Jays get their (young) man
In Thursday's conference call explaining his acquisition of outfielder Anthony Gose, Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos sounded as if he was bouncing off the walls with joy.[...]
Feat of clay: A top ad executive reveals his ambitious country garden in Herefordshire
Brockhampton Cottage, Herefordshire. It sounded such a cosy address. I imagined black and white timbering, a box-edged path to the door. Hollyhocks even. And the garden, opening today for the first time, a retirement project perhaps for its owners, Peter and Ravida Clay. Instead, I found a thruster, once deputy managing director of the aggressively successful ad agency BMP, stitching together a ...
Sexy ladies can't disguise embarrassing Kinect demo fail
As plans go, it probably sounded pretty watertight. Hire two gorgeous models. Put them on stage in front of the press. Get them to show off the controller-free awesomeness of Kinect. Retire to the nearest drinking establishment for beers and good times. What could possibly go wrong?
Macquarie warns key divisions may post lower profits
Macquarie sounded a distinctly bearish tone on Friday, when management said results from three divisions that contributed two thirds of the group's earnings last year are expected to fall this year if market conditions don't improve.
Catalonia has sounded the death knell for bullfighting | Miguel-Anxo Murado
Bullfighting is falling out of popularity across Spain. Catalonia's ban has only sped up the process of natural decay I know it sounds bizarre, but when I heard of the ban on bullfighting passed by the regional parliament in Catalonia, I thought of Charlie Chaplin. Bear with me. In 20th-century Spain, when cinema began to make a dent in the popularity of bullfighting, a new act was incorporated ...