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British gambling companies face prospect of a new levy
London :: United Kingdom | 10 months ago
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British gambling companies would face a new tax to finance help for problem gamblers unless they voluntarily contribute more money to the cause, the government said Tuesday. The proposed levy, totaling £12.3 million, or $18.3 million, over two years starting...
Tags: credit crunch
Daily Star, UK: THE 99P PINT
London :: United Kingdom | 11 months ago
Credibility A PUB chain has slashed the cost of a pint to just 99p. The recession-busting move will give thirsty Brits their cheapest beer for 19 years. And the even better news is that JD Wetherspoon bosses say the offer will run indefinitely at their 713 UK...
Tags: credit crunch, Asda, price war, price cut
Close tax havens and make super-rich pay for the crunch, says UK's biggest union
London :: United Kingdom | 11 months ago
Credibility As Britain faces a bleak new year with public finances under increasing strain, Unite is urging prime minister Gordon Brown to make the "culprits" of the credit crunch pay their fair share of tax. The union cites figures published by analysts Tax Research...
Tags: credit crunch, Tax Research UK, tax havens, Britain
Spain reign
Madrid :: Spain | 11 months ago
Credibility But who would have thought we’d see Spanish success, Juande Ramos ending up at Real Madrid and Robinho playing alongside Darius Vassell in 2008? Well, they are just a few things that happened over the last 12 months as the Beautiful Game went a bit bonkers.
Tags: credit crunch, Spain
Interest in a teaching career soars
London :: United Kingdom | 11 months ago
Credibility The Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) in England has reported a 40% increase in inquiries to its website since March, the beginning of the credit crunch . The number of people eligible to teach maths is up 25% on the same period last year,...
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Investors pull out of TransCanada pipeline project
Denver :: CO :: USA | 11 months ago
Credibility Enterprise spokesman Rick Rainey told The Denver Post this week that considering current credit markets, the company is pursuing projects with better returns. A shortage of pipeline capacity in the Rockies is one of the reasons companies are scaling back...
Tags: Colorado Springs Gazette, pipeline project, gas pipeline, TransCanada, services having, Enterprise Products Partners, Quicksilver Gas Services, pathfinder pipeline, credit crunch
A medieval take on financial woe
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Cardinal concerned over distrust
London :: United Kingdom | 11 months ago
Credibility The leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales has blamed the credit crunch for a "breakdown" in the trust felt by society. Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor spoke in London at what was expected to be his final Christmas Midnight Mass as Archbishop...
Tags: Cardinal Cormac, christmas sermon, church leaders, credit crunch, cormac murphy
War food book is a big hit amid crunch
London :: United Kingdom | 11 months ago
Credibility Britons cheaper ways of feeding themselves during the Second World War has "flown off the shelves" after being rereleased amid the credit crunch. Keeping Poultry And Rabbits On Scraps â first published in 1941 â has seen a 1,000 per cent sales increase...
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Standard Life chief refuses to excuse Scots bank bosses on credit crunch
Sandy :: UT :: USA | 11 months ago
Credibility Crombie has delivered a withering verdict on the management of some of the country's crisis-hit banks, asserting that it was a "no brainer" that some would be "destroyed" by the freezing of the commercial money markets. The chief executive of Standard...
Tags: credit crunch, Standard Life, allnews, banks, Sandy Crombie
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