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The Queen will have to ask for a 150 per cent increase in the Civil List to fulfil the Palace’s intentions of keeping spending at current levels.

A judge yesterday sentenced Bernard Madoff to the maximum term of 150 years in prison for the biggest swindle in the history of Wall Street.

The US Government tonight said it would force UBS to give up the names of its American clients with offshore accounts, dashing Switzerland’s hopes that a new bilateral tax treaty would persuade Washington to drop its lawsuit.

AFP Journal Internet - By Ellis Mnyandu NEW YORK, June 30 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday as an unexpected drop in consumer confidence cooled recent optimism about an economic recovery, but Wall Street still closed out its best quarter in a [...]
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Trade body proposes the Government takes most active role in the economy since the 1970s

Gordon Brown’s hopes for a pre-election fightback founded on an emerging economic recovery suffered a severe blow as official figures showed the recession will be even deeper and longer than already feared.

Senior ministers regulators and bankers have outlined sweeping reforms of the UK financial system.

A little-known Swedish software firm has snapped up file-sharing website The Pirate Bay with the hope of turning the source of legal controversy into a money-spinner that appeals to both users and content providers.

Financial Times - United Utilities and Severn Trent were among the sharpest fallers on Tuesday as the FTSE 100 retreated.

AFP Journal Internet - NEW YORK, June 30 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks extended losses on Tuesday, with the three major indexes at session lows as investors worried about the strength of the expected economic recovery following data that showed consumer [...]
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