The great Asian gold theft crisis

With its value at a record high, gold has never been more attractive to thieves. Now burglars with metal detectors are targeting the homes of British Asian families for their collections of high-quality 'Indian gold' jewellery Two small faces pull the curtain back in a side room and peer round to see who is at the door. After they run back inside, their mother, Mrs Rashid, unlocks the front door ...

How The Glock Became America's Weapon Of Choice

In his book Glock: The Rise of America's Gun , Paul Barrett traces how the sleek, high-capacity Austrian weapon found its way into Hollywood films and rap lyrics, not to mention two-thirds of all U.S. police departments.

The 25 Most Influential Executives Of The Business Travel Industry Of 2011

Any effort to identify a given year's most influential business travel executives always will contain an element of futility. True influence, after all, may not reveal itself immediately or in particularly dazzling fashion.