Francis Maude has defended plans for a wide-ranging efficiency drive, including redundancies in Whitehall. Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters The coalition is trying to push through quicker and more vigorous reforms than attempted by either Margaret Thatcher or Tony Blair in their first terms,... 

Hundreds of people looking for employment wait in line at an over-50s job fair in New York in April. US joblessness now stands at 9.5% and one in six are believed to be under-employed. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images A crippled housing market. Stubbornly high levels of unemployment.... 

Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, with a Kindle. He says sales of the Kindle and ebooks have reached a ‘tipping point’. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images It is an announcement that will provoke horror among those who can think of nothing better than spending an afternoon rummaging... 

Nowroz Mangal (right) and Asghar Salakhail of Afghanistan leave the field after beating Netherlands during the ICC World Cricket League Division One match this month. Photograph: Christopher Lee/Getty Images For a month now I have had a DVD perched in the middle of a pile of papers on the corner... 

Fantasi seks ternyata sangat menunjang aksi bercinta wanita di Inggris. Salah satu buktinya, mereka paling suka meniru adegan panas dari film ”Basic Instinct”. Berdasarkan berita dari Femalefirst, sebanyak 37 persen wanita dalam survei yang dihelat Bayer Schering Pharma mengaku mereka berfantasi tentang orang...