4 Jul 2008 at 10:52am Parliament?s reputation took another battering yesterday when MPs threw out plans to overhaul their expenses, insisting on their right to buy kitchens, televisions and sofas on the taxpayer. Plans for rigorous external audits, a reduction of the ...
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4 Jul 2008 at 7:18am Barratt Developments told staff yesterday that it would make about 1,000 people redundant, taking job losses in the construction industry to nearly 2,300 in just two days. Barratt, whose shares have plunged by 97 per cent since their peak in February ...
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3 Jul 2008 at 8:19pm Fresh from his rigged election victory, Robert Mugabe and his military backers plan to assassinate or frame dozens of opposition MPs in an attempt to consolidate power and take back control of Parliament. The Zanu (PF) party of Mr Mugabe lost its ...
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3 Jul 2008 at 4:37pm You've eaten the hot dogs. You've watched the fireworks. Now it's time to declare another kind of independence -- your own. If you're like most Americans, you haven't been free in a long, long time. Instead you're in chains. You're manacled to dozens ...
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3 Jul 2008 at 3:04pm Earlier this week eBay, the popular online auction website, was fined ?38.6 million (£30 million) by a French court for allowing the sale of fake goods through its site. The ruling has raised a serious question: just how can you spot fake goods on ...
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3 Jul 2008 at 2:00pm Banks and building societies are set to further tighten the screws on borrowers as a Bank of England survey revealed a growing reluctance to lend and surprise at the rising rate of customers defaulting on home loan payments. The Bank's survey on ...
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3 Jul 2008 at 12:55pm If anyone is willing to bet that the U.S. car industry can somehow survive its current crisis, Wall Street is willing to quote them generous odds. Some Ford Motor Co. and General Motors bonds are selling for 57 cents on the dollar, a new low. And ...
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