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After a turbulent 500 years it is understandable – I sometimes feel like putting my feet up too – but it is a mistakeIt's not true that last night's appointments at the EU's Brussels conclave are without historic precedence. When the Italian politician Signor Caligula was president of the European commission during one of t (Read More)
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Keri Hulme's The Bone People deals with hefty issues surrounding Maori displacement. Shame it breaks down too easily into bad writing and spiritual nonsenseThe buzz when The Bone People won the Booker prize in 1986 was all about the struggle Keri Hulme had to bring it to publication. First there was the monumental effort of (Read More)
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Chief executive of country's biggest building society warns rising unemployment will hit house prices and attacks regulatory changesNationwide Building Society today attacked regulatory changes which it warned could impede the mutual sector as it admitted profits in the first half had fallen more than 60%.Underlying pre-tax (Read More)
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So how's Twitter going to make any money? One of its biggest fans, British actor and polymath Stephen Fry, gave co-founder Biz Stone one idea when the pair shared a Nesta panel in London on Thursday…"Supposing I was to say to someone: 'you can have my Twitter identity for an hour on Wednesday if you pay me x pounds and you (Read More)
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British peer Cathy Ashton receives cautious welcome to EU role from international relations experts in China, Russia and IsraelProfessor Feng Zhongping, director of the Institute of European Relations at the Chinese Institutes of Contemporary International Relations"She is quite popular outside Europe because of her positio (Read More)
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In a stormy week all round it has been pretty grim at Westminster where the winds of change are blowing."Gordon, your time is up and there won't be a replay!" concluded taxfree, following the Queen's speech. "This speech is from a Prime Minister and Government that helped to create most of this country's problems and now s (Read More)
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Nationwide, Britain's largest building society, has seen first-half profits halve due to low margins and high bad debt provisions.Underlying profits before tax, stripping out one-off gains, fell to £117m in the six months to September, from £322m a year ago. The lender said its arrears remain well below the sector average, (Read More)
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Brewing group Fuller, Smith & Turner is doing well because of its "delightful, well-invested pubs that serve outstanding cask ale and delicious food."This ringing endorsement comes from company chairman Michael Turner, who presumably checks out his estate on a regular basis to make sure the fishcakes and sausage sandwiches (Read More)
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Fund manager's original plan for £1.5bn IPO were cancelled two years ago when the financial crisis hitFund manager Gartmore ended months of speculation today by announcing that it will float on the London Stock Exchange in mid-December.One of Britain's best-known fund managers, with nearly £22bn of assets under management a (Read More)
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With the FTSE 100 rallying by just shy of 20% since the start of the year, thoughts are turning to how the final month of 2009 might pan out.And the answer is, pretty well if you take history as a guide, according to Gerald Moser and the strategy team at Goldman Sachs. In its latest note, Goldman says if the first eleven mo (Read More)
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A few days after Intertek, the FTSE 100 testing and inspections group, unveiled an uninspiring trading update, the company has revealed it is in talks about an acquisition.The company wants to buy the business assurance division of Norway's Det Norske Veritas, which has revenues of around £200m. The bulk of the purchase pri (Read More)
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Commercial vehicle production down 60% this yearCar production fell last month, but the decline was the smallest this year, it was announced today.A total of 106,400 cars were made in the UK in October 2009 - a drop of 6.7% on the October 2008 figure, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said.Commercial veh (Read More)
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With rain forecast for much of the country this weekend, we recommend 10 indoor attractions across the UK1. City of Caves, NottinghamDeep under Nottingham city runs a fascinating network of Anglo-Saxon sandstone caves. Visitors can explore the tunnels and see how they were variously used over the centuries; experience the (Read More)
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guardian.co.uk Society:
• News: Swine flu jab to be offered to healthy under-fives• Features: The UN gave children rights - it's time we consulted them• Comment: Kick up a stink for better sanitationWelcome to the daily news round-up from SocietyGuardian.co.uk****************Today's top story - Tories 'scaremongering' over national care service pl (Read More)
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Horticulturalists, doctors and lawyers among instructors after Michigan legalises drug as a medicineIt goes without saying that there's no smoking in class. But there is a good deal of sniffing of leaves, discussion of the finer points of inhaling and debate over which plant gives the biggest hit.Welcome to Detroit's cannab (Read More)
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