Almost 15 years on, Thelma Mansfield still recalls the day she found out that ‘Live At Three’, the show she presented with Derek Davis for 11 years, had been axed. She didn't hear it at a meeting with RTE executives in Montrose, she says.Instead, she was buying petrol at a garage in the west of Ireland when she spotted a newspaper headline on the stand. There it was, for all to see, ‘Live At Three’ was getting the chop. After 30 years of working at RTE, Mansfield found out that ... Read more...

The first treaty regarding the natural gas trade between Turkey and the USSR was signed in 1984, proposing that Turkey would buy natural gas from the Soviet Union for a 25-year term from the beginning of 1987. In return, the USSR would buy cotton, meat, corn, and vegetable oil, as well as steel and non-steel products and industrial materials. According to this treaty, natural gas sales would start at a volume of 1.5 billion m3 in 1987 and rise up to 6 billion m3 per year from 1993 until 2011.... Read more...

Something as personal as buying a suit is tricky. In general, off-the-rack suits fall into two brackets. The first have “fused” or glued-up interlinings and are completely machine-made. These must account for 95 percent of all suits sold ranging from $100 to $1,100. The second bracket, at the higher end, include handmade interlinings and other details and can go for up to $5,000. Handmade is certainly better, but most people spend less. In this lower bracket, ignore designer labels.... Read more...

TORONTO, Oct 12, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- After a busy few months unveiling an extensive new product line at Comic-Con 2011 in San Diego and Fan Expo Canada in Toronto, UD Replicas has announced it is reissuing one of the most popular product lines in the company's history. THE DARK KNIGHT(TM) suits and accessories are being re-released immediately due to customer demand both online and at the high-profile trade shows. "When the comic book and film crowds get together there is always tal... Read more...

FOREIGN engineering giant Bechtel says it has no problem with the Federal Government's plans to pressure miners to buy Australian, despite its lead role in the Australian gas sector. Bechtel's mining and metals president, Andrew Greig, said yesterday that the company had committed $2.5 billion to Australia as part of its involvement in three liquefied natural gas projects.They included the $16 billion Gladstone project, BG Group's $15 billion Curtis Island project and ConocoPhilli... Read more...

SAMSUNG is suing Apple to stop sales of the iPhone 4S in Australia, just days after the device went on sale around the world.It filed a suit seeking a ban on sales of the iPhone 4S in the Federal Court's NSW Registry yesterday and separately lodged an appeal against last week's decision by the court to temporarily ban sales of its Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia.Suits against the iPhone 4S had already been launched in Italy and France but yesterday Samsung filed preliminary injunctio... Read more...

Investing has various styles; you can choose one based on what suits you best. While it is not necessary that one sticks to a particular style always it is a good idea to have an understanding of the various investment styles. Starting this week, we will take you through the various common investing styles.We start off with the most popular style of investing - `Value Investing`. Value investing, simply put, is the skill of identifying and buying an item worth Rs. 100/ at a rate less th... Read more...

High quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with others using the link below, do not cut & paste the article. See our Ts&Cs and Copyright Policy for more detail. Email ftsales.support@ft.com to buy additional rights. In the past two years, Nathaniel Rothschild has made a name for himself, and a great deal of money, by promoting some of the largest initial public offerings on the London Stock Exchange. At a time when IPOs have been few and ... Read more...

Actors and all male nominees for the 2011 Ghana Movie Awards (GMAs), as well as male journalists who would be covering the event, will be turned away at the entrance unless they are dressed in black suits and bow ties, or better still tuxedos and white shirts, the News One newspaper has gathered.“If we want to raise the bar, then it must cut across everything including what we wear to such award ceremonies and the standard is that gents must be in tuxedos with white shirts and bow tie... Read more...

Ireland has recovered and we’re no longer living in the half-finished ruins of the development debacle. With me so far? Good. Next thing, The Suits come for you. The Suits, usually male, who are the quiet movers and shakers within political parties or special interest groups. They come to you, do The Suits. If they’re from a political party, they stress that their approach hasn’t been authorised by the leadership. They’re just exploring possibilities. In confidence. Withou... Read more...

Upul Tharanga's ninth one-day century and his first against West Indies steered Sri Lanka to a convincing eight-wicket win and a 1-0 lead in the three-match one-day series. Tharanga paced his innings superbly, and batted out the entire length of the Sri Lanka innings, to remain unbeaten on 101 off 143 balls with the help of seven fours. The tall, lean left-hander is expected to play the sheet anchor role during Sri Lan... Read more...

Ricky Ponting is hopeful he will be fit for Australia's practice games at the World Cup, after he batted in the nets for the first time since having surgery on his little finger. Ponting took throw-downs from Australia's batting coach Justin Langer at the SCG on Tuesday and reported no major trouble with his finger. "I'm not too bad, probably better than expected, to tell you the truth," Ponting told the Daily Telegraph. "I started off... Read more...

West Indies' Adrian Barath cracked a maiden century before the first one-day international against Sri Lanka was abandoned due to heavy rain in Colombo. The 20-year-old opener limbered up for the World Cup with an impressive 113, which included two sixes and eight fours, to help the ... Read more...