Capitalism flawed, says 1989 poll BBC News | Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a new BBC poll has found widespread dissatisfaction with free-market capitalism. | In the global poll for the BBC World Service, only 11% of those questioned across 27 countries said that it was working well. | Most thought regulation and reform of t...
G20 won’t end life support to global economy Deccan Chronicle G20 won’t end life support to global economy | London, Nov. 8: The British Prime Minister, Mr Gordon Brown’s, proposal of a glo-bal financial transactions levy has found no support amongst the G20 nations. | Mr Brown, who addressed G20 finance ministers at St. Andrews on Saturday, urged the G20 ...
The Week Ahead: Vodafone set for UK iPhone announcement The Independent | The mobile phone giant Vodafone dials up half-year results tomorrow and investors will closely examine comments by its chief executive, Vittorio Colao, about key regions, notably the US. Analysts at UBS expect growth at Verizon Wireless, Vodafone's...
Capitalism flawed, says 1989 poll BBC News | Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a new BBC poll has found widespread dissatisfaction with free-market capitalism. | In the global poll for the BBC World Service, only 11% of those questioned across 27 countries said that it was worki...
Sainsbury's to cut one-third of carbon emissions from fridges The Guardian | Supermarket chain announces plans to change freezer technology to avoid use of polluting F-gases | Sainsbury's, Britain's third-biggest supermarket chain, will tomorrow announce plans to cut its carbon footprint by one-third by 2030, by changing it...
Credit card firms 'will focus on high earners' The Guardian | A return to the days when were status symbols brandished by the well-off could be on the horizon, according to a report published today. | Precious Plastic, an annual analysis of the credit card market by the accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers...
Cambridge academics' furious at University Library plan to sell name The Times | When Newcastle United announced plans to change the name of its historic and well-loved St James' Park stadium to raise sponsorship money, it unleashed a torrent of incandescent rage from fans. | Now the renaming of another august institution has p...
Kate Winslet's wow factor is worth £60m to the British economy The Times | THE Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet is a £60m national treasure, according to an analysis of her value to Britain by economists funded by the government. | Winslet, 34, was th...
G20 to continue economic stimulus Al Jazeera | G20 states have agreed to maintain the availability of financial stimulus measures until the world economy shows more improvement. | In St Andrews in Scotland on Saturday, the gr...
Ministers urged to keep promise on live music The Guardian | • Small venues seeking licensing law exemption | • Musicians see no sign of promised consultation | Government inaction over the exemption of small, live music venues from overbearing licensing laws is putting the future of the live music scene...
Bukky Wright Fights London Producer Modern Ghana Nigerian model and actress, Bukky Wright, must be heading for a show down with the London producer of an award. We gathered that Bukky was tole by the said producer to help him buy some tickets for some people coming to London. | Bukky did as instruc...
Ed Miliband to deliver nuclear site assessment reports The Guardian | Government to open new central authority in March to fast-track nuclear applications and avoid red tape | The government will tomorrow identify further sites around Britain that could be suitable for building a nuclear plant, as part of a scheme to...
Vacuum cleaner tycoon Sir James Dyson doles out £45m among children The Guardian | Dyson firm also pledges £5m to the Royal College of Art after shares deal nets the inventor £105m | Sir James Dyson, who pioneered the bagless vacuum cleaner and recently developed a desk fan without blades, has given £45m to his three children....
Brown backs new tax on banks - but the US is opposed The Independent | Gordon Brown suffered a rebuff from Washington yesterday after he signalled Britain's backing for plans for an international transactions tax on banks to help the world recover from the financial crisis. | At the G20 summit in St Andrews, Fife, the Prime Minister dropped Britain's longstanding opposition to the scheme, which could raise billions ...