The global fight to end capital punishment The Guardian | The death penalty is a shameful legacy of colonialism – now British lawyers are fighting to abolish it around the world by representing condemned prisoners in court Anti-death penalty protest in Jackson, Georgia, in Spetember 2011. Photograph: Stephen Morton/AP | "If we needed to hang someone to...
Rising beer prices causing 'north-south divide', pub boss warns The Daily Telegraph The rising cost of beer is creating a “serious” north-south divide as new pubs are only opening in affluent areas such as the south of England and in city centres, the boss of one of the UK’s largest pub companies has warned. | Rising taxes are forcing pub companies to concentrate ...
SouthWest One gets third chief executive in five years BBC News An outsourcing partnership between three authorities and IBM has named its third chief executive in five years. | SouthWest One was set up to run services such as IT and human resources, for Somerset county and Taunton Deane borough councils and Avon...
Murdoch denies planning to spin off UK newspapers Daily Press | LONDON (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch has denied reports that News Corp is considering spinning off its British newspapers to protect the rest of his media empire from a phone hacking scandal. | The Daily Telegraph and the Financial Times newspapers sa...
Website race row caps turbulent week for Liverpool The Daily Mail | The baffling way Fenway Sports Group are running Liverpool is further demonstrated by a website writer - hired by the American owners - claiming to be a supporter of the British National Party. | Merseysider Alan Kayll, who writes about Liverpool f...
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Jeremy Hunt defends his actions on BSkyB The Independent | In a hastily-arranged statement to the House of Commons, Mr Hunt told MPs that he had handled the bid with "scrupulous fairness" and he was not influenced in any way ...
IAG takes first steps to sell its British arm The Australian | INSURANCE Australia Group's struggling British operations could soon be hived off after the company placed the loss-making business under review. | The revival of the under-performing British arm has been one of three key priorities set by IAG chie...
CBS' Les Moonves on Dish's Auto Hop: 'It's Illegal' (Update) The Wrap Print this page Tweet | CBS CEO Leslie Moonves told TheWrap Thursday that he believes Dish's new Auto Hop feature, which allows viewers to skip commercials when they watch previously aired shows, is illegal. | "They can't put our c...
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital awarded LEED certification The Business Review Memphis Business Journal by Cole Epley, Staff writer Date: Thursday, May 17, 2012, 2:53pm CDT Related: , , | Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital has been given LEED Silver certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. Related News Staff writer- Memp...
Cameron to tell Merkel she is the only person who can save the euro The Independent | Amid growing alarm within the Treasury over the impact of the crisis on Britain, a close ally of Chancellor George Osborne warned the financial contagion in Greece could spread across southern Europe. | Mr Cameron flies to the United States today for talks with major industrial leaders, including Ms Merkel, hosted by Barack Obama at his Camp Davi...
JPMorgan's big loss: Explain it to me CNN By Charles Riley @CNNMoneyInvest May 11, 2012: 1:05 PM ET | NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- What, exactly, is going on at JPMorgan Chase? Something about whales? | Um, well, yes. Allow us to explain. | JPMorgan, which has more assets than any other bank in the country, announced Thursday that it has lost an awful lot of money over the past six weeks. | Now,...
