A YEAR on, dolls fill the shelves of a living room and flowers and rainbows decorate a kitchen window next to a little girl’s name: Avielle.

Kylie Minogue, Daisy Lowe, Date Winslet and Anna Friel.

The Iseq index gained slightly on light volumes yesterday as the US celebrated Labor Day. The Irish exchange ended the first session of the week with an increase of 9.8 points to 3,170.59.

Tony Scott's life will be honoured at a "family-only" ceremony this weekend.

Stocks reversed a steep sell-off to end mostly higher today as fears about a worrying jobs report gave way to bargain-hunting in sectors like financials and consumer staples.

Wall Street capped a volatile week with sharp gains today as oil prices tumbled and after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said inflation pressures are likely to moderate. The Dow Jones industrial average rose nearly 200 points.

Singer Jon Bon Jovi has formed a special supergroup to celebrate the Labor Day holiday, comprising Billy Joel on piano, Jimmy Buffett on guitar and Paul McCartney and Pink Floyd's Roger Waters on vocals.

Banking group Barclays led a rally for London’s financial stocks today as investors cast aside last month’s credit concerns.

Wall Street rebounded today as energy prices fell on signs that Tropical Storm Ernesto will not hit the Gulf of Mexico.

Tiger Woods will skip the season-opening Mercedes Championships on the US Tour in January.

TIGER WOODS appears to have got his wish for a shorter US Tour season following the announcement of major changes to the schedule from 2007.

Tiger Woods appears to have got his wish for a shorter US Tour season following the announcement of major changes to the schedule from 2007.

As flood waters receded, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin authorised police and the US military to force the evacuation of all residents who refuse to heed orders to leave the dark, dangerous city.

President George W Bush today promised stunned and suffering hurricane victims along America’s battered Gulf Coast that he would fix what’s “not going exactly right” in the storm’s aftermath.

Tom Cruise thrilled fans in Dubrovnik, Croatia, over the Labor Day weekend by spending time site-seeing in the ancient city.

London shares extended their winning streak to a fourth session today as investors turned their eyes towards the key 4600 barrier.

Gains in Asia helped to point the London market in the right direction today ahead of a public holiday on Wall Street.

London’s leading shares regained some of their earlier momentum today as market watchers predicted an upbeat return to trading on Wall Street.

INVESTORS suffered another poor session on the London market yesterday as gloomy corporate news and US economic data hit confidence.

Investors' enthusiasm for stocks cooled in New York, sending the market slightly lower in an expected pull-back after last week's big rally.