Royal wedding: London prepares for global audience
Massive police operation swings into action before Prince William marries Kate Middleton in Westminster AbbeyThe police and intelligence services have launched an unprecedented security operation as...
View ArticleConservatives face calls to return donation by Syrian businessman
Labour seize on Tories' fears over Syrian funding for St Andrews University to demand £118,500 donation is returnedThe Conservative party is facing calls to pay back more than £100,000 donated by a...
View ArticleAllSaints on the brink of last-minute rescue deal
Lion Capital is believed to have done a deal worth £100m which will give it 75% of the 100-outlet fashion chainFashion chain AllSaints is on the brink of agreeing a last-minute rescue plan that should...
View ArticleDeutsche Bank announces record first-quarter profits
Germany's biggest lender on course to hit this year's pre-tax profit target of £8.9bnDeutsche Bank has announced a near-record first-quarter profit, driven by an increased market share in investment...
View ArticleUnilever forced to cut costs over high raw material prices
Manufacturer of Persil and Pot Noodle has warned of a sharp increase in vegetable oil and chemical costs in 2011Unilever is slashing costs to offset the impact of soaring raw material prices. The...
View ArticleWilliam and Kate are common property
Royal wedding might have been simpler if they had a choice, but in the Facebook era there would have been no less scrutinyIf William of Wales were master of his own fate, the royalist crowds cheerfully...
View ArticleThis royal wedding cannot bear the weight of meaning that's being heaped on...
Dress, hair, coach and cake will tell us nothing about monarchy, class or modern Britain. Just relax and enjoy the funRelax. It is not important. The dress is not important. The bouquet is not...
View ArticleMicrosoft falls behind Apple for first time in 20 years
Company's revenues and profits rise but are eclipsed by those of main rival as PC market shows signs of declineMicrosoft's quarterly profits and revenues were eclipsed for the first time in 20 years by...
View ArticleRoyal wedding protest: three anti-capitalist activists arrested
Police arrest three anti-royal wedding protesters who had been planning a mock execution of Prince AndrewThree anti-capitalist activists who were planning a mock execution of Prince Andrew with a...
View ArticleLetters: Rampant publicity and republican fairytales
As a republican, I'm in agreement with Timothy Garton Ash about the position of royalty in the modern world (Comment, 28 April). There is no contradiction between being a republic and having a...
View ArticleSkiwatch: The end of the season
Despite many resorts having closed for the season there is still good skiing at altitude in Europe, particularly on the glaciers. Austrian glaciers have some fresh snow. The Swiss winter season...
View ArticleMyth-breaker charts the tarnishing of the Goldman image
William Cohan, author of a new book on Goldman Sachs, says the bank will take years to reinstate its reputationNext week Goldman Sachs holds its annual shareholder meeting, and it's feeling picked on,...
View ArticleLetters: Upper-class toffs and casual sexism
Simon Hoggart doesn't get it either (Sketch, 29 April). Some – possibly many – of us have never seen the Michael Winner ad, so the allusion was lost. In any event, Winner is hardly a role model for...
View ArticleLetters: War on the doorstep
Why do I bother? There was I this morning doing my bit as a Labour party foot soldier delivering election addresses in my part of Nottingham and what do I come home to? A report that the "Libya...
View ArticleCorrections and clarifications
• A letter published yesterday on the Guardian's letters page set out the case for a yes vote in the 5 May UK referendum on changing the voting system for Westminster parliamentary elections. The...
View ArticleLetters: Environment and business are compatible
The CBI report calling for urgent government action to boost confidence in low-carbon energy reveals the extent to which Cameron's coalition faces a crisis of faith on its green policies (Report, 26...
View ArticleLetters: Faith in Labour
I was surprised to read that the Easter reception held at No 10 by the prime minister is "the most explicit outreach to Christian groups in Britain by a Government in recent times" (Catholic leader...
View ArticleRoyal wedding: A day like no other
A proper sense of perspective about where this wedding stands in the national scheme of things in the 21st would be very welcome and reassuringThe first thing to be said about today's royal wedding is...
View ArticleFatah and Hamas: Tectonic plates start to shift | Editorial
A future environment composed of free Egyptians, Jordanians and even possibly Syrians could well fashion Israel's bordersThe Arab spring has finally had an impact on the core issue of the region, the...
View ArticleCountry diary: South Downs, West Sussex
It's early morning and surprisingly chilly when I stride up the long path towards the top of the Downs. Whitethroats chuck and cackle, some elusive, some brazen, from hedgerows all along my route, as...
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