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| Name: | Balanced News Blog |
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25 most recent entries:
Ultrasound Machine Ages Wine? (Oct 03 2008 09:40 GMT)
Inventor Casey Jones says the £350 gadget uses ultrasound technology to recreate the effects of decades of ageing by colliding alcohol molecules inside the bottle.
Swiss Bank UBS Cutting 2,000 Jobs (Oct 03 2008 09:31 GMT)
Swiss bank UBS has said it will cut 2,000 investment banking jobs and will reorganise the unit after being hard hit by sub-prime losses.
Robber Uses Craigslist to Hire Decoys (Oct 02 2008 21:59 GMT)
In a move that could be right out of a Hollywood movie, a brazen crook apparently used a Craigslist ad to hire a dozen unsuspecting decoys to help him make his getaway following a robbery outside a bank on Tuesday. He then made his escape in an inner tube on the Skykomish River.
Steve Fossett?s Clothes Found? (Oct 01 2008 20:51 GMT)
Police said that the items, which include identification cards or documents bearing Fossett's name, clothes and cash, were found in a rugged, forested area near the town of Mammoth Lakes in the eastern Sierra Nevada.
UK Bankers Say £50K Savers Guarantee Not Enough (Oct 01 2008 20:48 GMT)
Treasury under pressure to guarantee all deposits; UK banks say Ireland's move is unfair competition.
McCain Links to Gambling? (Sep 29 2008 20:16 GMT)
Senator John McCain was on a roll. In a room reserved for high-stakes gamblers at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut, he tossed $100 chips around a hot craps table. When the marathon session ended around 2:30 a.m.
Bailout Plan Rejected by Congress (Sep 29 2008 19:55 GMT)
The House today rejected a $700-billion Wall Street bailout that would have been the biggest government intervention in the financial system since the Great Depression, sending the stock market into a sharp downturn and leaving President Bush's plan to bailout the economy in doubt.
Bradford & Bingley to Cost UK Taxpayers $300Bn (Sep 28 2008 21:30 GMT)
British taxpayers will be liable for more than £150 billion of potentially toxic mortgage debt following the nationalisation of Bradford & Bingley, one of the country?s biggest mortgage lenders.
German Police Capture Terroristst on Plane (Sep 26 2008 11:38 GMT)
German police seized two suspected terrorists from a Dutch passenger aircraft at Cologne airport Friday shortly before it was due to take off for Amsterdam, officials told CNN.
$700 Billion Talks Collapse (Sep 26 2008 11:35 GMT)
The day began with an agreement that Washington hoped would end the financial crisis that has gripped the nation. It dissolved into a verbal brawl in the Cabinet Room of the White House, urgent warnings from the president and pleas from a Treasury secretary who knelt before the House speaker and appealed for her support.
HBOS & Lloyds in Merger Deal (Sep 17 2008 18:01 GMT)
Lloyds TSB was tonight on the brink of sealing a dramatic rescue of ailing mortgage giant Halifax Bank of Scotland.
India Headmaster Beats Boy to Death (Sep 17 2008 17:57 GMT)
An 11-year-old boy has been beaten to death by his headmaster in the Indian state of Bihar ? the third child to be beaten to death by a teacher in India this year.
Newcastle Sale Attracting Abu Dhabi? (Sep 16 2008 18:46 GMT)
Having put Newcastle United up for sale on Sunday afternoon, Mike Ashley is expected in Abu Dhabi within the next 24 hours to speak to possible purchasers of the Tyneside club. As he does so, supporters of Newcastle will gather this evening to discuss the formation of a new organisation, one that will continue to protest until Ashley leaves the city.
Chemical in Tins Double Heart Disease & Diabetes (Sep 16 2008 18:37 GMT)
A chemical found in tin food cans and plastic drinks bottles can more than double the chance of developing heart disease and diabetes, a new study suggests.
UK Minister Resigns, Brown?s Party Stumbling (Sep 16 2008 18:33 GMT)
David Cairns, a Labour minister, has resigned in protest at Gordon Brown's leadership.
Best Buy to Acquire Napster for $121M (Sep 15 2008 18:44 GMT)
Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy said on Monday it plans to buy digital music service Napster Inc for $121 million in cash.
Pakistan Fires on US Troops (Sep 15 2008 18:11 GMT)
Pakistani forces have fired on US troops near the Afghan border, stopping them from entering a remote north-western region of the country, local security officials said today.
Shares Fall as Lehman Collapses (Sep 15 2008 18:06 GMT)
Shares nosedived in London and New York today as traders dumped stock following the collapse of US investment bank Lehman Brothers, which has left thousands of staff facing redundancy.
The £4 Pint (Sep 14 2008 15:14 GMT)
First it was petrol, then food, now beer. Breweries have decided to hike their prices for the second time this year, bringing to the market, for the first time, the £4 pint.
Clegg Will Close Super-Rich Tax Loophole (Sep 14 2008 15:10 GMT)
Nick Clegg today vowed to end the "grotesque spectacle" of hedge fund managers paying less tax than their cleaners by closing loopholes that benefit the super-rich.
Lance Armstrong Makes Return (Sep 10 2008 19:18 GMT)
Lance Armstrong, seven times winner of the Tour de France, has confirmed that he is returning to professional racing in 2009 ? with the objective of taking an eighth win in cycling's blue riband event.
Cholera Spreading in Iraq (Sep 10 2008 19:12 GMT)
Officials in Babil province reported at least 90 cases of cholera since the waterborne disease hit the area this month, but the Health Ministry in Baghdad said only 20 cases had been confirmed and that test results were pending on 15 more possible cases.
N. Korea Denies Kim Illness (Sep 10 2008 19:05 GMT)
North Korea Wednesday denied claims that its reclusive leader Kim Jong Il is seriously ill and may have suffered a stroke, granting a rare interview to a foreign media outlet to dismiss what it said were "conspiracy theories."
UK Doctors: Raise Tobacco Taxes - Wipe Out Smoking (Sep 08 2008 20:52 GMT)
Britain's oldest and most powerful medical college today calls on the Government to set a target to eliminate smoking by 2025.
Computer Bug Halts UK Stock Markets (Sep 08 2008 18:00 GMT)
Trading on the London Stock Exchange was halted for most of Monday because of a computer fault, interrupting a surge in share prices as markets reacted to a U.S. mortgage bailout.
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