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Sarkozy rhetoric over EU 'win' fuels Anglo-French war of words - Yahoo! NewsA combative cloud hung over Anglo-French relations Friday after French President Nicolas Sarkozy abandoned a London visit in which he was to calm concerns over interference in London's prized financial services sector by a new French-born EU policymaker.. A cross-Channel spat has been brewing ...
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Narc on Your Boss, Get Cool Cash | Threat Level | Wired.comIt’s that time of year again, when bankers can expect those five- and six-figure bonuses. But if you didn’t become rich off the financial bailout, here’s another way to take advantage of The Man — this man being your boss, of course. Just rat him/her out to the Business Software Alliance for ...
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Goldman Sachs CEO polishes firm's image - USATODAY.comGoldman Sachs should be celebrating. The company has posted outstanding results the first nine months of the year, and it's on track to be a top adviser in the lucrative mergers-and-acquisitions business in the fourth quarter. Yet, the mood at the investment bank seems to be one of crisis as it ...
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IEEE Spectrum: British Government: We Want Access to Your Every Phone Call, Email and Web SearchIn England, your home may be your castle, but the government will soon be able to get a rather good idea of what is happening inside it. The British government has decided to go ahead with its plans under what it calls the Intercept Modernisation Programme to force every telecommunication ...
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Malalai Joya: The woman who will not be silenced - World, News - The IndependentEnraged by Taliban oppression Malalai Joya became a women’s rights activist, and after the US-led invasion, took on the new regime as an MP. But speaking out has come at a cost. She tells Johann Hari why death threats won’t stop her exposing ugly truths about Afghanistan. The warlords who make ...
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Football-style pay, but could bankers sell shirts? - Yahoo! NewsComparing bankers' salaries to footballers' pay, as Barclays' CEO did, is a "schoolboy error," a top investor watchdog said, as banks score too many own goals and couldn't sell shirts branded with star bankers' names. On Monday John Varley, chief executive of Barclays, said the priority for him ...
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Pollution Still a Hazard to U.S. Beaches - CBS NewsA report on water quality at U.S. beaches shows a 10 percent decrease in closing or advisory days last year compared to 2007, but indicates pollution remains serious. The Natural Resources Defense Council says in Wednesday's report that there were 20,341 days on which ocean, bay and Great Lakes ...
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Sanford flies high on taxpayers' dime - Yahoo! NewsAside from the damage done to his standing as a social conservative, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s recent admission of an extramarital affair may end up tarnishing another of his political credentials — his carefully honed reputation as a tightfisted steward of taxpayer money. A POLITICO ...
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You Sexy Beast: Our Fascination With Werewolves : NPRSeen The New York Times best-seller list lately? It's awash with werecreatures — half-human, half-beast thingies. There are weretigers in Laurell K. Hamilton's novel Skin Trade. And a werepanther in Charlaine Harris's novel Dead and Gone. Werethings are showing up everywhere. There's The ...
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High court won't block remote storage DVR - Yahoo! NewsHollywood studios and television networks have lost a Supreme Court bid to block the use of a new digital video recorder system that could make it cheaper and easier for viewers to record shows and watch them when they want, without commercials. The justices, in an order Monday, say they will ...
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