Government backs down on corporate tax - Times Online

Government backs down on corporate tax - Times Online
The Treasury has succumbed to sustained pressure from big business and agreed to water down controversial proposals to change the UK corporate tax regime. Several big multinational British companies had said that they were prepared to move their
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Microsoft software gives free tours of space - Reuters UK
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Any Star Trek fan knows that space travel is not always easy, but Microsoft Corp wants to make traveling the "final frontier" as simple as turning on your computer. The world's largest software maker launched a free software
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National Coal Corp. CEO Daniel Roling to Present at Merrill Lynch - MSN MoneyCentral
National Coal Corp. NCOC , a Central and Southern Appalachian coal producer, announces its President and CEO, Daniel Roling, is scheduled to make a presentation at the Merrill Lynch Metals and Mining Conference in Miami, Fla., on Tuesday, May 13
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BBC accused of wasting millions on props, costumes and catering - Guardian Unlimited
The BBC is wasting millions of pounds of licence payers' money every year by dealing with more than 17,000 suppliers, a committee of MPs warns today. The Commons public accounts committee attacks the BBC for the expensive way it procures some £531m
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Diaz, Kutcher balance out; Vegas misses jackpot - Chicago Maroon
I expected Tom Vaughan’s What Happens in Vegas to be the typical fare of the famed “comedic” actors Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher, but I was mostly wrong. The film was highly enjoyable. While Diaz remained annoying and Kutcher maintained his
Source: maroon.uchicago.edu

WorldWide Telescope Brings Space Exploration to Earth - MSN MoneyCentral
tour the night sky using high-resolution images from the world's best land- and space-based telescopes. REDMOND, Wash., May 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The final frontier got a bit closer today as Microsoft Corp. officially launched the public beta
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