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File sharing: how can the music industry get the public to pay up?

Posted on September 23, 2009
Rock god versus pop diva ? the music rights debate is producing some unexpected spectacles. Is file sharing creating a generation of people who expect never to pay for music or is it opening up a whole new audience who will save the industry?

Since my son died we aren't allowed to see our grandchildren

Posted on September 23, 2009
Since my son?s death from cancer, his widow has refused all contact with their two children. We did not want to lose touch with them so an application was made to the family court.

Brussels regulators could order Britain to bail out banks under new rules

Posted on September 23, 2009
Britain could be ordered to bail out a bank or other financial institution by a vote of other European Union nations under a pan-European system of supervision unveiled in Brussels yesterday.

Brussels to consider farmers? milk demands

Posted on September 23, 2009
An emergency meeting over the collapse in the price of milk will be held by Europe?s agriculture ministers in Brussels on October 5.

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European carbon trading market takes hit

Posted on September 23, 2009
The Europe-wide carbon trading market suffered a severe blow yesterday when a European court issued a ruling that will weaken carbon prices and undermine efforts by the European Commission to curb carbon emissions further.

STV poised for counter-offensive in wake of ITV?s �38m action

Posted on September 23, 2009
STV, the Scottish commercial broadcaster, is preparing to hit back at ITV with a claim of up to �40 million, amid a row over advertising revenues that it says should have been sent by ITV north of the Border.

Corruption helped cause financial crisis

Posted on September 23, 2009
Bribery and corruption within the financial system was partly to blame for the global economic crisis and ratings agencies were especially culpable, according to a report from a leading anti-graft agency.

Google wins latest round in brand names dispute

Posted on September 22, 2009
Google has won the latest round in a legal row against Louis Vuitton and other brand owners that are trying to stop the search engine from using their trademarks as paid for search terms.

Fraudster steals Ben Bernanke's identity

Posted on September 22, 2009
US prosecutors say a man has pleaded guilty in an identity theft ring that ensnared Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke as a victim.

OFT fines construction sector �129m for bid-rigging

Posted on September 22, 2009
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) today fined the construction industry �129.5 million after an investigation into bid-rigging between companies tendering for public sector building contracts.

Should the Attorney-General keep her job?

Posted on September 22, 2009
The Attorney-General suffered the humiliation yesterday of being fined �5,000 for employing an illegal immigrant.

Kent attracts new type of tourist: Europeans seeking easy bankruptcy

Posted on September 22, 2009
Tourists have come to Kent for its castles, where widowed queens lived out their days and kings organised the defence of the realm of England. They have come to see Canterbury Cathedral, founded by St Augustine at the end of the 6th century, site of the murder of Thomas � Becket.

FSA chairman in fresh attack on City traders who ?cooked up? crisis

Posted on September 22, 2009
Lord Turner of Ecchinswell, chairman of the Financial Services Authority (FSA), turned on his critics last night, launching a ferocious attack on some in the City for their lack of contrition and their refusal to recognise the need for radical change.

Google wins latest round in Louis Vuitton battle

Posted on September 22, 2009
Google has won the latest round in a legal battle against Louis Vuitton and other brand owners that are trying to stop the search engine profiting from their trademarks.

�5,000 illegal worker fine is like a �60 traffic penalty, says law chief

Posted on September 22, 2009
The Attorney-General faced fresh calls to resign last night after comparing her �5,000 fine for breaching the immigration law with a failure to pay the congestion charge.

Building companies are fined �130m for rigging bids

Posted on September 22, 2009
More than a hundred construction companies were fined nearly �130 million yesterday after illegally colluding in bids to secure building projects, including schools and hospitals.

Fake golf club scam 'cost eBay customers millions'

Posted on September 22, 2009
A global network of criminals duped eBay customers into buying millions of pounds worth of fake golf clubs in the largest fraud uncovered by the online auction site.

Lord Sugar named as victim of sweeteners in Office of Fair Trading inquiry

Posted on September 22, 2009
Lord Sugar fell victim to one of the worst offences uncovered by the Office of Fair Trading?s bid-rigging inquiry.

?Fat? family?s legal fight to get children out of care

Posted on September 22, 2009
The pregnant mother of two children, aged 3 and 4, taken into care because they were judged to be overweight spoke yesterday of her anguish at the decision.

Dinner lady Carol Hill sacked for telling parents of attack on daughter

Posted on September 22, 2009
A school dinner lady who was sacked for telling a pupil?s parents that their daughter had been attacked by playground bullies is preparing to take legal action against the school.

Lloyds Bank faces allegations of tax evasion

Posted on September 21, 2009
Lloyds Banking Group, the bank that is 42 per cent owned by the taxpayer, is being investigated over allegations of tax evasion after one of its employees was caught on camera apparently encouraging a customer to avoid tax by channelling money through Hong Kong.

Top commercial lawyers forced to slash rates

Posted on September 21, 2009
The ?magic circle? has lost some of its power: average hourly rates for London?s top commercial lawyers fell by a third last year as law firms offered substantial discounts after competition intensified in the downturn.

G20 to give regulators power to curb bank bonuses

Posted on September 21, 2009
Regulators around the world will be handed new powers to limit the share of profits that banks can spend on bonuses under a compromise deal to be tabled in Pittsburgh this week at the G20 meeting of leaders of the largest economies.

Music teacher Helen Goddard jailed for lesbian affair with pupil

Posted on September 21, 2009
A music teacher who had a lesbian affair with a 15-year-old pupil will be allowed to continue to see the girl after she is released from jail.

Richard Dawkins to call for changes to Britain?s libel laws

Posted on September 20, 2009
Richard Dawkins, the evolutionary biologist, is to call for Britain?s libel laws to be reformed following a string of cases in which science researchers and writers have been sued for criticising health therapies they felt to be unreliable.

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