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BBC - Dimensions - 0 views

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    "Dimensions takes important places, events and things, and overlays them onto a map of where you are. Type in your postcode or a place name to get started."
Andrew Murgatroyd

Patterns in Giving - 0 views

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    NGOs copy the Corporate Sector
Andrew Murgatroyd

Fat Tax Abolished, Denmark - 0 views

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    After only one year tax on fatty foods has been abolished
Andrew Murgatroyd

New markets help SABMiller grow - 0 views

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    Brewing giant SABMiller has said that profits gained, driven by growth in emerging markets. Pre-tax profit in the six months to September rose 12% to $2.28bn (£1.4bn), the firm said. "We have recently seen moderation of economic growth in some countries," SABMiller said. In terms of earnings before tax and other costs, Europe fell 10% to $516m.
Andrew Murgatroyd

SABMiller agrees to buy Foster's - 1 views

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    Brewing giant SABMiller has agreed to buy Foster's in a deal that values Australia's largest brewer at 9.9bn Australian dollars ($10.2bn; £6.5bn). Fosters had rejected SAB's previous bid worth A$9.5bn, saying it undervalued the company. However, the Foster's board said it would be recommending the latest offer to its shareholders.
Andrew Murgatroyd

E-commerce : buying clothes on line? Problem solved? - 0 views

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    need to feel the texture of the cloth etc? not any more...
Andrew Murgatroyd

Starbucks to pay UK Tax - 0 views

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    Starbucks will start paying tax to UK Government for branches in the UK
Andrew Murgatroyd

Google : The myth of working from home - 0 views

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    Yahoo has banned its staff from "remote" working. After years of many predicting working from home as the future for everybody, why is it not the norm? When a memo from human resources dropped into the inbox of Yahoo staff banning them from working from home it prompted anger from many of its recipients.
Andrew Murgatroyd

Dinosaur hotel - 0 views

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    using social media to promote itself..
Andrew Murgatroyd

India Government announce reforms - 0 views

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    Less FDI in Insurance, more FDI in pensions, removal of diesel subsidies, de-regulating the supermarket sector
Andrew Murgatroyd

Italy 'Disaster Head' quits in row. Earthquake - 0 views

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    The head of Italy's disaster body, Luciano Maiani, has stepped down after seven colleagues were sentenced for their roles before the L'Aquila quake. Six scientists and an ex-government official were convicted of multiple manslaughter for giving a falsely reassuring statement. The 6.3 magnitude quake killed 309 people and left the city in ruins.
Andrew Murgatroyd

KFC pays 8.3M$ to girl - 1 views

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    Fast-food giant KFC has been ordered to pay $8.3m (£5.1m) to the family of an Australian girl left severely brain damaged after being poisoned by a chicken meal. Monika Samaan fell ill with salmonella poisoning after eating a "Twister" wrap at a KFC restaurant near Sydney in 2005. KFC had denied it was the food that caused the problem
Andrew Murgatroyd

Facebook - selling shares to raise capital - 0 views

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    Facebook has set the share price for its upcoming initial public offering (IPO) at between $28 and $35 per share, valuing the company at between $85bn and $95bn. The pricing would enable Facebook to raise as much as $11.8bn (£7.3bn) through its stock market listing.
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