Executive Lifestyle
Look on the bright side
9:06AM A LUXURY surf pad overlooking Tamarama Beach, Sydney, is being reluctantly sold.
Wildfire won't burn hole in your pocket
Stuart Kennedy IF HTC's Wildfire were a person it would wear a blue singlet and sweat hard for a living.
Games old and new for iPhone and iPad
Chris Griffith ONE typically thinks of iPhone and iPad games apps as based on high-resolution graphics, fast action, and Jedi-style characters and weapons.
What I've learnt
2:04PM Jimmy Barnes ADELAIDE was a fun place in which to grow up, boxing is overrated and love is the most important thing in the world.
Robot behind the wheel
2:32PM Philip King SCIENTISTS are developing cars that can drive along all kinds of terrain without human help.
Bangkok beauty spices things up
3:38PM Michelle Rowe EXPAT chef David Thompson is opening a restaurant in one of Bangkok's most glamorous addresses.
The Kew minimalist
9:47AM AN unconventional minimalist house in Kew, Melbourne, is based on ideas from ancient Pompeii.
Budgeting for babies
1:30PM Alexandra Frean IT costs more than $500,000 to raise a child in the US. Is it wrong to postpone parenthood until you can afford it?
Hats on
12:05PM Ray A. Smith HATS are enjoying a renaissance, which in turn has sparked renewed debate about hat etiquette.
For the pride and groom
6:35PM Sue Williams AUSSIE blokes are increasingly interested in saving their own skins.
Vogue Living's cosmic rays
Thu Aug 19 12:46:13 EST 2010
Galactic shapes and designs inspired by science fiction transform a living space into outer space.
Hotel of the week: Mumbai's jewel
4:03PM Christine McCabe The handsome Moorish domes of Mumbai's Taj Mahal Palace hotel are as potent a symbol of this "Maximum City" as the nearby Gateway of India.
Raider takes record $38m payout
10:33AM Katherine Griffiths THE head of Nomura in Europe has received a payoff of almost £22 million ($38.4m) in one of Britain's biggest severance settlements.
3D camera fails to exploit full dimension
TECHCHECK: Stuart Kennedy WHILE there are now plenty of 3D-capable TVs on the market, there's not a lot of three-dimensional content to watch.
Bartender concocts a steamy winner
11:44AM Valentine Low THE world's best cocktail mixologist has a drink for all kinds of occasions.
Boral boss fails to import elite car
Rosanne Barrett NEW Boral chief executive Mark Selway loved his bespoke Aston Martin "dream car".
Slim pickings on Fifth Avenue
10:55AM Jash Barbanel MEXICAN billionaire Carlos Slim has bought a century-old townhouse for $US44 million - one of the most expensive townhouse sales ever in New York.
Take me to the chapel
4:01PM Christine McCabe THE Conrad Bali expects a flurry of wedding bookings when the film adaptation of Eat, Pray, Love is released in October.
Mocktails win out in mild west
Amanda O'Brien THE long, boozy lunches that fuelled high-flyers in the last resources boom are off the menu in the once wild west.
Rug rules as Obama refits Oval Office
4:53PM BARACK Obama has followed the tradition of US presidents and put his own design stamp on the Oval Office.
On a growth curve
Catherine Caines THE plus-size market is expanding and designers are poised to take advantage.
The aristocracy have long worn their nobility on their pinkie fingers, says GQ Style. Now you too can make your mark. GALLERY
Stig gears up for court circuit
11:26AM LONDON: A bid to prevent the revelation of the identity of Top Gear's mystery driver, The Stig, was expected be heard at the High Court in London overnight.
New projects on the boil
John Lethlean, Necia Wilden THE entrepreneur behind the Hu Tong restaurants in Melbourne is looking to extend his empire.
A little rich
John Lethlean PLACES for the immaculately groomed and financially resplendent are rarely fun and almost always bastions of food mediocrity.
Budgeting for babies
1:30PM Alexandra Frean IT costs more than $500,000 to raise a child in the US. Is it wrong to postpone parenthood until you can afford it?
Figures of speech
Stephen Matchett THERE is no shortage of conference speakers doing the rounds. Stephen Matchett sorts the weak from the naff.
Our man in China
Rowan Callick Paul Glasson is the deal maker bringing Chinese capital to Australia.
Higher duties
Lyndall Crisp ADVENTURER Duncan Chessell explains the crucial need to discourage negativity in a team member.
Wall St rallies despite job worries
6:23AM UPDATE: Jonathan Cheng US stocks soared today, with the Dow rallying more than 250 points after US manufacturing data and strength in China and Australia.
Acer unveils Android phones
6:01PM Stuart Kennedy ACER has jumped into the tough end of the burgeoning smartphone market, launching a range of Android powered phones without a telco partner.
Catastrophic failure on Qantas US flight
11:31AM Steve Creedy, Aviation writer QANTAS will fly a new engine and engineers to San Francisco after a "catastrophic failure" on a jumbo bound for Australia early today.
