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Scotsman
29 sec. ago

Royal Londoners vote on £219m Co-op deal

VOTING among over 500,000 members of Royal London is under way on its £219 million deal to acquire parts of the 
Co-operative Banking Group. The mutual pensions giant unveiled plans in March to buy the...

 
marine harvest close the net on cermaq acquisition
Scotsman
29 sec. ago

Marine Harvest close the net on Cermaq acquisition

Norwegian fish producer Cermaq has failed to win enough shareholder support to buy Peruvian fish feed maker Copeinca, opening the door to a $1.7 billion (£1.1bn) takeover of Cermaq by rival Marine Harvest, the world's...

 
mark carney may benefit from easing of inflation
Scotsman
29 sec. ago

Mark Carney may benefit from easing of inflation

ECONOMISTS believe incoming Bank of England governor Mark Carney will have room to print further money or copy Japan's more radical "Abenomics" after inflation fell to a seven-month low last month. The...

 
jamie dimon survives jp morgan vote
Scotsman
29 sec. ago

Jamie Dimon survives JP Morgan vote

JP MORGAN chairman and chief executive Jamie Dimon yesterday survived a vote by shareholders to split his role in two. Only 32 per cent of votes were cast in favour of a measure to remove Dimon from his chairman’s...

 
vertu grabs â£31m land rover franchise
Scotsman
29 sec. ago

Vertu grabs £31m Land Rover franchise

Acquisitive car dealer Vertu Motors is seeking further deals after agreeing to buy the Co-operative Group's Land Rover franchise for £31 million in cash. The Gateshead-based firm, which trades as Macklin Motors in...

 
google tax: pm meets with chairman amid row
Orange News
2 min. ago

Google Tax: PM Meets With Chairman Amid Row

Google chairman Eric Schmidt has met with David Cameron amid a storm over the tech giant's tax affairs. Mr Schmidt is a member of the PM's Business Advisory Group which had its regular quarterly meeting in Downing...

 

Politics

 
iraq violence grows with fresh wave of car bombings
Scotsman
7 min. ago

Iraq violence grows with fresh wave of car bombings

AT LEAST 13 people have been killed in new bomb attacks in Iraq, a day after a wave of bombings across the country left about 70 people dead. Two car bombs went off in the northern town of Tuz Khurmato, a device...

 
allan massie: indy debate should follow kirk lead
Scotsman
7 min. ago

Allan Massie: Indy debate should follow Kirk lead

Nationalists and unionists would do well to heed respect shown by both sides to prepare ground for reconciliation, writes Allan Massie The proceedings of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland don’t get as...

 
matt qvortrup: emotions will rule on independence
Scotsman
7 min. ago

Matt Qvortrup: Emotions will rule on independence

The case either for or against independence will be won not by economic reason but by matching people's passions, writes Matt Qvortrup The First Minister was his own, confident self when he presented the economic case...

 
brian wilson: snp plans border on the ridiculous
Scotsman
7 min. ago

Brian Wilson: SNP plans border on the ridiculous

SNP policy on immigration would inevitably lead to the setting up of checks and controls, writes Brian Wilson You can’t beat an old maritime metaphor, so Jim Sillars’ image of the anti-independence movement “knocking...

 
the scotsman cartoon - 21/05/2013
Scotsman
yesterday, 22:51

The Scotsman cartoon - 21/05/2013

Swivel-eyed loons or not, embattled Prime Minister David Cameron needs to shore up all the support he can get from grassroots Tories Illustration by Brian Adcock

 
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The Independent
yesterday, 21:14

Reforms to teachers’ pay ‘will mean bigger class sizes’

Children will face larger class sizes as a result of the plan to let heads award higher pay rises to good teachers, the chief schools inspector has warned. Heads would have to decide whether to opt for highly-paid...

 

World News

 
most uk species in decline, wildlife stocktake shows
Guardian
41 min. ago

Most UK species in decline, wildlife stocktake shows

Warm winters and wet springs have caused garden tiger moths numbers in UK to fall by 95% over 40 years. Photograph: Colin Varndell/Alamy An unprecedented stocktake of UK wildlife has revealed that most species are...

 
discovery of alleged russian plot points to growing jitters
Reuters
yesterday, 23:07

Discovery of alleged Russian plot points to growing jitters

Monday's killing of two suspected militants and arrest of a third in a sleepy town near Moscow was quickly followed by the killing of one of the leaders of an Islamist insurgency being waged in Russia's North...

 
imf urges treasury to speed up sale of lloyds and rbs
Guardian
yesterday, 22:56

IMF urges Treasury to speed up sale of Lloyds and RBS

The chancellor, George Osborne, has made it clear he does not want to put yet more taxpayers’ money in to fully nationalise RBS. Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images Speculation about a government sell-off of...

 
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Morning Star
yesterday, 22:55

World news in brief

US finally accepts countries' names UNITED STATES: The US finally recognised today that countries have the right to choose their own name. The south-east Asian nation formerly known as Burma will now be called...

 
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Morning Star
yesterday, 22:55

200 youths riot in poor Stockholm suburb

Police arrested four people during a second day of unrest in the Stockholm suburb of Husby. Around 200 youths hurled rocks at police and set cars on fire today in anger over the police shooting of an elderly man....

 
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Morning Star
yesterday, 22:55

Philippines protest Chinese warship in disputed waters

Philippines officials said today that they had protested to China over the presence of a warship, two surveillance vessels and fishing boats off a shoal occupied by its army in the disputed Spratly Islands. Department...

 

Sport

 
give it a rest, andy murray
Daily Star
4 min. ago

GIVE IT A REST, ANDY MURRAY

ANDY MURRAY should forget the French Open and focus on getting fit to win Wimbledon this summer. That is the verdict of former Wimbledon champ Goran Ivanisevic. Murray will decide today whether to compete at Roland...

 
mclaren welcome back honda
Daily Star
4 min. ago

MCLAREN WELCOME BACK HONDA

JENSON BUTTON is thrilled that his McLaren team will have Japanese giants Honda back as their engine suppliers from 2015. The Brit, 33, said: “I grew up watching McLaren-Honda Formula One cars racing and winning...

 
brian magee: mikkel kessler's a brit special
Daily Star
4 min. ago

BRIAN MAGEE: MIKKEL KESSLER'S A BRIT SPECIAL

BRIAN MAGEE has tipped Mikkel Kessler to continue his Brit bashing against Carl Froch in Saturday's world super-middleweight title unification clash. Denmark's WBA world champion Kessler knocked out Magee in three...

 
mikkel kessler: i'm ready to froch 'n roll
Daily Star
4 min. ago

MIKKEL KESSLER: I'M READY TO FROCH 'N ROLL

MIKKEL Kessler is ready for anything that Carl Froch will throw at him in their unification battle on Saturday night. WBA world super-middleweight champion Kessler tackles IBF belt holder Froch in front of a capacity...

 
wales win rhys evans race
Daily Star
4 min. ago

WALES WIN RHYS EVANS RACE

RHYS EVANS has turned his back on England to play with his brother Ben in the World Cup. The Warrington Wolves twins gambled their brotherly love last year when Rhys chose England and Ben opted for Wales. But the...

 
olympic glory skips guineas
Daily Star
4 min. ago

OLYMPIC GLORY SKIPS GUINEAS

RICHARD HANNON has decided that Olympic Glory needs more time after his disappointing effort in the Poule d'Essaides Poulains so will miss Saturday's Irish 2000 Guineas. He will still be represented by Havana Gold and...

 
 
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