Expensive ... we are paying a premium for tomatoes. Photo: iStockphoto It would be a stretch to say tomato prices are going bananas, but at prices up to $10.99 a kilo, they may be off the humble sandwich for a few weeks. The cause? A lousy, wet summer meant farmers had to delay planting for a few weeks. "The crop is late coming in," said Alf Bonaccorso, a salesman with 30 years experience selling tomatoes with Savory Fruit Supply at Sydney Markets, Advertisement: Story continues below The crop, which is normally sold at the end of summer and early autumn, has been delayed, leading to current shortages. Prices have actually come down, he said, from a high of $60 for a 10kg box of tomatoes ... Continue reading →
Mediterranean flavours ... Andrea and Pauline Pinna and Sapori di Sardegna's Sardinian-inspired selection. Photo: Domino Postiglione For their honeymoon, Andrea Pinna took his wife, Pauline, into the Sardinian mountains to meet shepherds and break bread with them in their huts. This expedition was as romantic as could be for this bubbly couple who are both mad about Sardinian culture and food. Andrea was born in the capital, Cagliari, and Pauline's family is originally from the region. In homage to their love for the Mediterranean's second-largest island, they've called their small Waverley cafe and deli Sapori di Sardegna. This translates as ''the flavours of Sardinia'', and they have proudly stuffed it with Sardinian products and produce. Advertisement: Story continues below A range of Sardinian cheeses. Photo: ... Continue reading →
Shaun Usher I run Letters of Note, Lists of Note & Letterheady. Follow these accounts for *just* updates to those sites: @LoNFeed, @ListsOfNote & @Letterheady. Continue reading →
Facebook sued by disgruntled shareholders Updated May 24, 2012 06:53:58 Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, the company itself, and the banks leading its flotation are all being sued by disgruntled shareholders.At least three law firms say they are filing actions against the company and its underwriters in a New York district court amid accusations they hid information from investors ahead of Friday's initial public offering (IPO). Largest ever US IPOIPO revenue Visa Inc.$17.9 billionFacebook$16 billionGeneral Motors$15.8 billionAT&T Wireless$10.2 billionKraft$8.1 billionGoogle$1.9 billionRelative company values Total valueApple$415 billionGoogle $186 billionMcDonald's$101 billionFacebookAbout $100 billionAmazon.com$100 billionBank of America$75 billionBoeing$56 billionHewlett Packard$55 billion They said the IPO documents put out by the company and underwriters "contained untrue statements of material fact" and omitted other crucial information for investors, in violation of ... Continue reading →
BRW’s Rich 200 list is out for another year and Gina Rinehart, Frank Lowy and Anthony Pratt have all made the top five. Between them they earn something like $41.09bn per annum, with Rinehart banking around $50m a day. The mind boggles. How do you spend that kind of money? Seriously, what could you possibly do it with it all. There needs to be acut-off point for just how much money one person can make. Can you imagine what it would feel like to earn that much? The recent Rinehart family sagas have shown us that having heaps of money does not equate to happiness, not on the family front anyway. And why have all that money if you don’t have anyone you love to ... Continue reading →
The countryside around Henley-on-Thames is well-known for an abundance of red kites, large birds of prey that soar over the wide green fields and circle on the thermals of a summer day. Today the kites were keeping strange company. Gary Connery, 42, a veteran film stuntman, became the first man to leap out of a helicopter and land safely back on earth, without using a parachute. He did it with the aid of a specially designed “wingsuit”: a contraption that, on land, makes Gary look like a flying squirrel, but in the air allowed him to come closer to natural flight than a human being has probably ever come.Speaking to The Independent before the stunt, which took place in and above a farmer's field near ... Continue reading →
A Scotland Yard anti-corruption officer was arrested today on suspicion of taking bribes from private investigators. Two private investigators - who both previously served with the force - are also being held after raids at the London offices of Risc Management Ltd, it is understood.The 45-year-old detective constable is being questioned on suspicion of providing information about Nigerian fraudster James Ibori in return for cash.Mike Schwarz, a partner at Bindmans LLP, told the Home Affairs Select Committee yesterday of possible cash payments made by investigation firm Risc to sources of theirs who were "presumably police officers or those close to the investigation".Records showed roughly half a dozen payments amounting to about £20,000 over an eight- or nine-month period, Mr Schwarz claims. The private detectives - ... Continue reading →
