to the planet will...

...reminiscence of his grandfather, days before his death, saying goodbye to each of his olive trees.Small Memories bears many of the hallmarks of Saramago's fiction and gives clues to its origins. There are the long and coiling sentences, made readable through Margaret...

...relatively straightforward fraud. In some extreme cases, customers who simply wanted ATM cards were pressured into accepting debit cards, encouraged to use the cards and only later discovered that the purchase of a 50 cent newspaper entailed paying fees...

...a new Lolita. Instead it has been better published than I could have imagined. Nabokov famously composed in pencil, on index cards, and not in sequence but working on any part of the image already firmly in place in his mind. The Original of Laura reproduces...

...sometimes take a loss when a company restructures only to watch the company come back from the brink and profit. It cited Clinton Cards, which made a £13.5m profit from buying back the profitable stores in the Birthdays chain after closing unprofitable sites...

Richard GallianoParis ConcertCamjazzThis recent live recording of a solo performance from the Théâtre de Châtelet in Paris captures the full mesmerising range of Richard Galliano's instrumental virtuosity. In his hands, the plaintive tones of...

...a hot new Asian restaurant in central Paris, I was ambivalent. As a former resident...Fine for Hong Kong, but an odd choice in Paris. But Yam'Tcha's intimate space near Les...Vosne-Romanée red Burgundy.While fusion in Paris usually means adding Asian elements to...

Martha WainwrightSans Fusils, Ni Souliers, à ParisDrowned in SoundMartha Wainwright, raised in Montreal, displays an

...while at the same time helping them to take advantage of growth opportunities in more welcoming environments.Michael Lafferty,Chairman,Lafferty Group,London W6, UKDuncan MacDonald,Former General Counsel,Citibank Cards US & Europe,New York, NY, US