Sunday Papers: RBS staff held after tax probe Citywire Top stories | The Sunday Telegraph: Royal Bank of Scotland has been drawn into a criminal tax fraud investigation as five current and former employees of its investment banking arm have been arrested as part of a wider probe thought to involve at least two other City institutions. The Independent on...
Gap-year holidays that reveal the madness of overseas aid The Daily Telegraph Britain’s £7bn aid budget is paying for unqualified teenagers to travel the world. | Image 1 of 2 India is now rich enough to afford a substantial aid programme of its own Photo: REUTERS/Amit Dave Image 1 of 2 Pranab Mukherjee, the finance...
IL AG: No to diverting money from mortgage deal STL Today | Attorney General Lisa Madigan opposes using Illinois' money from a major mortgage settlement to help prop up the budget, an idea being considered in at least two neighboring states. | In addition to about $1 billion for consumers, Illinois governme...
Insurers promise to tackle whiplash claims The Daily Telegraph Car insurance premiums could fall by up to £90, after the Government and companies pledged to stop “vexatious” whiplash claims that drive up the cost of policies. | The average cost of insurance for a young driver has risen to £3,6...
Bridgecorp witness says defence 'word-smithing' over related party claim NZ Herald | A Crown witness in the trial of three former Bridgecorp directors said the defence was "word-smithing" during his cross-examination in the High Court at Auckland this morning. | Former Bridgecorp bosses Rod Petricevic, Rob Roest and Peter Steigrad ...
Do Special Ops Forces Have Too Much Autonomy? The New York Times | Special Operations forces have long enjoyed an elite position in the United States military, and achieved something like folk-hero status when Navy Seals killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan last May. The admiration is well-deserved, but an article i...
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Gorbachev: Putin has 'exhausted' his potential Austin American Statesman | MOSCOW — Mikhail Gorbachev said Thursday that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has "exhausted" his potential as Russia's leader and his inability to change the Kremlin's polit...
Clinton presses Ukraine on former PM's legal case Austin American Statesman | MUNICH — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is pressing Ukrainian authorities to quickly resolve the criminal case brought against former Prime Minister Yulia T...
Romney using Nev. as springboard for Feb. contests Austin American Statesman | LAS VEGAS — Mitt Romney expects Nevada's caucuses to kick off a month of primary and caucus contests to keep momentum on his side in the race for the GOP presidential nomin...
SpaceCurve scores $2.7M to analyze location data The Street | SpaceCurve, a Seattle-based startup pushing a database designed for location data, has raised $2.7 million on the promise it can help application developers better leverage the Internet of things. The money, which comes from Reed Elsevier Ventures,...
Indiana County authorities probe million-dollar embezzlement scheme Pittsburgh Tribune Review | A former executive with an Indiana County gas drilling company has been jailed on charges of embezzling nearly $1 million over several years while state police and the district attorney's office probe whether the amount is as high as several millio...
Nortel Hacking: Company Hit By Suspected Chinese Cyberattacks For A Decade Crunch Get Canada Business Alerts Sign Up Submit this story digg reddit stumble | OTTAWA -- International hackers had "widespread access'' to the corporate computer operations of former technology giant Nortel Networks for nearly a decade, according to a re...
Barack Obama dares Republicans with re-election budget The Australian | BARACK Obama has sharpened the political divide with Republican opponents in an election year, unveiling a $US3.8 trillion budget plan laden with big spending on infrastructure projects and jobs to be financed largely by higher taxes on the wealthy. | The Democrat President's proposed budget yesterday is a gamble that voters in the November gener...
Surfing the Web in Safety Jakarta Globe Safe Internet is a broad term, but often refers to online privacy, security and, in Indonesia, a prohibition of sexually explicit material. More than a decade ago, the European Commission initiated the Safer Internet Program, promoting safe and responsible online activity among young users in Europe. | In 2009, the commission introduced a variation...
