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Sun Life to sell British division: Sky News
LONDON — Canadian financial services firm Sun Life Financial plans to sell its British life insurance unit to avoid tough new capital requirements for European insurers, Sky News reported on Tuesday. … more →
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Today is day #154 with 212 days left...
wrote 16 hours ago: Today is day #154 with 212 days left in 2012. Random celebrity birth: In 1731, the first American fi … more →
Diamond Jubilee: Queen’s Celebration Spurs Massive Security Operation
wrote 19 hours ago: By WILLIAM LEE ADAMS JEREMY SELWYN / EVENING STANDARD / ZUMA PRESS Scotland Yard is preparing the bi … more →
Must-Reads From Around the World: June 1, 2012
wrote 1 day ago: Blame, Banks, and Bailouts – As it emerges that Spain’s foundering banks may soon need a bailout, th … more →
With His Friends Under Scrutiny, David Cameron's Judgment is Questioned
wrote 1 day ago: If a man is judged by the company that he keeps, it may be time for Britain’s Prime Minister David C … more →
Diamond Jubilee: Queen's Celebration Spurs Massive Security Operation
wrote 1 day ago: On Sunday, as Queen Elizabeth II and members of the extended royal family cruise through London as p … more →
Face of the Month: Idris Elba
wrote 1 day ago: June’s Face of the Month is deservedly Idris Elba. Idris was born in London, and the third cr … more →
The Black String Theory featured in Flush The Fashion magazine June 2012 issue...
wrote 1 day ago: The Black String Theory are featured on page 60 of the June 2012 issue of UK based, online and mobil … more →
U.K. - banned ads
wrote 1 day ago: Via: Huffington Post ******* We like to joke that the U.K.’s Advertising Standards Agency is a … more →
Concerts.
wrote 1 day ago: Booking concert tickets is always exciting. Selecting a seat to view the person or band you hear eve … more →
Pictures of the Beautiful Dorset Coast and Corfe Castle
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Jesse Kline: When fat jokes become hate speech
wrote 2 days ago: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images After an all-party parliamentary committee heard evidence that over … more →
Must-Reads From Around the World, May 31, 2012
wrote 2 days ago: A Dissident Speaks - In an op-ed in The New York Times, Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, who is in … more →
Coulson, Connery and Cable: A Day Of Media Scandal Hits Britain
wrote 2 days ago: From News of the World to the news of the day, media scandals in the U.K. have become practically de … more →
Apocalypse Please
wrote 3 days ago: What austerity-driven economic salvation might look like. It is the familiar apocalyptic narrative. … more →
Whisky heist film wins at Cannes
wrote 3 days ago: A film named after the 2 % of whisky which evaporates annually from each cask before bottling has wo … more →
Must-Reads From Around the World: May 30, 2012
wrote 3 days ago: Suu Kyi’s World Tour - Armed with her passport and the freedom to travel without restrictions … more →
The Best (and Wackiest) Royal Jubilee Souvenirs
wrote 3 days ago: From queen-themed cookies to Union Jack umbrellas, the Brits are offering every kind of keepsake in … more →
Calling someone 'Fatty' Could Become a Hate Crime in the U.K.
wrote 3 days ago: Riciduling someone as ‘fat’ or ‘obese’ could become a hate crime under an id … more →
Eigentlich ist es doch ueberall das Gleiche...
wrote 3 days ago: …allerdings weiss ich nicht, wie es in den Staaten ist. Wahrscheinlich, da voellig privat, wir … more →
