BBC News – NHS agency staff spending ‘soars’ amid funding fears. NHS spending on agency staff has soared in recent years, amid signs permanent posts
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Gordon Brown said at the G20: We have agreed that there will be an end to tax havens that do not transfer information upon request.
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FT.com / Comment / Opinion – The bankers who wouldn’t say sorry: a cautionary tale. It’s not great poetry But it’s well worth reading Just
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FT.com / Companies / Banks – JPMorgan London plans in doubt. JPMorgan is considering axing plans for new European headquarters in Canary Wharf, London, in
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Too clever by half – Mark Westfield – News – Business Spectator . One for the aficionados: this is about using Australia’s General Anti-Avoidance Principle
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Feds probe financier Allen Stanford’s links to lawmakers | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle. Good investigative journalism on display here –
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FT.com / UK – Corus chief calls for big spending push in UK. Britain should shrug off worries about its huge government deficit and prepare
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From the Times, November 2009: So, it’s business as usual, then, regardless of whether it makes most people howl at the moon with rage? Goldman
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This award goes to Alex (who claims to be author of the Alex cartoon strips, but I very much doubt he is as I know
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