The sum relates to a total of 803 transactions with, unsurprisingly, Manchester City and Burnley the highest and lowest spenders respectively. Burnley spent “just” £468,398 while City’s big-name signings meant they spent £12,874,283, comfortably ahead of Chelsea (£9,562,223) and Liverpool (£6,657,305). Related Articles Roman Pavlyuchenko linked with [...]
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There is a lot of buzz around SimpleGeo right now. The service, which participated in our RealTime CrunchUp earlier this month, also took home two prizes at the Under The Radar conference just prior to that. And that was a big deal for the company considering it won the audience award even though [...]
BRUSSELS — European Union finance ministers on Wednesday will try to reach an agreement on a new regulatory framework for the bloc’s financial markets, but could face resistance from the U.K. The home to the EU’s largest financial center is worried about ceding control over the City of London to a powerful new EU committee. [...]
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A conservative rancher named Porfirio “Pepe” Lobo took the Honduran presidency in elections Sunday, five months after the country’s last elected president was forced out of the country at gunpoint. Now Hondurans must wait to see if the international community, which has been divided over the crisis, accepts the winner as [...]
By Tim Masters Entertainment correspondent, BBC News U2 will take a break from their North American tour to play Glastonbury Bono has said that U2 are "delighted and humbled" to be headlining at next year’s Glastonbury [...]
There are 68,000 US soldiers based in Afghanistan US President Barack Obama has issued new orders for the US military in Afghanistan after deciding how many more troops to send, officials say.Mr Obama told senior military leaders about his long-awaited decision on troop [...]
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