Thu, 07 Jul 2011 06:21He brought together a consortium of private investors to buy the business from Astaire Group, Last year the firm was fined £511000 by the FSA after a settlement system failure dating back to 2007, and saw its back office saddled with over 150000 ...

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 04:08Founded in 1952 and named after the 1942 Crosby-Astaire movie that also introduced "White Christmas" to America, Holiday Inn was intertwined with the development of the nation's Interstate highways. Holiday Inn once fancied itself "the nation's ...

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 04:41Fred Astaire was a genius dancer because he made simultaneous strength and fluidity look easy and so natural. Ginger Rogers, the saying goes, did everything Fred did only backward and in high heels. Eliot Spitzer is going to have to be both Fred and ...

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 21:06The clothing line now included overalls in khaki and denim with elasticized waistbands, "Fred Astaire" pleated trousers, boy scout and military jumpsuits and a great "Gay Nineties" number. The toddler-size silk pants and a tunic hearkened back to the ...