“What if I told you...” It’s an enticing phrase. All the best ads start with it. “What if I told you there was a way to have a nice thing and still remain solvent?” Or, “What if I told you that you could get older without looking like a sea-cliff?”

TIME magazine has named Federal Reserve Bank chairman Ben Bernanke its 2009 Person of the Year.

IDENTITY thieves will be able to access and copy personal details stored on the country’s new electronic passports with simple devices available to buy off the internet.

When Hillary Clinton lavishes praise on John Kerry at the Democratic National Convention today, she could be helping to seal her own political fate.