Tuna ban 'justified' by science BBC News | Banning trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna is justified by the extent of their decline, an analysis by scientists advising fisheries regulators suggests. | The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas' (ICCAT) advisers said stocks are probably less than 15% of their original siz...
Cable & Wireless plans split after unveiling shock profits warning The Independent | Cable & Wireless has resurrected plans to split in two a year after shelving the move because of market turmoil, but also warned on profits as its Caribbean business suffered. | The blue-chip telecoms group yesterday intends to demerge the Worldwid...
Cable & Wireless to demerge amid profit warning The Times | Cable & Wireless has confirmed that it intends to revive its plans to split its business via a demerger of its worldwide division but a profit warning on the back of continued weakness at the company's Caribbean operations has overshadowed the prot...
Tambunting named RP bet for world entrepreneur tiff The Daily Tribune | 11/04/2009 | | More | Ambassador Jesus Tambunting, chairman and president of Planters Development Bank (Plantersbank), was named the Entrepreneur of the Year Philippines 2009 in an awards banquet held at the Makati Shangri-La hotel last Oct. 15. He...
Tax exiles must be mad, says betting tycoon Stuart Wheeler The Times | A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE businessman has criticised tycoons who leave the UK to save tax, declaring it "mad" to put money before country. | Stuart Wheeler, who made his fortune through spread betting, questioned the priorities of the super-rich who move...
Tuna ban 'justified' by science BBC News | Banning trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna is justified by the extent of their decline, an analysis by scientists advising fisheries regulators suggests. | The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas' (ICCAT) advisers said stock...
Day of reckoning for Viking Raiders The Times | Nikulas Einarsson rubs his hands over a brazier outside Iceland's modest parliament building. Two years ago the electrician was always busy, thanks to the construction boom in the capital, Reykjavik. Iceland's spectacular financial collapse means h...
Dance company of the week: Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo The Examiner | Something is a little fishy in Monte Carlo. Yes, that ballerina does have chest hair. Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, also known as "Dudes in Tutus" and the "blokey bells of Les Ballets" is (you guessed it) a co...
EU aims to withdraw economic stimulus in 2011 The Boston Globe | LUXEMBOURG-European Union governments vowed Tuesday to start withdrawing hundreds of billions of euros (dollars) worth of stimulus measures by 2011, if the economy recovers steadily next year. | EU finance ministers said in a statement that the rec...
Austria says will veto EU-Liechtenstein tax deal The Guardian VIENNA, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Austria will veto a tax treaty between the European Union and Liechtenstein because it does not include rules for trusts and foundations that may be used to hide investors' names, the finance ministry said on Monday. The de...
Monaco proposes bluefin trade ban Daily Yomiuri | GENEVA--Monaco has formally proposed an international trade ban in Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna, the Geneva-based Washington Convention secretariat announced Wednesday. | More than 80 percent of the global bluefin tuna catch is consumed ...
Trust In Profit: James Murdoch, The Bbc And The Myth Of Impartiality Medialens | At the Edinburgh International Television Festival last month, James Murdoch, News Corporation's chairman and chief executive for Europe and Asia, attacked the BBC, calling for comprehensive deregulation and warning of the dangers of state interference in the "natural diversity" of the media industry. It was a threat to the provision of "independ...
Bordeaux beats Monaco 1-0 to extend French lead Syracuse | (AP) - PARIS - Bordeaux extended its lead in the French league on Saturday by beating Monaco 1-0 through defender Marc Planus' second-half goal, while seven-time champion Lyon rose to second overall with a 1-0 win at fierce rival Saint-Etienne. | Planus scored his first goal in the league this season in the 63rd minute. Marouane Chamakh's header ...
