The annual Consumer Electronics Show is geek heaven on Earth -- a Super Bowl, Disney World and New York Fashion Week all rolled into one for the techies who flock to Vegas to eyeball the newest gadgets from the world's leading manufacturers.
Europe's number one will leapfrog American Phil Mickelson to take the world number two spot next week - with only Tiger Woods standing between himself and the number one spot.
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And, indeed, last week the world witnessed not one but two significant opinion-leader shifts.
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The US may no longer include the world number one in their ranks for next week's Ryder Cup at Oakland Hills in Michigan, but that just might make Woods a more dangerous opponent.
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The 34-year-old, who saw his 281-week spell as world number one ended by England's Lee Westwood last month, triumphed in the event last year before problems in his personal life forced him to take a four-month break from the game.
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Both players are in form with wild card entrant Henin reaching the final at Brisbane a fortnight ago in her first tournament back, while Dementieva won the Sydney International last week after beating world number one Serena Williams in the final.
He currently manages the 2nd most valuable club in the world, defeated Barcelona twice in one week, and advanced Madrid to the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League, yet it is still widely assumed he will leave in the summer for another major club.
For one week, the eyes of the world were turned to a tiny island nation in the Mediterranean.
With that in prospect around the world, one industry figure in Aberdeen said this week this is "a golden era for oilfield services".
Last week was a disappointing one for the world of art.
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Since their split Willis has maintained his position as one of the most important world film stars and this week was ranked ninth in a list of the most powerful showbiz figures.
The implications of these deficiencies were on vivid display even sharper relief by the Soviet bid yesterday for full IMF and World Bank membership -- less than one week after the economic summiteers clearly eschewed such a step as premature.
Reality is that numbers alone have to be taken with a bucketful of salt in evaluating coaches like Martinez or, indeed, David Moyes, who landed one of the biggest gigs in the world game last week when he was appointed to succeed the retiring legend Alex Ferguson at Manchester United.
At least that's what industry insiders said this week at Internet World '96, one of the largest Internet conferences in the world.
One day a week working from home can make a world of difference to a new (or not so new) mother or father.
He was named one of the best 25 CEOs in the world by Business Week and joined the boards of some of the country's most powerful corporations.
One other plus is that the World Health Organisation declared this week that the Turkish government had performed satisfactorily, at least in dealing with the human cases.
The World at One has learned that on Tuesday of last week, the day before the resignation, a senior civil servant - who was at the Cabinet Office, where Mr Mandelson was working at the crucial time in 1998 - was called by Downing Street and asked for any details about the Hinduja contacts.
This week one of the largest advertising firms in the world, WPP PLC, announced its full year 2010 results.
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Theaters across the world were invited to stage the works over a one-week period without having to fork over licensing fees.
Russian Zvonareva made a solid start as she embarks on a week that could see her crowned world number one, although she would need to reach the final unbeaten and hope that Wozniacki wins no more than one match.
But Mr Prescott told BBC Radio 4's World at One that Labour had a 16-point lead a week before the 1970 general election - only to lose to the Conservatives.
Mrs Clwyd, 75, broke down last week on BBC Radio 4's The World At One programme while explaining the treatment her husband Owen Roberts had received.
Spanish fourth seed David Ferrer also went through to the second week as he ended the run of former world number one Lleyton Hewitt of Australia, 7-6 4-6 6-3 6-0.
"Resilient" is one of the two buzzwords at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting this week.
"Our world is not and cannot be the same after the events of one week ago, " Bretton-Granatoor told his synagogue.
France captain Raphael Ibanez has been suspended for one week for stamping on Argentina's Rimas Alvarez Kairelis in the World Cup third place play-off on Friday.
And in one of the most interesting automotive stories from the past week, the world's first 3D-printed car -- the Areion EV-- reached a top speed of 141 kph.
The display was part of Las Vegas Jewelry Week, one of the largest gatherings of jewelry and watch professionals in the world.
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"I think they do have one of the most outstanding players in the world currently in Fernandez-Lobbe, who last week took on Wales single-handedly, " he said of the Toulon number eight.
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