Archive for November, 2006

London/Paris Eurostar sells its green credentials

November 15, 2006
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London/Paris Eurostar sells its green credentials

Start the clocks. This time next year should see the completion and launch of the final phase in the completion of the high speed London to Paris rail link after years of limping through the UK at the speed of a suburban line train. Eurostar have announced that 14th November 2007 will see the...
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BT to reduce wholesale Internet prices

November 14, 2006
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BT to reduce wholesale Internet prices

In an action that sees BT trying to keep some control of the UK Internet, it announced the reduction of wholesale access prices for broadband yesterday. As the competition in the UK heats up it is BT, as well as more colourful companies like Bulldog that have suffered over the past few years. BT...
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Official – there’s still some oil left

November 14, 2006
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Official – there’s still some oil left

Good news for those of you who were worried that oil would run out in the next few years. It seems that we’ve all had a stay of execution, as Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) publishes figures that show the supply will not start to decline for at least another 24 years. CERA’s latest...
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Welcome, Zune. Seriously

November 14, 2006
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Welcome, Zune.  Seriously

Welcome, IBM.  Seriously. Apple thus greeted IBM into the desktop PC marketplace with a rather tongue in cheek full-page advert in the Wall Street Journal. Little did Apple guess at the time, but the IBM PC and its gaggle of clones, would later spell disaster for Apples unchallenged reign. digg this article here This...
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Buy-to-let starts to Creak in the UK

November 13, 2006
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Buy-to-let starts to Creak in the UK

With the latest hike in the bank rate not expected to be the last, eyes are turning towards the buy-to-let market where the number of properties being repossessed do to none payment are on the increase. With the recent increases in interest rates over the past few months in the UK from 4.5 percent...
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