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  • Ex-Im Bank loan guarantee to Air India upheld by US appeals court Ex-Im Bank loan guarantee to Air India upheld by US appeals court

    WASHINGTON - A U.S. appeals court has upheld a decision by the U.S. Export-Import Bank to finance the sale of 30 Boeing wide-body jets to Indian state-owned carrier Air India in a legal challenge brought by Delta Air Lines to the loan guarantee. The court has however directed the government-run bank to better explain its rationale for providing loan guarantee, which Delta claimed as a ...

  • Google spending $7mn to fight child pornography Google spending $7mn to fight child pornography

    LONDON - Internet giant Google said it is spending $5 million to wipe images of child abuse off the Internet and another $2 million to create tools to find the images and eradicate them. "We're in the business of making information widely available, but there's certain 'information' that should never be created or found," wrote Jacqueline Fuller, director of Google Giving, in a blog post. ...

  • Aspen seeks to acquire GSK thrombosis drug and plant Aspen seeks to acquire GSK thrombosis drug and plant

    DURBAN / LONDON - South Africa's biggest generic drug maker Aspen Pharmacare and its subsidiary Aspen Global Incorporated have made an offer to acquire thrombosis drugs and their associated manufacturing site at Notre Dame de Bondeville, France, from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). "AGI will acquire from GSK the Arixtra and Fraxiparine/Fraxodi brands and business worldwide, except in China, Pakistan ...

  • Shenzen to be first Chinese city to begin carbon trading Shenzen to be first Chinese city to begin carbon trading

    BEIJING - China, the world's biggest carbon emitter, is set to launch Tuesday its first carbon trading scheme as a pilot project in the southern city of Shenzhen as part of efforts to cut emissions in its key cities. Carbon emissions trading schemes are meant to encourage companies to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions by setting a limit or a cap, on the level of emission that can be ...

  • UK inflation rises to 2.7pc in May pushed by higher transport cost UK inflation rises to 2.7pc in May pushed by higher transport cost

    LONDON - The consumer price index (CPI) inflation increased to 2.7% in May, up from 2.4% in April, mainly due to higher fuel costs pushing up transportation costs particularly airfares, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said Tuesday. The ONS said the rise was due to a record increase in airfares and higher fuel prices. "The inflation rate has returned to the levels seen between ...

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The Frighteners

There is rarely a peaceful moment in Peter Jackson's new horror-comedy "The Frighteners." I don't know if there is a single scene in the whole film where the camera stays still for more than a second, and I'm quite positive that never more than a minute transpired before some form of special effects filled the screen. The fact is, this manic send-up of the ghost story genre is almost too manic for ... ...

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  • Yahoo follows Facebook and Microsoft in publishing US govt sought snoop data

    Internet corporation Yahoo has followed the league of technological companies in publishing reports about 'snoop data' requests made by the US government. According to the Guardian, Yahoo has revealed that it had received 12,000-13,000 requests, inclusive of criminal, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), and other requests by the government between 1 December 2012 and 31 May ...

  • George Osborne to outline plan for RBS Lloyds

    The fate of Britain's two state-controlled banks will become clearer today, with the country’s finance minister George Osborne likely to start the clock ticking for the sale of the government's stakes. Britain's previous government pumped £66bn of public money into Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group in 2008 to save them from collapse at the height of the ...

  • Metals Stocks Gold extends losses as Bernanke update nears

    LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Gold futures fell Wednesday, remaining near one-month lows as the market braced for possible indication by the U.S. Federal Reserve that it will pull back the pace of monetary ...

  • Federal Reserve meeting dominates the markets - eurozone crisis live

    After weeks of anticipation, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke will speak about the US stimulus package tonight. Photograph: Manuel Balce ...

  • First-rate customer care is key to making your business a success

    Customers are the most important asset to your business and looking after them is essential to your success. All businesses, whatever their size, should have a carefully considered customer care plan and treat it as a core value. This means bearing your customers or clients in mind when making decisions and ensuring that they have positive experiences when dealing with your company.Offering ...

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