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- Among Young, Internet News Overtakes TV
- With the newspaper industry on death watch, magazines hurting, and radio facing a massive shakeout, the last bulwark of the old media world -- television -- is beginning to hear footsteps along what Al Gore 30 years ago dubbed the Information Superhighway. A new study by the...
- Blog posts 2009-01-16
- Will Obama's Economic Plan Work?
- Anthony Mason takes a look at instant poll numbers after Obama addressed Congress on what it will take to fix the economy.
- Videos 2009-02-24
- Create Free Online Polls with ProProfs
- Polls are a great way to interact with customers and co-workers alike. If your audience is within reach of Outlook, you can always ask a question and embed some voting buttons. But if you are looking for a more flexible solution, ProProfs Polls lets you generate free online polls and...
- Blog posts 2009-07-15
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- S&P Says Less Pessimistic Than Markets on Greece
- SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's said on Wednesday that it was "less pessimistic" on Greece than financial markets, after worries over Greece's debt problems led to increased risk aversion in markets in recent weeks."The political standing of this government is still very high, if recent polls are to be...
- News items 2010-03-02
- Greek Cabinet Backs Sweeping Austerity Plan: Source
- By Lefteris Papadimas and Renee MaltezouATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's cabinet approved a sweeping new austerity program on Wednesday, the third in as many months, to rein in a bulging budget deficit and secure European financial support, a government source said."Measures which will yield 4.8 billion euros ($6.5 billion) have been...
- News items 2010-03-03
- Greece Piles on Austerity
- By Lefteris Papadimas and Renee MaltezouATHENS (Reuters UK) - Greece targeted civil servants, the rich and the church Wednesday in a sweeping new 4.8 billion euro (4.3 billion pounds) austerity program designed to secure European help to tackle its crippling debt burden.The European Union praised Greece's third savings package in...
- News items 2010-03-03
- Will TV Debates Boost Voter Turnout?
- Preparing to report on this year's historic general election debates for Sky News, my research (!) has included reading a biography of John F Kennedy by one of his senior White House staffers, Ted Sorensen. In the chapter on the famous Kennedy-Nixon presidential debate in 1960,...
- News items 2010-03-03
- Greek PM Seeks EU Support For Tough Austerity Plan
- By Lefteris Papadimas and Renee MaltezouATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's cabinet approved a sweeping new austerity program on Wednesday, the third in as many months, intended to rein in a bulging budget deficit and secure European financial support.A government spokesman said the package of public sector pay cuts and tax increases...
- News items 2010-03-03
- NewsWatch: Private sector sheds 20,000 jobs, ADP says
- Private-sector firms in the U.S. eliminate 20,000 jobs in February, the 25th decline in a row, according to the ADP employment report.See full story.Greeks brace for change as debt crisis bitesWhile sporadic strikes may indicate otherwise, public opinion polls show that most Greeks support the government's efforts to pull the...
- News items 2010-03-03
- Greece Draws Strong Bond Demand
- By George GeorgiopoulosATHENS (Reuters UK) - Debt-stricken Greece drew strong demand for a crucial bond issue on Thursday but paid a steep risk premium that underscored its plea to Germany and other EU partners for support to help lower its borrowing costs.A day after the government announced draconian new austerity...
- News items 2010-03-04
- Bank to Keep Rates at Record Low
- By Christina FincherLONDON (Reuters UK) - The Bank of England looks set to keep its powder dry on Thursday as it pauses to assess the impact of the massive stimulus it has already injected into the economy.It is now a year since the central bank slashed interest rates to a...
- News items 2010-03-03
- Unseen technology is shaping the election in Britain
- On Monday, the BBC's Richard Bacon invited a group of experts to talk about technology and British politics. The question he posed was simple: "Will this be the Twitter election?" Radio 5 Live's bemused guests, including Iain Dale, the top Conservative blogger, grappled with the seemingly ridiculous notion that,...
- News items 2010-03-04
- Greeks Fight Cuts But Expect Government to Win Out
- By Angeliki Koutantou and Lefteris PapadimasATHENS (Reuters UK) - Wildcat strikes hit schools and hospitals and brought public transport in Athens to a halt as an opinion poll showed stiff opposition to some new government austerity measures, but also a sense of resignation.Pressured by financial markets and the European Union,...
- News items 2010-03-05
- Iceland Votes Over Foreign Debts, Economy at Risk
- By Wojciech MoskwaREYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Icelanders voted in a referendum on Saturday on a $5 billion deal to repay Anglo-Dutch loans, with an expected resounding "No" set to delay foreign aid, hopes for economic recovery and possibly EU aspirations.Despite the consequences of rejecting the standing deal, angry Icelanders are intent...
- News items 2010-03-06
- Iceland Votes Over Foreign Debts
- By Wojciech MoskwaREYKJAVIK (Reuters UK) - Icelanders voted in a referendum on Saturday on a $5 billion (3.3 billion pounds) deal to repay Anglo-Dutch loans, with an expected resounding "No" set to delay foreign aid, hopes for economic recovery and possibly EU aspirations.Despite the consequences of rejecting the standing deal,...
- News items 2010-03-06
- Europe Will Stand By Greece - Sarkozy
- By Harry Papachristou and Crispian BalmerPARIS (Reuters UK) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy promised Greece on Sunday that euro zone countries would help it overcome its financial problems and vowed a crackdown on financial speculators Athens blames for its woes.He was speaking after talks with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou,...
- News items 2010-03-07
- Postal Workers Reach Deal With Royal Mail
- LONDON (Reuters UK) - Postal workers agreed a 6.9 percent outline pay deal up to 2012 in their long-running dispute with state-owned Royal Mail, the Communication Workers Union CWU said Monday.The deal will also include greater job security and shorter working hours for staff at Royal Mail, which employs 121,000...
- News items 2010-03-08
- UK Needs Extra Fiscal Tightening - PwC
- LONDON (Reuters UK) - Britain needs to tighten fiscal policy by about 20 billion pounds more than currently pencilled into government plans by 2013/14, accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers said in a report on Tuesday.Chancellor Alistair Darling is set to deliver his final pre-election budget later this month, and is under pressure...
- News items 2010-03-08
- Darling to Deliver Budget on March 24
- LONDON (Reuters UK) - Chancellor Alistair Darling will present his third, and possibly final, budget statement to parliament on March 24, just weeks before a national election widely expected to take place on May 6.Financial markets hope he will flesh out his plans to halve the deficit -- currently pencilled...
- News items 2010-03-10
- Tougher Steps on Disclosing Bankers' Pay Planned
- By Matt FalloonLONDON (Reuters UK) - The government plans to force banks to reveal how many of their staff get high pay packages, in steps that go further than previous proposals, financial services minister Paul Myners said on Wednesday.The proposals -- which would come into force in early 2011 --...
- News items 2010-03-10
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