The gig: For decades, Fred Sands' name was ubiquitous on Fred Sands Realtors signs throughout California. The company merged with Coldwell Banker in 2000 in a nine-figure deal. Sands is now chairman of Vintage Capital Group, where he specializes in ...

9 Jan 2009

India 's most hotly awaited film is an Oscar frontrunner about the aspirations of some of the world's most disadvantaged people. Slumdog Millionaire, which opened in the UK yesterday, is a modern-day fairytale about the quintessential Indian dream of ...

9 Jan 2009

NEW YORK (AP) -- Bernard Madoff avoided the dismal prospect of spending the weekend in jail Friday as a judge delayed a decision on whether to revoke his bail amid allegations that the disgraced financier is trying to keep his assets away from ...

9 Jan 2009

Falling sales and tumbling prices have forced many real estate companies in major Chinese cities to cut jobs, slash salaries and trim commissions. Some property developers are known to have laid off as many as half of their staff in the past several ...

9 Jan 2009

Israeli jets and ground troops hammered at Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip and Islamic militants fired barrages of rockets at southern Israeli cities Friday, ignoring a U.N. resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire after two weeks of combat ...

9 Jan 2009

He might be almost 90 years old in real terms, but Christopher Robin and his bear of very little brain are set to make a literary comeback after the estate of AA Milne agreed to authorise the first-ever official sequel to the much-loved children's ...

9 Jan 2009