Alistair Darling will announce the Budget on 24 March Chancellor Alistair Darling has warned people not to expect a "giveaway" when the government’s Budget is announced later this month.Speaking to the BBC, Mr Darling said that the Budget would be "sensible" and "reflect [...]
In form: Sir Alex Ferguson believes Paul Scholes’s recent fine form will convince him to sign a new deal with Manchester United Photo: EPA Scholes, 35, has been offered the extension by United management but has yet to agree terms, having hinted before Christmas that there [...]
Wall Street faces its biggest shake-up since 1933 Photo: AP The 6ft 7in frame, broad shoulders and trademark shuffle of Paul Volcker were hard to conceal as the supposedly outcast economic adviser became a frequent sight. On Christmas Eve, Mr Volcker had acknowledged to [...]
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LONDON—U.K. retailers are warning of little or no industry growth in 2010, sounding cautious notes in the wake of a better-than expected Christmas sales, and shifting strategies to squeeze out sales gains. In their post holiday sales updates, chief executives have repeatedly cautioned that the likelihood of higher taxes and unemployment will erode consumer [...]
Thrifty fashionistas headed to Primark in their droves over Christmas with sales at the low-cost clothes chain up 19%.[Read more...]
Mr Abdulmutallab’s court appearance lasted less than five minutes A "not guilty" plea has been entered on behalf of the Nigerian man accused of attempting to detonate a bomb on a Detroit-bound plane on Christmas Day.A Detroit judge took the action after Umar [...]
Two of the largest lakes in Cumbria - Derwent Water and Bassenthwaite - have almost frozen over Britain is bracing itself for icy blasts as the freezing weather looks set to continue over the weekend.The forecast came as the government stepped in to conserve road-gritting stocks [...]
President Obama said the failures were ultimately his responsibility US President Barack Obama has ordered a strengthening of the US terrorist watch lists, saying the US system failed over the attempted Detroit plane attack.In a national address, Mr Obama said the US failed [...]
AP - Yemen says the Nigerian accused of trying to blow up a U.S. passenger jet on Christmas may have met with a radical American-Yemeni cleric linked to al-Qaida and the alleged Fort Hood shooter as part of his preparations for the failed attack.[Read more...]
Army, drug gangs battle in Mexico amid blockades
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Cartel Wars Gut Onetime Boom Town
Obama hails ‘historic’ health bid
End in sight, health care battle tilts Obama’s way
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Quartet urges settlement freeze
Democrats push toward Sunday vote on health care
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Birmingham social workers sacked
US, Russia clash over startup of Iran nuke plant
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Haiti Looks Past Foreign Health AidDems sweeten health bill, set showdown Sunday vote
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Clinton urges Russia to delay Iran’s nuclear plant
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Top Al Qaeda Operative Is Killed
New US-Russia nuclear deal ’soon’
Lawmakers struggle to finish health overhaul bill
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Clinton in Moscow for talks on arms pact, Mideast
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Killings Cast Pall on Mexico Drug Plan
Obama denies crisis with Israel