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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
• Injury sustained in collision with Defoe • Club unsure how long he will be out for Sunderland's goalkeeper Craig Gordon suffered a fractured arm in the 2-0 defeat at Tottenham and faces a spell on the sidelines. Club medical staff will assess the severity of the injury in the coming days before determining how many matches he is likely to miss. But Gordon will have to withdraw from Scotland's...
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Bitch News (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
CNN reports here: St. Andrews, Scotland – British Prime Minister Gordon Brown told a meeting of G-20 ministers in his home region in Scotland Saturday that the public must be protected from the failure of the banking system in future. Do It Now:
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
International levy on financial trading would help developing world deal with climate change A row blew up last night after Gordon Brown promoted plans for an international tax on City dealing that could raise funds for the world's poor and help developing countries tackle climate change . No sooner had the prime minister floated the idea of a tax on bank transactions than it was shot down by US treasury...
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Whiskymerchants.co.uk Blogg (Free subscription) | yesterday
Founded in 1790 Balblair is the second oldest working distillery in Scotland. It is situated on the Dornoch firth, one of the most stunning scenic areas of Scotland. The area is known as the 'parish of the peats' whilst the name Balblair means battlefield or town of the plain. . Balblair Elements Single Malt Scotch Whisky Alc/Vol. 40% Tasting Notes: Nose Light, fresh with a hint of autumn mist. Colour...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
St Andrews, Scotland - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged finance ministers from the world's 20 leading economies meeting Saturday to consider imposing a tax on financial transactions to help head off future global economic crises. It cannot ...
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Reuters UK (Free subscription) | yesterday
ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) - World governments should consider urgently a levy on banks to fund future bailouts, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Saturday, departing from London's longstanding resistance to a global tax.
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday
Gordon Brown has called for a global tax on financial transactions to prevent future bank bailouts as G20 leaders meet in Scotland to discuss the economy and climate change.
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Balloon Juice (Free subscription) | yesterday
This will never work: UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called for a new “social contract” with the world’s banks to make them more responsible to society. Mr Brown told a G20 meeting in Scotland it was not acceptable that banking success was reaped by the few but failure was “borne by all of us”. He called for [...]
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
The prime minister tells G20 taxpayers must be protected from bearing the cost of failure by world's banks The prime minister, Gordon Brown, has called for a new "economic and social contract" with the world's banks to ensure that the cost of their failure would never again be borne by taxpayers. Addressing a G20 meeting in Scotland, Brown said it was not acceptable that banking success...
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The government (Mr Brown) can protect the tax paying voters by not pouring our hard earned tax into the pockets of executives and shareholders greedy for...
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France 24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on the G20 here Saturday to consider a tax on financial transactions to make banks more accountable to society. Brown told G20 finance ministers meeting in Scotland that "a global financial transactions levy" would be one way "to reflect the global responsibilities of financial institutions to society." Although the British premier warned...
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
Britain called Saturday for consideration of a tax on financial transactions to insure against another crisis and urged world finance officials meeting in Scotland to agree on bearing the cost of fighting climate change. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown... Gordon Brown - Climate change - Scotland - Great Britain - Environment
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SUBROSA (Free subscription) | yesterday
David Doherty is the Green candidate for the Glasgow NE by-election. He was interviewed on Thursday night by Gordon Brewer. The interview was rather a rushed affair, but for a young man of 24, I think Mr Doherty did rather well. It was obvious he had done his revision and was nervous, but he didn't allow Gordon Brewer interruptions to put him off message. The one criticism I would give is that he...
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Online Learning Update (Free subscription) | yesterday
School pupils are expected to turn to online learning this winter if the swine flu pandemic intensifies as predicted. Heriot-Watt University's online programme Scholar, which helps Scottish pupils studying for Highers and Advanced Highers, is already gearing up to accept a much greater volume of hits. Professor Phillip John, Dean of Science and Engineering at Heriot-Watt and executive chair of the...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
Born on or before 7 November 1954? If so, you qualify for discounts on trains in Scotland, and you don't even need a rail card. Anyone aged 55 or over can benefit from the Club 55 deal, offering a flat 15 return trip between any two stations in Scotland, plus Carlisle and Berwick-upon-Tweed. The deal is available until 13 December, and no advance booking is required. You can return the same day or...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
France's economy minister believes her country's financial system helped it out of recession After more than a decade of lectures from Gordon Brown about the need to let markets rip, it is little wonder that the French are having the last laugh. As she relaxed in her room in the Dorchester in London ahead of Saturday's G20 meeting in Scotland, the French economy minister, Christine Lagarde, was quietly...
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pastoral | 15/08/2009
Watch Aston Villa Vs Wigan Athletic in the English Premier League. Aston Villa Vs Wigan Athletic will be held in Villa Park, the home of Aston Villa FC. Kickoff time of Aston Villa Vs Wigan Athletic on 15:00 UK. On the playing front the fans should get a glimpse of what the boss classes his first eleven, with only one week to go surely we need to see this, also new signings Scott Sinclair and James...
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pastoral | 15/08/2009
Watch Aston Villa Vs Wigan Athletic in the English Premier League. Aston Villa Vs Wigan Athletic will be held in Villa Park, the home of Aston Villa FC. Kickoff time of Aston Villa Vs Wigan Athletic on 15:00 UK. On the playing front the fans should get a glimpse of what the boss classes his first eleven, with only one week to go surely we need to see this, also new signings Scott Sinclair and James...
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pastoral | 15/08/2009
Watch Aston Villa Vs Wigan Athletic in the English Premier League. Aston Villa Vs Wigan Athletic will be held in Villa Park, the home of Aston Villa FC. Kickoff time of Aston Villa Vs Wigan Athletic on 15:00 UK. On the playing front the fans should get a glimpse of what the boss classes his first eleven, with only one week to go surely we need to see this, also new signings Scott Sinclair and James...