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Fuller's serves up 17% rise in profits - The Guardian
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Fuller's serves up 17% rise in profits
The Guardian
Brewing and pub group Fuller, Smith & Turner, which makes London Pride, served up a 17% rise in profits today with strong cask ale sales. The 165-year old company, which has 366 pubs in the south of England, said it made a profit before tax of £26.6m, ...
Fuller's profits up 17pc, but tax rises could hurt businessTelegraph.co.uk
Brewer Fuller sees profits riseBBC News
Pubs firm Fuller's year profit tops market hopesReuters
The Press Association -ShareCast -Sky News
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Committee spreads out CPA grants - The Daily News of Newburyport
Committee spreads out CPA grants
The Daily News of Newburyport
The funding requests on the 20 applications totaled more than $2 million, but only $455000 in grants was available. Still, projects from Plum Island beach ...
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Thousands email policy comments
More than 6,500 people comment on the coalition government's policy programme on the Cabinet Office website.
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European shares rise for third-day as BP gains - Reuters
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European shares rise for third-day as BP gains
Reuters
LONDON June 11 (Reuters) - European shares edged higher on Friday, rising for the third day on optimism over global growth while BP (BP.L) recovered as investors took heart from a pause of bad news on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. ...
FTSE 100 rises at openAFP
FTSE cancels out late Wednesday surge on bank probe and BPshareprices.com
Glance-Miners banks aid FTSE rally; BP off on slick woesLondon South East
Knowledge to Action -India Infoline.com -Daily Times
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Herbert makes statement on Police Authorities (Revised Grant Allocations) - DeHavilland (press release) (subscription)
Herbert makes statement on Police Authorities (Revised Grant Allocations)
DeHavilland (press release) (subscription)
... in counter-terrorism specific grants. Even after these reductions Government funding to the police service will remain at £9.61 billion in 2010-11. ...
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Gloucestershire County Council faces multi million pound funding cuts - Thisisgloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Council faces multi million pound funding cuts
Thisisgloucestershire
Councils are set to bear the brunt of spending cuts with nearly £1.2 billion to come from local government through axing individual cash grants. ...
County faces cutbacksCotswold Journal
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Gulf of Mexico spill 'releasing twice as much oil as thought' - Telegraph.co.uk
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Gulf of Mexico spill 'releasing twice as much oil as thought'
Telegraph.co.uk
The Gulf of Mexico spill is releasing twice as much oil as initially estimated, it was disclosed today, as David Cameron refused to bow to City demands to defend BP. By Robert Winnett, Deputy Political Editor Latest estimates indicated that the oil's ...
New calculations double rate of oil spillTimes Online
GULF OIL SPILL: Time for David Cameron to speak up for BPDaily Mail
Oil spill 'twice as bad as first thought'BBC News
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Education will bear brunt as councils look to make £6m savings - Hull Daily Mail
Education will bear brunt as councils look to make £6m savings
Hull Daily Mail
Education will bear the brunt with a £2.1m cut in earmarked funding although money for schools will not be touched. Other areas facing grant cuts include ...
Education in East Yorkshire facing big funding cutswww.thisisbeverleylocal.co.uk
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French oyster farmers receive aid
The French government has pledged 150m euros in aid to help oyster farmers struggling with a disease epidemic.
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Confidence in climate science remains strong, poll shows - The Guardian
Confidence in climate science remains strong, poll shows
The Guardian
Climate science's winter of discontent has not made a large impact on the British public's attitudes to global warming, according to poll of over 1800 people. The poll, by researchers at the University of Cardiff, showed a small drop in public ...
Belief in climate change 'drops'BBC News
Climate change scepticism is on the riseWalesOnline
Slight fall in publics belief in changing climateScotsman
Science Now -Greenwise Business -Reuters Africa
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WALSH LETS £330K BA BONUS FLY OFF - Mirror.co.uk
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WALSH LETS £330K BA BONUS FLY OFF
Mirror.co.uk
British Airways boss Willie Walsh has refused a £334000 bonus as he ''felt it inappropriate... in the circumstances", the strike-hit airline said yesterday. Unite, which represents 12000 cabin crew who have just finished 22 ...
