The dangers of a one man brand

I am a huge Apple fan and desperately sad to learn that its CEO Steve Jobs is unwell again and being treated for neuroendocrine cancer. He has been widely credited with transforming Apple from a failing company in the 1990s to the very desirable and hugely successful brand it is today. The big question is, can it survive without him at the helm? Such are the shock waves surrounding the health of...
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The Soil Association and Carter-Ruck

Receiving a letter threatening libel from Carter-Ruck is fairly certain to send shivers down your spine. They are said to have sent such a letter to the Soil Association, the organic farmers’ group, after it objected to a planning application from its client to build an intensive pig farm.  Carter-Ruck is reported to have written to them saying that their objection is defamatory and should...
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Will you donate your excess body fat to the Klaxon Institute?

Those of us who would like to shed few pounds can donate our unwanted flab to the Klaxon Institute in Harley Street where a revolutionary reverse liposuction technique has been devised to help save the world’s starving people in the third world by injecting it into their bodies. The video shows how they are able to live off other people’s fat for months at a time without having to...
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