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By Walmsley, Andrew The story of David and Goliath has attracted people over the generations, for its tale of hope for the small guy, triumph in adversity, overcoming the odds. Likewise, the Carthaginian commander Hannibal is remembered not only for the terrible film with Oliver Reed, but also by military tacticians for his victory at Cannae, where he destroyeda Roman armythat massively out-numbered his own. The celebration of the underdog reflects our need for heroes, but also our desire to...

By Rick Fulton STRICTLY Come Dancing have announced the line-up for this year's celebrity dance off. The sixth series of the popular BBC One series, hosted by Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly, begins again next month, and there will16 contestants in the mix - two more than last year. Making up the female hopefuls are ex-EastEnders stars Gillian Taylforth and Jessie Wallace, S Club 7 beauty Rachel Stevens, The One Show co-host Christine Bleakley, shamed model Jodie Kidd, George Clooney's former...

By JANES, Andrew Vector says it has the capability and scale to build a $1 billion- plus fibre- optic network covering the Auckland region. The listed Auckland energy utility made the announcement yesterday in releasing its annual result - a net profit of $164.4 million, down 29.5 per cent on the June 2007 year. Turnover firmed 1.7% to $1.329 billion. A final 6.75c dividend increases the annual rate from 13c to a fully imputed 13.5c a share. The gross dividend of 20.149c gives a yield of...

By JANES, Andrew SHOPPERS switching to cheaper house-brand dairy products have led to Goodman Fielder writing down the value of its New Zealand dairy operations by about a quarter. Goodman Fielder is No 2 in the New Zealand dairy market after Fonterra. Its brands include Meadow Fresh and Sun Latte milk, and Tararua and Chesdale cheese. In the year to June 2007, the New Zealand dairy operations had revenue of almost $500 million. Yesterday it said it would write down their value by $214...

By Dry, Chris Bayly, Josh; Nebel, Andrew; Knox, Scott The Marketing Society Forum Last week, the National Consumer Council's Anna Fielder claimed that supermarket BOGOF promotions are more to blame than the ad industry for fuelling unhealthy eating Chris Dry, managing director, 141 Worldwide/London. Maybe. It depends what the offer is on. For high-ticket cupboard stock, such as dishwasher tablets, clearly the answer is no, as they represent a genuine deal. But many BOGOFs mean using twice...

By Pickford, Andrew AGRICULTURAL POWERS - those self sufficient in food, fabric, and hydrocarbon production - once were unambiguously regarded as strategic powers. This has been true throughout history: societies which were not agriculturally efficient and abundant could never long or fully sustain strategic power. Now, once again, a new set of nations is likely to emerge in the 21st Century with significant regional, if not global, influence demonstrably based on their agricultural capacity...

By Walmsley, Andrew For the past 11 years, I have sought out my respite from the digital maelstrom on a small Greek island. Just a few years ago, there was no cellphone coverage; getting on the internet required you to dismantle the phone socket, and the one internet cafe on the island offered two computers sharing one ponderous dial-up connection. It was charming, idiosyncratic, picturesque. After a few days, however, it was pretty annoying. Arriving there last week, it has all changed....

Andrew, the CommScope, Inc. division that is a global leader in communications products and systems, has won Nokia Siemens Networks' Outstanding Contributor to Product Quality Award for its support of the global infrastructure provider in the Asia Pacific region. Andrew was one of eight companies among Nokia Siemens Networks' top 40 suppliers to be honored at Nokia Siemens Networks Supplier Innovation Awards Day 2008 in Singapore, and one of only two vendors recognized specifically in the...

By Narang, Indra Rosenthal, Mark; Cremonesini, David; Silverman, Mike; Bush, Andrew Rationale: There are limited longitudinal data about respiratory morbidity and lung function after preterm birth into adulthood. Objectives: To determine the evolution of respiratory symptoms, spirometry, and airway hyperresponsiveness of ex-preterm subjects from childhood into adulthood. Methods: Ex-preterm subjects (median birth weight, 1,440 g; median gestation, 31.5 wk), recruited at birth (not treated...

By Walmsley, Andrew From Whitehall's loss of CDs containing the child benefit records of 25m citizens, to the hacking of customer databases, every week seems to bring another story of incompetence or criminality in the data world. Everywhere we go, we leave a data cloud behind us. From shopping habits to Tube journeys, little bits of information track our behaviour, while an estimated 4.2m cameras watch our indiscretions. When we move online, we bask in the assumed privacy it brings us....