Willie Walsh waives £334000 bonus at strike-bound BATelegraph.co.uk
Walsh incentivesFinancial Times
BA chief executive Walsh gives up six-figure bonusIndependent
Times Online -This is Money -BBC News
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FSA bosses rewarded pay rises for 'enormous' changes - Telegraph.co.uk
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FSA bosses rewarded pay rises for 'enormous' changes
Telegraph.co.uk
Hector Sants, the boss of the Financial Services Authority, was awarded a £108000 bonus for his efforts in rebuilding the reputation of the City watch-dog in the wake of the financial crisis. The out-going chief executive, who was paid a total of ...
FSA boss Hector Sants pocketed £742000 in payIntroducer Today
Under-threat FSA reports on radical new philosophyHerald Scotland
Market abuse up despite efforts to deter City cheatsTimes Online
Independent -The Guardian -CITY A.M.
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OFT puts underwriting fees under the spotlight - Telegraph.co.uk
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OFT puts underwriting fees under the spotlight
Telegraph.co.uk
The UK authorities have launched their most in-depth probe of the investment banking market in more than 10 years and the first since the financial crisis. By Harry Wilson The Office of Fair Trading is set to study the UK's equity underwriting market, ...
OFT probe into investment banking feesHerald Scotland
OFT launches new inquiry into fees for rights issuesTimes Online
OFT opens inquiry into bankers' bills for rights issuesIndependent
Scotsman -The Guardian -Daily Mail
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Halfords sizes up 12 potential bid targets - Telegraph.co.uk
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Halfords sizes up 12 potential bid targets
Telegraph.co.uk
Halfords, the bicycle and auto parts retailer, has around 12 potential acquisition targets in its sights as it looks to expand beyond its traditional product areas. By James Hall News of the targets was revealed as Halfords reported full-year pre-tax ...
Hello Kitty bike boom helps lift Halfords' salesFinancial Times
Halfords wants more deals as year profit jumpsReuters
Halfords shares rise 8% as cheap transport thrivesThe Guardian
The Press Association -CITY A.M. -road.cc
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Argos first quarter sales fall by 8pc - Telegraph.co.uk
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Argos first quarter sales fall by 8pc
Telegraph.co.uk
Weak sales of video games and televisions pushed like-for-like sales at Argos down by 8.1pc over the 13 weeks to May 29. By James Hall The poor sales saw shares in Home Retail Group, Argos's parent company, fall by 9.7 to 228.3p. ...
Shares in Argos owner plunge as consumers remain cash-strappedHerald Scotland
Home Retail hurt by Argos sales slowdownFinancial Times
Argos feels the pinch as sales slump and revenue drops by 5Scotsman
Daily Mail -The Guardian -Times Online
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Bank of England and ECB leave interest rates on hold - Telegraph.co.uk
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Bank of England and ECB leave interest rates on hold
Telegraph.co.uk
The Bank of England and the European Central Bank (ECB) both left interest rates at historic lows, underlining the fragility of the recovery in Britain and the euro-zone. By Angela Monaghan The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted to ...
Interest rates predicted to stay at record low of 0.5% for rest of yearHerald Scotland
Bank opts to hold interest rates steady at record lowsFinancial Times
'Wait and see' approach to interest ratesnebusiness.co.uk
The Birmingham Post -Independent -Times Online
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Computing with Secrets, but Keeping them Safe
A cryptographic method could see cloud services work with sensitive data without ever decrypting it.
A novel technique could see future Web services work with sensitive data without ever being able to read it. Several implementations of a mathematical proof unveiled just last year will allow cryptographers to start making the proposal more practical.
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A Paper Test for Liver Damage
A startup rolls out a cheap, disposable microfluidics test.
Diagnostics for All, a nonprofit startup in Cambridge, MA, has designed a cheap, disposable blood test for liver damage. The device uses a stack of paper the size of a postage stamp for a test of toxicity for drugs to treat HIV and tuberculosis.
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3-D Without the Glasses
A new type of display from Microsoft produces multiple images and tracks the viewers' eyes.
Today's 3-D movies are far more spectacular than the first ones screened more than 50 years ago, but watching them--both at the movie theater and at home--still means donning a pair of dorky, oversized glasses. Now a new type of lens developed by researchers in Microsoft's Applied Sciences Group could help make glasses-free 3-D displays more practical.
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Video - Microsoft’s New Display
Microsoft has developed a new type of wedge-shaped lens that precisely controls the direction of light emitted from it. The lens can easily be integrated into a liquid crystal display, and when a camera is added, the system is able to track viewers and project stereoscopic video directly into their eyes. In this demonstration, the system supports tow independent stereoscopic video projects.
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