TOP 100 ENGLAND SITES
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| HMV replaces Waterstone's boss as sales flag HMV, the high street music and book retailer, announced today that it was replacing the managing director of its struggling Waterstone’s business as it revealed a sharp decline in Christmas sales at the bookstore chain. feeds.timesonline.co.uk |
Abuse of pre-pack deals ‘could turn Britain into an insolvency brothel’ Britain is in danger of becoming the “bankruptcy brothel of the world”, it was claimed yesterday, as furious creditors prepared a landmark legal challenge over the country’s largest pre-pack administration. feeds.timesonline.co.uk |
Tiny abandoned antelope is making a big impact at Chester Zoo Although she stands just a few centimetres tall this tiny addition to Chester Zoo is making a big impression. A Kirk’s dik-dik antelope, she will eventually grow to a height of 40cm (16in). feeds.timesonline.co.uk |
‘I need a loan, what are these are worth?’ They were once seen simply as luxuries for the rich and (sometimes) famous — yachts, racehorses, even private aircraft, the kind of thing that no self-respecting multimillionaire would be without — but the wealthy have discovered an unexpected bonus from their executive toys. They are using them as security for loans so that they do not have to find large amounts of cash for a deposit when buying a new home. feeds.timesonline.co.uk |
Bailout watchdog attacks Goldman in AIG hearing Goldman Sachs benefited disproportionately from the US Federal Reserve’s decision to pay American International Group’s (AIG) way out of billions of dollars of high-risk contracts, a regulator has asserted. feeds.timesonline.co.uk |