Topic: British Broadcasting Corporation

A financial trader in London caused a storm of outrage by suggesting that world leaders cannot do anything to prevent a global market collapse, saying that investment bank Goldman Sachs ruled the world.Alessio Rastani's comments on BBC television on Monday have gone ...

Crisis What crisis

The author reflects on the impacts of recession to horticulture in Great Britain. The HTA has told me that garden centres are recession-proof, then said they're recession-resistant and then that they're holding their own in the face of recession. Many say grow-your-own ...
British Prime Minister David Cameron Sunday defended harsh budget cuts as necessary to prevent a Greek-style meltdown as his Conservative Party kicks off its annual conference.Cameron said his Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government inherited a "complete mess" from his Labour predecessor Gordon Brown ...

Health Highlights: Aug. 30, 2010

Concerns about possible E. coli contamination have led to the recall of about 8,500 pounds of ground beef distributed by Pennsylvania-based Cargill Meat Solutions, says the U.S. Department of Agriculture.. The test is based on research findings that women with high levels ...

HIT OR MISS

The article reports that the British Food Standards Agency has been the center of attention after news emerged of the Irish pork scare. Media Recession is big business for BBC By Cathy Wallace The story of 2008 is undoubt- edly the credit ...

Economic growth forecast cut ahead of budget

Britain revised down its economic growth and borrowing forecasts on Monday, setting the tone for the government's emergency budget due next week.British gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow by 2.6 percent in 2011, according to a new independent fiscal watchdog ...

European officials welcome IMF bank tax plans

European officials on Wednesday welcomed IMF proposals for two new global taxes on banks to cover the cost of future bailouts after hundreds of billions were spent to stabilise them.The measures would see lenders and other financial institutions pay a levy as ...

Challenging times for the UKs local newspapers

An interview with Marc Reeves, the editor of " The Birmingham Post," and Ian Murray, the editor of "Southern Daily Echo," is presented. Reeves describes the objectives of the Post, while Murray gives emphasis on Echo's achievements. Excerpt from Article: These are ...

BBC Trust: Don't freeze the licence fee

The BBC has responded to leader of the opposition David Cameron's calls for a freeze on the licence fee, insisting that the service it provides is vital to the British public. Cameron, the Conservative leader, suggested that the current recession should see ...
David Cameron today called for a freeze in the BBC licence fee in a move that signalled painful Whitehall cost-cutting by a future Tory government.. It is due to rise by ?3 in April raising an extra ?68 million for the BBC, ...
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