David Cameron threatens veto on French plan for bankers tax The Daily Telegraph David Cameron held his first meeting with Francois Hollande and threatened to veto the new French president’s plan for a European tax on financial transactions. | Downing Street said Mr Cameron delivered a strong message to Francois Hollande over a financial transactions tax Photo: Getty ...
Afghan war will cost British taxpayers £20 billion by time mission is complete The Daily Telegraph Britain's war in Afghanistan will cost taxpayers almost £20 billion by time the mission draws to a close, new figures have revealed. | Despite the winding down of operations, the remaining years of Afghan operations are estimated to cost the UK at least another £800 million Photo: PA | B...
18 Signs That The Banking Crisis In Europe Has Just Gone From Bad To Worse Pakalert Press Share | With each passing day, the banking crisis in Europe escalates. European banks are having their credit ratings downgraded in waves, bond yields are soaring and billions of euros are being pulled out of banks all across the eurozone. The si...
3 charged with terror conspiracy ahead of NATO The News & Observer AP Photo Email Print Order Reprint Share This Share Text tool name | tool goes here By TAMMY WEBBER and SHANNON MCFARLAND - Associated Press By TAMMY WEBBER and SHANNON MCFARLAND Tags: | CHICAGO -- Three men arrested earlier this week when police rai...
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Facebook: the sale of the century? The Daily Telegraph Ahead of Friday’s $96bn IPO, Facebook has to persuade fund managers its founder adds up to a good investment. | The absence of Zuckerberg from the presentation at the Four Se...
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 t...
Eurozone talks top agenda as G8 summit gets under way The Daily Telegraph President Barack Obama has welcomed David Cameron and other world leaders to Camp David near Washington for the G8 summit, where the deepening crisis over the eurozone is expected to dominate talks. | Image 1 of 4 Barack Obama s...
Rubio's past includes political vulnerabilities The News & Observer Email Print Order Reprint Share This Share Text tool name | tool goes here By LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ and BRENDAN FARRINGTON - Associated Press By LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ and BRENDAN FARRINGTON Tags: | MIAMI -- Sen. Marco Rubio has close ties to a colleague accu...
Three arrested in NATO raid charged with conspiracy to commit terrorism The Examiner | According to National Lawyers Guild (NLG) attorneys working for three men in police custody they have been charged with three serious charges each. All have been held since a raid on an apartment in the 1000 block of West 32nd in the Bridgeport nei...
Auto sales rise to most since 2007 on best U.S. run in 40 years Ohio | U.S. auto sales are on pace for the best showing since 2007 and a third year in a row of at least 10 percent gains, only the fourth such streak since the Great Depression, as more confident buyers return to showrooms. | Automakers are adding overnight shifts and cutting workers’ vacations to meet demand. | Sales this year might reach 14.3 m...
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Obama caught up in pastor smear campaign Canberra Times | Barack Obama ... a "metrosexual black Abe Lincoln". Photo: AP | The Wrap | It is not often you get to see inside a political smear campaign before it is launched, but the New York Times secured a conservative attack plan lock, stock and barrel. | The President was to have been linked to the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, a controversia...