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Calvin Klein to buy Hilfiger for $3bn
Monday March 15 2010
Phillips-Van Heusen, the company behind Calvin Klein, has agreed to buy apparel maker Tommy Hilfiger from private-equity firm Apax Partners LP for €2.2bn.
Buckley the inspiration for dominant Kingdom
Monday March 15 2010
KERRY gained sweet revenge for last year's heavy defeat at the hands of their old rivals Cork with a comprehensive victory at Austin Stack Park on Saturday.
Real exit shows sense in stability
Sunday March 14 2010
Football has no price. So screamed Spain's El Pais newspaper after Real Madrid's €260m revamp failed to improve their dismal six-year record of going out of the Champions League at the first knock-out stage. "Titles are not bought, they are won."
Harry stays the course
Sunday March 14 2010
'I'M outta form mate," Harry Findlay explains on the phone, before reluctantly agreeing to an interview in that lilting cockney made so familiar since horses like Denman, Gungadu and Big Fella Thanks began asserting themselves on the racecourse.
Consider the best refuge for your cash
Sunday March 14 2010
AS we're almost two years into the worst recession in 25 years, we've had more than our fair share of rainy days lately. So it's no surprise that we're saving almost four times as much money as we did during the height of the boom.
Review: Solar by Ian McEwan
Saturday March 13 2010
What is it about Ian McEwan that has elevated him to the status of "Greatest Contemporary English Novelist?" "He is this country's unrivalled literary giant," according to the books critic of the London Independent.
Foley's troops march on
Saturday March 13 2010
Anthony Foley's Munster 'A' side advanced safely through to the semi-finals last night with a convincing win over the Heriots at Musgrave Park.
Benedict's involvement 'shows extent of cover-ups'
Saturday March 13 2010
Irish victims of clerical sex abuse said the involvement of Pope Benedict XVI in covering up for paedophile priests showed that the practice was endemic within the Catholic Church and said he should now consider his own position.
planting tulips
Friday March 12 2010
Tulips are one of my favourite spring flowers but the bulbs, which I planted two years ago, did not return last year. Are there any tips for planting tulips?
Cocaine hidden in fake pineapples
Thursday March 11 2010
Customs officers found half a ton of cocaine hidden inside plastic pineapples stored among a shipment of the real fruit in the Netherlands.
