When you fail your master's degree dissertation, your options become somewhat limited. You could try rewriting it, delay your graduation or perhaps appeal the grade, but Li Yang, a 26-year-old Chinese graduate student studying at the UK's University of Bath, recently discovered you should not try to bribe your professor.
- May 02 Thu 2013 11:16
Breaking the rules overseas
- May 02 Thu 2013 11:11
Uncruel shoes
NEW YORK — You can recycle your waste, grow your own food and drive a fuel-efficient car. But being socially responsible isn’t so easy when it comes to the clothes on your back.
- Apr 27 Sat 2013 11:46
Plymouth drug dealer who lived James Bond lifestyle is stripped of his assets
A PLYMOUTH drug dealer who tried to live a James Bond lifestyle has been stripped of all his ill-gotten gains.Former pub landlord Shaun Battle, aged 42, has been ordered to hand over $355,242 or stay in jail for three and a half years on top of the 12 he is already serving for his part in a $7.5 million cocaine ring.
- Apr 27 Sat 2013 11:41
LS man charged with burglary, theft in Kansas
Steven Glaze admits to wrongdoing, but not to what he is accused.
Glaze, of Lee’s Summit, faces 14 counts of burglary and theft in Johnson County,after being arrested while in possession of items that were reported stolen from a Kansas residence. He was first charged March 22 with one count each of aggravated burglary, criminal damage, burglary of a dwelling and theft. On April 23, Glaze was charged with 10 more related counts, all stemming from the burglary of a home in Overland Park, Kan., belonging to Zoe Herrington, owner of Overland Park.-based Noble House Jewelry.
- Apr 27 Sat 2013 11:35
Mexico keeps rate steady but watches capital inflows
Mexico's central bank on Friday brushed off a recent pickup in inflation, keeping the door ajar for a possible further relaxation in credit costs if easy-money policies in advanced economies fans capital inflows.The Banco de Mexico held its benchmark rate at a record low of 4 percent, as expected in a Reuters poll, after it cut borrowing costs for the first time in nearly four years in March.
- Apr 27 Sat 2013 11:28
Store Front Roundup
Syracuse University junior Kalyn Conley will spend the summer living "the Jack Wills lifestyle" as an intern for the British brand.One of the most popular ones are fake watches, cheap rolex watches illegally produced copies of authentic Rolex watches.That means hanging out on the beach, sailing, surfing and hosting parties, the company said.But the gig isn't all fun and games. Interns get serious training in media and marketing and help Jack Wills stores promote the brand.
- Apr 25 Thu 2013 13:55
Abuse probes have TV veterans shaking in their boots
Soon after the Jimmy Savile scandal broke, the publicist Max Clifford said that a number of veterans of the entertainment world would be shaking in their shoes, expecting the dawn knock on the door from the constabulary investigating "historic" sex abuse crimes.
- Apr 25 Thu 2013 13:53
Swatch Attracts Attention to Own Timepieces Amid IWatch Talk
The Swiss watchmaker will hold a press conference tomorrow to showcase the “latest revolutionary Swatch innovation” and mark its 30th anniversary. It will be the first time that Swatch Group brings its namesake brand of inexpensive plastic timepieces to Baselworld, the world’s biggest trade fair for watches. Until now it has only used the event to showcase higher-end brands such as Omega and Breguet.
- Apr 25 Thu 2013 13:49
Swiss Watch Houses Embrace Technology
In the 1970s, when inexpensive and accessible quartz digital technology brought disruptive change to the industry, many brands stuck in the machine age were driven out of business.Yet today’s luxury watchmakers seem unfazed by the specter of competition from the technosphere.“They’re not out there shaking in their shoes like it’s the next coming of the quartz crisis,” said Michael Disher, the technical editor for WatchTime magazine.
- Apr 12 Fri 2013 13:33
Small steps into Fistonich’s big shoes
When someone starts working at their father’s company as a teenager and is now its board chair, you might imagine an heir fulfilling their destiny.