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Brown fails to rally 'Tobin tax' allies
London :: United Kingdom | 1 day ago
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That appeared to be the question facing Gordon Brown on Saturday when he gate-crashed the Group of 20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors...Attempt the most daunting spin operation, simultaneously giving different messages to many...
Tags: Treasurer Wayne Swan, Gordon Brown, finances ministers, climate change, Scotland, Indian, St Andrews, Mr Brown, Australia
Lukewarm reaction to UK tax plan
London :: United Kingdom | 1 day ago
Credibility To rule out any possibility of change on one day wouldn't be right...Mr Brown said a global levy on financial transactions was one of the ways to make banks pay but said the UK would not introduce such a tax unless other countries did so as well.
Tags: climate change, Copenhagen, financed ministers, g20 financed, change financed, financial transaction, Scotland
Activists may broker gang truce
Invercargill :: New Zealand | 1 day ago
Credibility Ford driver Jason Bright has upstaged the big names taking pole position for tonight's V8 Supercar race at Phillip Island Read More New Zealand Bus is also courting trouble with new employment rules: it doesn't want to hire 'fat' drivers over 115kg Read...
Tags: world cup, Wales, New Zealand, cup qualifiers, qualifiers tournament, tame iti, gangs truce, Invercargill, Scotland, activists tame
World leaders hope for climate deal
Barcelona :: Spain | 1 day ago
Credibility Al Jazeera's Alan Fisher, reporting from Barcelona, said: "The polar ice caps are receding, Africa is likely to face more droughts, other places will face floods, coastal states are looking at rising sea levels. "With a legally binding agreement at least...
Tags: finance ministers, climate change, stimulus measures, Alistair Darling, Scotland, Copenhagen
Bonfire Night spells trouble in Scotland
Edinburgh :: United Kingdom | 2 days ago
Credibility This year's Bonfire Night in Scotland turned out to be a major headache for firefighters who said they answered hundreds of calls and were even attacked. Fire crews in southern Scotland dealt with more than 450 calls, an increase of 100 over last year,...
Tags: bonfire night, Scotland
G20 finance ministers meet in Scotland
New York City :: NY :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Magna International said Thursday it has no further plans for takeovers now that the deal to acquire Opel is off. Finance ministers from the world's leading rich and developing countries are gathering in Scotland Friday to begin the difficult negotiations...
Tags: Scotland, finance ministers
Darling project
London :: United Kingdom | 2 days ago
Credibility The meeting follows a summit in Pittsburgh in September, where G20 leaders breathed a sigh of relief. The global economy had been badly damaged by the financial storms, but not demolished. Now, in St Andrews the Finance Minsters are getting stuck into...
Tags: finance ministers, fiscal stimulus, Scotland, Alistair Darling, climate change, g20 finance, St Andrews, global recovery, ministers met
Hoping to fly on angels' wings …
Edinburgh :: United Kingdom | 2 days ago
Credibility Business angels and venture capitalists said they were stepping into the gap left by banks not lending to small firms. Up to £45 million from 26 "angels" was up for grabs yesterday, with 15 technology firms trying to catch investors' eyes. Connect Scotland...
Tags: Scotland
Salmond comes out in favour of a new Scots bank
Glasgow :: United Kingdom | 2 days ago
Credibility Minister Alex Salmond has given his backing for a Scots-owned bank for the first time since The Scotsman revealed that a consortium of businessmen hoped to buy TSB from Lloyds. During First Minister's Questions yesterday Mr Salmond said Scotland would...
Tags: Scotland, financial sector, Alex Salmond
Tour nightmare for coach Ella
Bucharest :: Romania | 2 days ago
Credibility Fijians head coach for the Europe tour, Glen Ella will have sleepless nights in moulding a formidable combination in Scotland. The former Wallaby has a week to blend the local players with the overseas-based reps for the Test against Scotland on Sunday...
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