Wedding gift vases sold for £500,000

A retired couple say they are "delighted" after a pair of Chinese vases they were given as a wedding gift sell for £500,000.


Scrapping retirement age opens 'Pandora's box' of tribunal claims

Allowing workers to remain in their jobs beyond 65 risks opening a "Pandora's box" that will lead to many more unfair dismissal claims, ministers have been warned.


Nancy Christie dies at age 85

Interior designer had managed the Baltimore Museum of Art's gift shop Nancy Christie, a retired interior designer and manager of the Baltimore Museum of Art 's gift shop, died July 21 of complications from Alzheimer's disease complications at the Blakehurst retirement community in Towson. The former Roland Park resident was 85.


Don't be afraid of regifting ... let's see where the gift ends up

Everyone has a holiday "not-so-perfect" gift story: eight candles, 10 pairs of socks, four boxes of candy. And what about the gifts that just weren't right? You know the ones. Aunt Ginny's box set of


Wedding gift rift?

It's the gift receipt that counts: Wedding season is in full swing, so we have some tips on how to honor the bride and groom without writing a check that will be dishonored at the bank.


Chief of Y foundation takes a part-time role

By JC REINDL BLADE STAFF WRITER Retirement came early this summer for Robert Alexander, the former head of the YMCA & JCC of Greater Toledo, who pivoted out of his CEO job last year during a firestorm of controversy over the closing of a Y branch. Todd Tibbits, the current CEO and president, said Wednesday that Mr. Alexander, 64, formally retired June 30 from a full-time position as director of ...


Manchester United Targets One Big Signing: Who Will Be "The One?"

Manchester United's chief executive David Gill has made public announcement that cash will be provided to manager Sir Alex Ferguson to sign a top-quality player for strengthening the overall squad. There will be no cash problem, as per the management, to sign what the team needs — that is, one top quality signing. United manager has already spent near to 20m by signing two youngsters, Chicharito ...


'Daddy's in heaven': Rig victims' families share memories, mementos

Sherri Revette cuts through thick pines, guiding the four-wheeler down dirt and mud trails to her tranquil spot, a sandbar along the Chickasawhay River about a mile behind her home in the backwoods of Mississippi.


Tanay prison mute witness to soldiers' family milestones

By TESSA JAMANDRE TANAY, Rizal.—Some of the Armed Forces' most promising officers spent years in detention here, inside a high-fenced, heavily guarded facility within Camp Capinpin, the isolated military outpost east of Metro Manila. The prison became the setting for some of the soldiers' hardest and loneliest days, and it was also where they marked important family ...


Can you save for retirement and college?

As another school year approaches, you might be thinking about the day in which you'll be sending your children off to college.