Older jobless
Source BBC by Joanne Babbage on Thursday, March 18, 2010
Business - 'I'm never going back to the job centre'
Galloping ahead
Source BBC by Will Smale on Thursday, March 18, 2010
Business - Horse racing industry runs to secure its future
Ron Dennis
Source BBC by Jorn Madslien on Thursday, March 18, 2010
Business - McLaren boss launches new road car company
FTC on Google Buzz: Consumer Privacy Cannot Be Run in Beta
Source Mashable by Jennifer Van Grove on Thursday, March 18, 2010
Business - Earlier today, FTC commissioner Pamela Jones Harbour cited Google Buzz’s “irresponsible conduct” at launch as an example of how companies are being too careless with consumer privacy and online data.The Wall Street Journal reports that the remarks were made…
Net piracy takes 'toll on jobs'
Source BBC on Thursday, March 18, 2010
Business - The growth of illegal file-sharing could cost European countries 1.2m jobs and 240bn euros by 2015, an industry report says.
Economy Watch: Dow hits a new one-year high
Source WashingtonPost by Frank Ahrens on Thursday, March 18, 2010
Business - Should you start singing, "Happy Days Are Here Again"?
Lebedev gets Independent go-ahead
Source BBC on Thursday, March 18, 2010
Business - Alexander Lebedev moved closer to control of the Independent newspapers after the deal was allowed by the Office of Fair Trading.
Iran tightens petrol sanctions
Source BBC on Thursday, March 18, 2010
Business - Petrol within Iran is heavily subsidised but the ration is being cut - is there a link between that and the threat of petrol sanctions linked to its nuclear programme?
Yahoo Acquires Citizen Sports
Business - Yahoo Inc. has announced at the 201 IMG World Congress of Sports that it will be acquiring Citizen Sports, a social andmobileapplication development firm focused on sports. Terms of the deal were not announced.The acquisition, according to…
Arriva shares up on takeover bid
Source BBC on Thursday, March 18, 2010
Business - Shares in transport group Arriva climb by almost 20% after it confirms it has received its second takeover approach in as many months.
Major banks in Italian fraud case
Source BBC on Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Business - Four major banks have been ordered to stand trial in Italy in a fraud case related to derivatives trading.