DJ UK Treasury Preparing Windfall Tax On UK-based Banks -BBC
LONDON (Dow Jones)--The U.K. Treasury is preparing to levy a temporary windfall tax on British-based banks, the BBC reported Sunday, citing its business editor, Robert Peston.
INO News,
Sun Dec 06 09:41:18 PST 2009
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Angela Rippon says she was not involved in fakery on her BBC show
Angela Rippon has insisted she was unaware scenes were being faked on the BBC daytime show she presents.
Daily Telegraph,
Sun Dec 06 00:22:40 PST 2009
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'Newsnight and Paxman are what the BBC is all about'
Apress officer sits in on our interview but there really isn't any need. Talking to Peter Rippon, editor of Newsnight and a self-confessed BBC "lifer", is like having a conversation with th...
Independent,
Sat Dec 05 16:09:54 PST 2009
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BBC picks Great Siege for series on Islam-Christianity relations
The BBC has recently presented Programme Three of the series The Crescent and the Cross which looked back at the bloody siege of Malta of 1565. In 1565 the Ottoman Emperor Suleiman the Magn...
Maltamedia.com Daily News,
Sun Dec 06 00:38:42 PST 2009
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Diminished Christmas cheer at the BBC | Media Monkey
The great and the good of the Beeb were at Vision director Jana Bennett 's Christmas drinks last night at a room at Somerset House, including Roly Keating , Ben Stephenson and Jana herself,...
Guardian Unlimited,
Sat Dec 05 15:43:49 PST 2009
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BBC Arabic to focus on user-generated content
The BBC has said that Hosam El Sokkari, Head of BBC Arabic will spearhead work for the broadcaster's Arabic service on the editorial development of user-generated content and social media i...
AME Info,
Fri Dec 04 23:47:25 PST 2009
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Climate emails row does not affect US position: ambassador
The US ambassador to Britain told the BBC in an interview Sunday that the row over leaked emails from a key English climate research unit had had no effect on Washington's position on globa...
AFP via Yahoo! News,
Sun Dec 06 08:59:20 PST 2009
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Banks 'face windfall bonuses tax'
The Treasury is considering a windfall tax on British-based banks, BBC business editor Robert Peston has learned.
BBC News,
Sun Dec 06 09:03:59 PST 2009
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Protests turn violent in Athens, Greece
ATHENS, Greece, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Protesters and police in Athens, Greece, clashed Sunday during demonstrations marking the 2008 shooting death of a teenage by police, the BBC said.
UPI,
Sun Dec 06 10:33:29 PST 2009
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BBC Life: Venus Flytrap Grows in Time Lapse, Devours In Macro [Image Cache]
I'd never felt sympathy for a fly until I just watched this latest, astounding clip from BBC Life in which a Venus Flytrap consumes murders its prey. The time lapse growth footage was captu...
Gizmodo,
Fri Dec 04 17:04:13 PST 2009
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Bragg defends future of BBC
Broadcaster Melvyn Bragg defended the BBC in a debate on the future of the institution in the Lords yesterday.
Epolitix via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News,
Fri Dec 04 04:33:55 PST 2009
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BBC continues global rollout of Lonely Planet Magazine
LONDON - BBC Magazines has brokered five new international licensing deals for its controversial venture Lonely Planet Magazine, meaning that by the end of its first financial year there wi...
Media Week Online,
Fri Dec 04 08:27:50 PST 2009
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BBC impartiality on war called into question
The BBC was involved in a fresh row over its flagship Question Time programme on Friday when it was accused of disregarding public opinion in a line-up of panellists set to discuss the war ...
Morning Star,
Fri Dec 04 10:46:11 PST 2009
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Tough choices for UK's public finances
In the first of three articles ahead of the pre-Budget report, BBC economics analyst Stephen Coulter looks at the challenge of sorting out the UK's public finances.
BBC News,
Sun Dec 06 08:12:37 PST 2009
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Carbon wingprints
Is it right to fly off on holiday, asks BBC Ethical Man
BBC News,
Sun Dec 06 07:32:50 PST 2009
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Reader: BBC to Blame If Amanda Knox Is Found Guilty
Reader Jolly Roger responds to More Dirty Linen From the Amanda Knox Trial. According to him, if an Italian jury finds Knox guilty it'll be the fault of the British press. "If Amanda Knox.....
Seattle Weekly,
Fri Dec 04 06:39:33 PST 2009
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Pope 'led cover-up of child abuse by priests'
The Pope played a leading role in a systematic cover-up of child sex abuse by Roman Catholic priests, according to a shocking documentary to be screened by the BBC tonight.
Evening Standard,
Sun Dec 06 10:45:00 PST 2009
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Explore the BBC
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BBC News,
Sat Dec 05 06:35:20 PST 2009
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Bollywood shines spotlight on health disorders
The BBC's Prachi Pinglay in Mumbai writes about the growing trend among Indian film makers to tackle weighty health issues such as Progeria, Autism and Alzheimer's disease.
BBC News,
Sat Dec 05 16:46:22 PST 2009
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