Villains

  • NewsAlice Sholl

    8 Female Characters In Children’s Books Who Were Totally Badass

    When we were small, the books we read taught us a hell of a lot about life. That good must overcome evil, that we must be brave through hardship, and that we should avoid using our magical powers until we’re 17. As well as the authors of these stories, those we have to thank the most are the badass female characters within them. The ones who taught us not to take s**t from anybody, and who told us to keep striving and learning regardless of who tries to hold us back.

  • PoliticsAOL

    Villains of 2011: Parts 9 & 10

    9 & 10. Boris Berezovsky vs Roman Abramovich – oligarchs at war In London's High Court, a little overshadowed by the phone hacking scandal and Levenson Inquiry, two of the world's richest men have been "opening the

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  • NewsAOL

    Villains of 2011: Part 8

    8. Silvio Berlusconi Villain or hero? A quandary. Italians remain divided on the crooning lothario who introduced to the world's lexicon the exotic phrase 'bunga-bunga'. He partied while Rome burned. How apt that once he was ousted

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  • BusinessAOL

    Villains of 2011: Part 7

    7. HSBC and NHFA advisers HSBC suffered an ignominious end to the year with a record-breaking £10.5m fine, the largest fine the FSA has ever issued in the retail sector. Its care fee adviser, Nursing Home Fees Agency (NHFA), paid numerous UK

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  • EntertainmentAOL

    Villains of 2011: Part 6

    6. Sir Fred Goodwin Like Banquo's Ghost in Hamlet, Sir Fred the Shred stalks the City headlines again as 2011 comes to a close, reminding us that the world is still reeling from his "poor decisions". For the anti-capitalist movement,

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  • NewsAOL

    Villains of 2011: Part 5

    5. George Osborne Sovereign debt, euro crisis, the pension deficit and the pain of austerity - the Chancellor George Osborne has become the figurehead of all that is wrong in today's Blighty. The man who once folded towels in Selfridges and

  • BusinessAOL

    Villains of 2011: Part 4

    4. Kweku Adoboli Remember Barings Bank and Nick Leeson? Well 16 years since the oldest merchant bank collapsed, it's as if the world has learnt nothing. Another rogue trader was caught at UBS in September having amassed losses of $2bn (nearly

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