Judge closes Facebook case August 27, 2013 AN AMERICAN judge has granted approval to Facebook’s $20m (£12.8m) settlement of a class-action lawsuit over its sponsored story advertising programme. The lawsuit filed in 2011 alleged that Facebook’s sharing of users’ so–called likes to advertisers without their consent was a privacy breach. Facebook will pay out $20m to members of the lawsuit and as [...]
Limited strikes against Assad would solve little in Syria’s miserable war August 27, 2013 THE USE of chemical weapons on a massive scale in the area around Syria’s capital Damascus has understandably elicited condemnation from the international community – including both Russia and Iran. And we seem to be clear on where responsibility lies. The League of Arab States and many Western powers now state clearly that the [...]
BHP reveals more details of corruption investigation August 16, 2013 Multinational mining company BHP Billiton has released a statement regarding the potential legal action it is facing from US authorities over a possible breach of anti-corruption laws. BHP has previously disclosed it is being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding now-terminated exploration and development efforts, as well as hospitality provided as part of [...]
Britain’s education revolution is now bearing fruit but still has further to go August 15, 2013 TEENAGERS across the country will today be suffering from a day of celebrations, following the release of A-level results yesterday. This time every year TV screens and newspapers are plastered with the joyful faces of students who have finally found out how they did, and whether they’ve got the place at university they were after. [...]
FA Community Shield: Rooney’s going nowhere, blasts Moyes after win August 11, 2013 AT WEMBLEY MANCHESTER UNITED 2 vs WIGAN ATHLETIC 0 MANCHESTER United manager David Moyes expects striker Wayne Rooney to play some part in Wednesday’s friendly between England and Scotland at Wembley and insists his unsettled star is not for sale, despite continued interest from Chelsea. Rooney missed yesterday’s Community Shield triumph as he continues to [...]
Michael Gove’s illiteracy crusade will have huge benefits for our economy August 5, 2013 NEARLY half of all businesses are forced to provide literacy classes because many recruits can’t write a coherent memo. Even graduates from our best universities, according to anecdotal evidence from employers, have difficulty expressing themselves in comprehensible written sentences — hence so much dreadful bureaucratese. Meanwhile, a large proportion of universities are offering remedial courses [...]
Cowes Week Diary : Thompson defies the weather to win bumper cheque for charity August 5, 2013 Though sailing is a water sport and we’re used to getting wet, somehow when it comes from the sky it’s just not right and it’s especially unpleasant when combined with light winds for racing. So it was unfortunate to see so much rain fall and only a light breeze on day three. The winners continued [...]
Cowes Week Diary: Spurs director Mills on song in ideal conditions August 4, 2013 ABERDEEN Asset Management Cowes Week is in full flow. The first two days are completed and have been sailed in the most perfect conditions. The sun has been shining and, most importantly, there has been ideal wind – there’s nothing worse than waiting for wind to start a regatta. Yesterday was Family Day, which meant [...]
Unemployment down but more time spent jobless July 17, 2013 THE NUMBER of people without jobs who are looking for work fell by 57,000 between March and May, against the previous three months, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed yesterday. Yet the number of people who are unemployed for more than a year or two is on the rise. In the same space of [...]
British public is slowly becoming more fiscally conservative May 2, 2013 MEMO to the political class: your electorate doesn’t believe you are spending their money wisely. The data is striking: 78 per cent of the public agree that “politicians are too reckless about how they spend taxpayers’ money”; just 12 per cent disagree, according to a poll by ComRes for the 4th Agenda. The vast majority [...]