NOV
21
2007

Oil closes on $100 as Asia drops over US fears

The price of fuel has reached a record high while the Nikkei and Hang Seng indices plummet over the worsening US economy.

NOV
21
2007

President Putin rattles nuclear sabre at Nato

President Putin accused Nato yesterday of threatening Russia’s security and ordered the military to place the country’s strategic nuclear arsenal on a higher state of alert.

NOV
21
2007

Justices will decide if handgun kept at home is Individual right

The Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it would decide whether the Constitution grants individuals the right to keep guns in their homes for private use, plunging the justices headlong into a divisive and long-running debate over how to interpret the Second Amendment’s guarantee of the “right of the people to keep and bear arms.”

NOV
20
2007

Head to Dubai for the lowest tax rates in the world

Workers seeking out the lowest tax rates in the world should head to Dubai, Russia or Hong Kong, according to a league table of the world’s most attractive personal tax hot spots.

NOV
20
2007

Shake-up in appointing judges ‘risks standards’

Britain’s most senior judge has expressed fears that reforms to the way judges are appointed risks politicising the judiciary and threatening standards.

NOV
20
2007

Second British lender warns that its future is in doubt

Paragon, the buy-to-let mortgage lender, says that it will fail unless it agrees new funding terms, as Northern Rock shares plummet

NOV
20
2007

3,000 Pakistan activists released from jail

More than 3,000 people jailed in Pakistan under emergency rule have been released, the Interior Ministry said today, in the latest sign that President Pervez Musharraf is rolling back some of the harsher measures he has taken against his opponents.

NOV
19
2007

Stocks fall, yen rises as investors avoid risk

World stock markets fell on Monday while Japan´s yen gained as nervous investors sought to cut back on their riskier holdings

NOV
19
2007

No-one has a vision for the next generation of lawyers

In part five of The End of Lawyers?, the author says the profession is reluctant to look any further than the term of the average managing partner

NOV
19
2007

Opec summit ends in division as members debate the weak dollar

The President of Iran claimed yesterday that the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) had considered pricing oil in currencies other than the dollar.

NOV
19
2007

Big energy users eager to invest in nuclear stations

Big British energy users, including manufacturers and transport groups, are so concerned by the threat of rising electricity prices that they are considering investing in new nuclear power stations, The Times has learnt.

NOV
19
2007

Court throws out Musharraf election challenges

Pakistan´s Supreme Court today threw out five out of six legal challenges to President Pervez Musharraf´s continued rule, in a move which appeared to bring the President closer to his promised resignation as Army chief.

NOV
14
2007

Israeli lawmakers move to keep hold of East Jerusalem

Israel´s parliament gave preliminary approval on Wednesday to legislation that would make it more difficult to give up parts of Jerusalem in any peace deal with the Palestinians.

NOV
14
2007

Bank of England expects rate cuts next year

The Bank of England today delivered a clear signal that interest rates will fall next year, despite a barrage of data suggesting inflationary pressures are building.

NOV
14
2007

9,000 illegal workers may have been cleared for security jobs

More than 9,000 illegal immigrants could have been cleared to work in the private security industry, some of them guarding sensitive Whitehall locations and some even under Metropolitan Police contracts, it emerged last night.

NOV
14
2007

Targets ‘let dangerous criminals escape net’

Police are neglecting to tackle serious, violent crimes and focusing instead on more minor offences as they strive to meet government targets, the man charged with shaping the future of policing in England and Wales has admitted.

NOV
13
2007

France braces for crippling transport strike

French commuters dusted off old bikes and aired their walking shoes on Tuesday in anticipation of a transport strike that is set to last for days and could become the biggest the country has seen in more than 10 years.

NOV
13
2007

Yahoo expands mobile carrier deals across Asia

Yahoo Inc has struck new deals to offer mobile phone Web services through nine network operators across Asia, bolstering its increasing lead in the fastest growing regional market for mobile services by users.

NOV
13
2007

Woman sacked for being ´too young´ wins landmark case

A 20-year old woman who lost her job at a London club for being “too young” has won what is thought to be the first age discrimination claim of its kind in the UK.

NOV
13
2007

Judge orders white house to hold e–mails

A federal judge ordered the White House to preserve copies of all its e-mails, a move that Bush administration lawyers had argued strongly against.

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