Both Jason Wu and Peter Som invoked Marlene Dietrich’s strong-shouldered glamour, and elements of Richard Chai’s show gave a glimpse of late ’50s brides or secretaries living in West Side walk-ups.

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Fashion Review : Jason Wu, Peter Som, Richard Chai, Kimberly Ovitz – Review

Business Secretary Vince Cable is in a political stand off after his nomination for the university access chief was turned down by MPs.

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Cable stands by fair access chief

A new bill which could aid publication of a secret legal report on the Lockerbie bomber may fail to work properly, it is claimed.

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Concern over Lockerbie report law

H ere’s something for critics of the country’s defense budget to ponder: After I was confirmed as secretary of the Navy in May 2001, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld asked me and the other service secretaries to work with Congress to gain approval for a pending supplemental appropriation to the defense budget. This was not a war supplemental; it was still four months before the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The Pentagon was simply running out of money. Read full article > >

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Military preparedness does not come cheap

Prince William’s deployment to the Falkland Islands, along with that of a warship, is “entirely routine”, the UK foreign secretary says.

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Prince’s Falklands duty ‘routine’

Transport Secretary Justine Greening says she will vote against bonuses for senior Network Rail executives at the company’s annual general meeting.

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Government to oppose rail bonuses

Transport Secretary Justine Greening says she will vote against bonuses for senior Network Rail executives at the company’s annual general meeting.

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Government to oppose rail bonuses

Finance Secretary John Swinney defends plans to let EU nationals living in Scotland vote in the independence referendum.

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Swinney defends EU nationals vote

Energy Secretary Chris Huhne finds out later whether he will face charges over claims his ex-wife accepted a penalty for speeding on his behalf.

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Huhne speeding case decision due

Says Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.

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U.S. to End Afghan Combat in 2013

Says Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.

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U.S. to End Afghan Combat in 2013

BRUSSELS — The United States and NATO will seek to end their combat mission in Afghanistan next year and shift to a role of providing support and training to Afghan security forces, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said Wednesday. Read full article > >

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Panetta: U.S., NATO will seek to end Afghan combat mission next year

A senior Senate Republican has launched an investigation into the Food and Drug Administration ’s secret e-mail monitoring of scientists who warned that unsafe medical devices were approved over their objections, saying whistleblowers often are treated “like skunks at a picnic.” Read full article > >

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Grassley investigates FDA monitoring of whistleblowers

The Taliban in Afghanistan are being directly assisted by Pakistani security services, according to a secret Nato report seen by the BBC.

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Pakistan security ‘helps Taliban’

This debate over economic inequality is getting confusing. Am I supposed to be furious that America charges Warren Buffett a lower tax rate than his secretary , or proud that this is the land that let an entrepreneur like Steve Jobs change the world? Read full article > >

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Down with rent, up with fairness