In Address, Obama Urges Passage of Bank Tax
New York Times
By AP WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama expressed confidence Saturday that lawmakers would approve his proposed tax on banks to recover bailout money ...

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Cadbury accepts sweetened Kraft deal … finally
Ethiopian Review
Prime Minister Gordon Brown made reference to Europe's 23 million unemployed people this morning when asked at a press conference about the deal. ...

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Qatar Perspective: Khalid Al-Jaber
Peninsula On-line
The Financial Times reported that British Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged to take “firm action” on the bonus amounts in the financial sector in the ...

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Cadbury mourned as it moves to US hands
France24
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he wanted to protect British investment and jobs at Cadbury, illustrating the political sensitivity of the deal in ...

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Distinguished veteran deserves much better
Express & Echo
AT every opportunity Gordon Brown attacks the Conservative Party on its plans to raise the level of inheritance tax. This is the man who taxes people at ...

Daily Mail
Allison Pearson: It isn't elitist to insist on teachers who can spell
Daily Mail
Gordon Brown talks grandly about an Age of Aspiration. Sorry, Gordon, but in order to aspire, children first need to come into contact with teachers who ...

Suddenly close Mass. race threatens national Dems
Bloomington Pantagraph
(AP Photo/Springfield Republican, Michael S. Gordon) BOSTON -- In a contest with major national implications, Massachusetts voters chose a successor to the ...

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Thousands of Cadbury jobs under threat as Kraft swallows a British icon
Times Online
As Gordon Brown expressed hope that “jobs in Cadbury can be secure”, industry experts pointed to the takeover of York-based Rowntree in 1988 by Nestlé of ...

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Inflation Jumps in UK; Is US Next?
BloggingStocks (blog)
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown low-keyed the December report, telling the Financial Times Tuesday the inflation rise had been "expected," and that it was ...

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Credit Suisse to Slash UK Senior Bonuses
Wall Street Journal
Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labour government enacted the bonus tax with a stated goal of curbing what it saw as excessive payouts coming so soon after ...

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No concern for workers
Stoke & Staffordshire
Other than as an alternative to admitting his impotence, it is absolutely pointless for Gordon Brown to say his Government is "determined" to ensure job ...

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