News Archive for September 13 2007
Bank of England to bail out Northern RockLONDON: The Bank of England has offered an emergency loan to Northern Rock after the mortgage lender became the biggest British casualty so far of the credit squeeze sparked by the crisis in U.S. subprime mortgage markets.
- Northern Rock receives emergency funding from Bank of England
- Northern Rock bailed out by Bank of England
- Bank of England Funds Northern Rock
- Northern Rock shares plunge after Bank bail-out
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Actor Chris Langham is to be sentenced on Friday after being found guilty of downloading child pornography from the Internet.
- UK actor faces child porn sentencing
- BBC star faces child porn sentencing
- Langham faces child porn sentence
- Chris Langham jailed for child porn
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A 83-year-old man extradited from Australia pleaded not guilty to two 50-year-old sex charges when he appeared Wellington District Court today.
- Rivkin's ex-chauffeur pleads not guilty
- Rivkin's ex-chauffeur pleads not guilty
- Wood pleads not guilty to model's murder
- 2 plead not guilty to helping Browns
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Bank of America Corp. is raising the surcharge for non-customers at most of its ATMs nationwide to $3 from $2.
- Bank of America raises ATM surcharge
- Bank of America Raises ATM Fees
- Bank of America Boosts ATM Fee to $3
- Bank of America wins Fed OK of LaSalle purchase
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LONDON (Reuters) - British scientists have developed a non-stick chewing gum that can be easily removed from pavements, shoes and clothes.
- Scientists develop non-stick gum... and self-wax skis
- Experts create non-stick gum
- Chew on this: scientists invent non-stick gum
- Non-stick gum could slash £150m street cleaning costs
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of workers signing up for jobless benefits edged up a smaller-than-expected 4,000 last week, a government report showed on Thursday.
Manager says Foxy Brown not pregnant (AP)AP - Jail officials will not need to make maternity accommodations for Foxy Brown her manager says the rapper isn't pregnant, despite her lawyer's courtroom contention that she was.
Alcatel-Lucent cuts revenue forecast, shares fallChange in capital spending among wireless carriers means lower sales volume for company, and nearly flat revenue growth for 2007.
Gordon Ramsay's brother jailed in BaliAn Indonesian court has sentenced the brother of British celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay to 10 months in jail for drug possession.Ronald Watson Ramsay, 39, was arrested in Bali in February for alleged possession of 100 milligrams of heroin.
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Robber shot dead in Hampshire bank raidA robber has been shot dead and another injured during an attempted raid on a bank in Hampshire, BBC and Sky television reported on Thursday.
Baroness Thatcher visits Gordon BrownGordon Brown sprang a surprise today by welcoming Baroness Thatcher to Downing Street for talks.
Twins GM Ryan stands down after 12 seasonsMIAMI (Reuters) - Minnesota Twins general manager Terry Ryan resigned on Thursday, ending 12 years in the role with the Major League Baseball team.