Some banks have cut savings rates by 2 percentage points Lloyds may be told to reduce its market share by as much as a sixth under European competition rules governing state aid to private companies. The Financial Times reported on Saturday that EU Competition [...]
AP - He’s hairy, his table manners are atrocious, and he wants to be your friend on Facebook.[Read more...]
Hundreds of Eurostar passengers were stranded for several hours in darkness after two trains were left without power on Friday night.[Read more...]
Happier times: Nicole Cooke has not enjoyed enormous success snice her Olymipc win in Beijing Photo: AP In difficult, wet, conditions Cooke struggled from the very first lap and repeatedly lost contact with the peloton as the negotiated the two stiff climbs on the course, normally [...]
AP - Conan O’Brien hit his head during a stunt for the “Tonight Show” on Friday and the production was halted, NBC said.[Read more...]
AP - Claims that an Afghan immigrant was on the verge of unleashing a terrorist attack on New York City on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 are missing a key element: explosives or the chemicals allegedly used to make them, the man’s attorney said.[Read more...]
TC50 DemoPit company AskYourTargetMarket is hoping to simplify market research for businesses and solutions by offering a comprehensive platform where businesses can both create and deploy surveys. Since the site is in closed beta, AskYourTargetMarket has offered 500 invites for TechCrunch readers. Each invite comes with a free survey package for up [...]
As we talked about the other day, sending text messages while driving is bad, okay? And in some states it’s illegal. So do Americans listen? If you make it against the law to send text messages, will only outlaws text? It looks like people listened. The law took effect in January and [...]
Golf journalists, a twitchy lot in general made more so now that the regular PGA Tour season is winding down, have a new fall sport: critiquing the Tour’s FedExCup playoffs, which culminate this weekend at the Tour Championship in Atlanta. The playoffs, now in their third year, have been tweaked annually to attract the [...]
The Royal Academy of Arts in London is giving itself an artistic makeover. Beginning Saturday, the neoclassical institution known for exhibiting Queen Victoria’s paintbrushes and J.M.W. Turner’s seascapes is devoting all its galleries for the first time to a contemporary artist, Anish Kapoor. Creations by Anish Kapoor View Slideshow Anish Kapoor/Barbara Gladstone [...]
Early Iraq results: PM battling secular challenger
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More quakes hit Chile as new president takes over
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Strong Aftershocks Rattle Chile
Pinera sworn in as new quake hits
Pelosi says Dems near deal on health care bill
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Law bars Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi from elections
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Contractors ‘divert Somalia aid’
Apology for women raped by father
Gates: Some troops could leave Afghanistan early
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Iran attacks US over AfghanistanObama pushing on health care end game
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Inmate reoffending ‘costs £10bn’
Biden condemns new Israeli settlement plan
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US attacks East Jerusalem plans
Feds to probe cause of runaway Prius in California
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Troop bomb training ‘inadequate’
Massacres Shake Uneasy Nigeria
Biden urges Israel to take risks for peace
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US eyes chance for Mid-East peace