Money Insider: Barclays weighs in with another decent ISA deal The Independent | With a little over three weeks of the current tax year remaining, the new ISA deals are coming thick and fast, although most are offering returns that hardly warrant a mention. | The best of the tax-free savings accounts to appear on the shelves this week came from Barclays in the form of its Gold...
Savouring the sweet life The Star | Expecting the usual sun, sea and sand, the writer discovers an intriguing explosion of colour, sound and sensation on the island of Mauritius that leaves him gasping for more. | reggie@reggielee.com | Right after I land and take in the bright green and golden colours here, I keep hearing "Maurice"...
Royal Mail delivery tests 'rigged' BBC News | The postal watchdog is considering taking action against Royal Mail after finding quality tests had been rigged. | Postcomm, acting on an insider tip-off, found that addresses involved in test deliveries in Motherwell and Belfast had been passed on...
Cable companies lose appeal of sharing rule The Boston Globe | WASHINGTON - A US court upheld regulators' power to require cable television companies to share with rivals programming that they own. | The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia denied a challenge brought by Cablevision Systems Corp. an...
Cytori Therapeutics The Boston Globe | Cytori, which makes products used in adult stem cell harvesting and research, said its fourth-quarter loss widened as sales, marketing, and other expenses grew. Cytori lost $9.5 million, or 24 cents per share, on $2.9 million in revenue. That compa...
Aveo no hit on its opening day The Boston Globe | Shares of Aveo Pharmaceuticals Inc. finished flat in their first day of trading yesterday after the Cambridge biotechnology company raised $81 million, about 23 percent less than it initially sought, in a highly anticipated initial public offering....
Money Insider: Barclays weighs in with another decent ISA deal The Independent | With a little over three weeks of the current tax year remaining, the new ISA deals are coming thick and fast, although most are offering returns that hardly warrant a mention. | The best of the tax-free savings accounts to appear on the shelves th...
World No1 Magnus Carlsen parts company with mentor Garry Kasparov The Guardian | 3130: V Anand v R Kempinski, Baden v Hamburg 2010. Can you spot how India?s world champion (White, to move) scored a quick win in this position? Photograph: Graphic | The most significant news this month is a negative item. A carefully scripted and...
Asia is the most dynamic newspaper market, says N. Ram The Hindu | Staff Reporter | BANGALORE: Traditional news media in India will, in three to five years, be challenged by the "ubiquitous Internet", believes N. Ram, Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu. However, the media is yet to find a viable revenue model for online...
Biden to try to boost Middle East peace prospects The News International Monday, March 08, 2010 | WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama dispatches his vice president to the Middle East on Sunday to try to build support for reviving Israeli-Palestinian peace talks despite deep scepticism on both sides. | Iran is also a top issue for Israelis, many of whom see Obama's focus on diplomacy and targeted sanctions to curb Tehr...
