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James Purnell says BBC 'mortified' by failed �100m project
The BBC has apologised after spending nearly �100m on a project which has been abandoned. James Purnell, the corporation's director of strategy and digital, said "everybody at the BBC is mortified" at the cost of the Digital Media Initiative, which never ...
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Top stories
Britain's biggest customer-owned financial services business said it would continue to provide lending to existing customers. The freeze does not apply to individual retail customers.
The cold winter has reduced UK energy reserves to critical levels. With the cold weather continuing to increase demand for gas and a lack of investment meaning there is little storage capacity UK gas reserves are at a critical level.
U.S. factory sector appears to be slowing slightly, according to an early reading of May activity released Thursday. The flash purchasing managers' index compiled by data provider Markit fell to 51.9 in May from a final April reading of 52.1.
News Corp has adopted a �poison pill� to avoid anybody building a stake to challenge Rupert Murdoch's near-40 per cent voting control as his family media empire splits into separate entertainment and publishing businesses.
The return of A.G. Lafley as Procter & Gamble's chief executive was welcomed by the stock market as P&G shares jumped nearly 4 per cent on Friday, while the company said he would be paid $2m a year.
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| CAZA | Caza Oil & Gas, Inc | 56.39% | 23.19M |
| CAZ | Caza Oil & Gas, Inc. | 31.43% | 29.50M |
| FRR | Frontera Resources Corp | 14.25% | 21.38M |
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| Energy | -1.05% |
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| Services | -0.35% |
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| Technology | -0.73% |
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| Transportation | -1.19% |
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| Utilities | -0.31% |
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