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• The chain hopes to sell about 36 of its 45 bookshops• Lack of credit insurance led to difficulties in buying stock The sale of Borders UK, the troubled book retailer, appeared to be foundering today, raising fears for the future of the hard-pressed business.The company, with 45 stores in Britain, has been hoping to sell a (Read More)
The Guardian:
• Venture between Qatari Diar and Deutsche Bahn worth $26bn• Railroad network will take up to 15 years to completeAn investment company owned by Qatar's sovereign wealth fund today signed a $26bn (£15.7bn) deal with Germany's national railway operator to build a railroad network, a key part of the natural gas-rich Gulf shei (Read More)
The Guardian:
Is it just me? A friend's stance on petty pilfering has made me question my ethical standardsA friend recently returned, seemingly traumatised, from what he described as "a terrible date". After much prompting, he relayed the reason in a hushed and horrified voice: "She tried to force me to steal money from a car park machi (Read More)
Mashable!:
In a bizarre case involving teen YouTube sensation Justin Bieber and a riotous crowd of his fans, a record exec from Island Def Jam Records was arrested Friday for, among other things, failing to Tweet when told to by authorities.When the Beiber event at Roosevelt Field mall became unruly (video below), police appealed to t (Read More)
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Data from the Mortgage Bankers Association shows almost one in eleven US homeowners face repossession Almost one in eleven Americans is at imminent risk of losing their home, as the housing crash continues to claim thousands of victims, more than three years after prices began to fall.Data from the Mortgage Bankers Associat (Read More)
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• CVA needs 75% of creditors to back the rescue deal• Shares in the retail group have lost 90% of their value High street landlords to Blacks are tomorrow expected to grudgingly vote through a deal that will allow the troubled outdoor goods retailer to wriggle out of lease commitments on 101 stores it wants to close.The de (Read More)
The Guardian:
• The chain hopes to sell about 36 of its 45 bookshops• Lack of credit insurance led to difficulties in buying stock The sale of Borders UK, the troubled book retailer, appeared to be foundering today, raising fears for the future of the hard-pressed business.The company, with 45 stores in Britain, has been hoping to sell a (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Society:
Leading health experts round on the health secretary Andy Burnham today, warning him off reversing a Labour programme of modernisation and competition within the health service.Burnham surprised cabinet ministers and policy officials alike when he announced in September that the NHS would return to the "preferred provider" (Read More)
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Internet retailers are preparing for a deluge of online orders on their busiest day of the year in the lead-up to ChristmasIn a vast warehouse, the size of eight football pitches and around 15 minutes from the centre of Milton Keynes, more than a thousand workers are gearing up for what will likely be Amazon's busiest Chris (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
The digital economy bill is misnamed. A more honest title for the legislation, recently introduced in the Lords, would be the copyright protection and punishment bill. It is less about creating the digital businesses of the 21st century than protecting the particular 20th century business models used in music and film.The b (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
• Levy on City trading aimed at restoring trust in banks• Survey shows more than 50% of voters back planGordon Brown will take his radical proposal to tax City trading to Britain's business leaders today, as a survey shows that more than half of voters would back the plan, if the proceeds went to help the poorest in society (Read More)
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• Supporters admit international levy needs US support• Obama administration and Wall Street unenthusiasticAdvocates of a Tobin tax on financial transactions accept that any international levy would need US support and an increasingly vocal coalition of Democrats in Washington is pressing a sceptical Obama administration to (Read More)
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Back in the 90s John Major sought to restore his battered political stock by vetoing the appointment of the Belgian Jean-Luc Dehaene to head up the European commission. Little Englanders cheered, assuming that because Dehaene didn't hail from a "proper country" he would not comprehend national pride. In the end, though, Maj (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Sport:
• England's team manager gets RFU chairman's backing• Spotlight of scrutiny turns on director of elite rugbyMartin Johnson will this week conduct a performance review of England's autumn internationals with his employers at Twickenham but the team manager's position is not under threat and the future of his under-fire coach (Read More)
The Guardian:
The former Alaska governor represents thwarted aspirations and brooding resentment. But she backs policies which would increase themIn the film, The American President, the president's speechwriter Lewis Rothschild (played by Michael J Fox) appeals to the commander-in-chief to take a firm, clear stand against the Right. "P (Read More)