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  • SUV crash survival more likely SUV crash survival more likely

    Passengers in SUVs are now known to be more likely to survive a serious crash. A new study conducted by the University of Buffalo in the US has found the driver of the SUV is as much as 10 times more likely to survive in a head-on collision where a passenger car is involved. While automakers have taken steps to improve safety in normal passenger cars, such as changing bumper designs on ...

  • Spanish surplus figures improve Spanish surplus figures improve

    Spain has reported a trade surplus, the first since 1971. With imports slumping due to austerity measures, the first monthly trade surplus for more than 40 years is being seen as a positive development. However, the country is still suffering from an economic downturn with unemployment in Spain now running at 26.7%. The surplus of 634.9 million euros in March reflects a 15% plunge in ...

  • Letta may abolish unpopular taxes Letta may abolish unpopular taxes

    Italy's coalition government has promised to abolish some salaries and perks which are handed out to government ministers. A controversial property tax will also be abolished, or frozen, by the new government of Enrico Letta, who has also promised to do away with the double salary received by some parliamentarians. Before the election, it had been mooted by Letta's coalition partners that ...

  • Famous New York artists bring huge prices Famous New York artists bring huge prices

    Paintings by Jackson Pollock, Roy Lichtenstein and Jean-Michel Basquiat smashed all previous auction records at Christie's in New York during the week. In fact, several works by popular artists brought extraordinary prices. The items made $495 million for their owners at the valuable sale of postwar and contemporary art at Christie's. However, a single Andy Warhol Painting of Marilyn ...

  • Thai phone operators told to lower charges Thai phone operators told to lower charges

    3G operators in Thailand have all agreed to cut their tariffs. The Thai National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission has been pressuring providers to lower all their 2G and 3G tariffs by 15%. The three 3G mobile operators, Advanced Info Service, Total Access Communication and True Move have said they will launch new 3G tariff packages to reflect the request by government. It ...


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Death Wish [DVD]

Death Wish [DVD]

There is something undeniably appealing about Michael Winner's Death Wish. Even those who disagree with its knee-jerk vigilante ideology have a hard time denying its impact because the film digs deep and works on an almost subconscious level where ideals about fairness and justice devolve into a simple desire to see the wicked punished. Of course, who is deserving of that punishment is ... ...

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  • Green Deal debt may have to be repaid before property sold

    energy efficiency improvements in their home with no, or little, upfront cost; instead, these are funded by a loan repaid through their electricity bill.Crucially, the "golden rule" of Green Deal is that you should not pay back more in loan repayments than you are saving on your energy bill - but this can mean that, depending on the cost of the improvement, you could be making loan ...

  • Market to take cues from FIIs inflows corporate earnings

    Fifteen touch-screen smartphones to consider below Rs 15,000 Within the huge list, we take a look at fifteen touch-screen smartphones that have been ...

  • Weak yen helps drive Japan earnings but no cure-all

    Japan's earnings season has drawn to a close with the sharply weaker yen helping inflate profits at some of the nation's top exporters, but, warn some commentators, the drop is not all good news. Sony booked its first annual profit in five years, Toyota more than tripled its earnings in the fiscal year to March and the head of rival automaker Nissan hailed the taming of the currency. ...

  • Fed up with ben

    "We don’t have to worry about a recession - we are in a depression," says James Rickards."If you take the classic definition of a sustained, long-term downturn with economic growth below trend, then we are in the midst of a depression," says the senior managing director of Tangent Capital and author of "Currency Wars."Rickards doesn’t see Fed Chairman ...

  • France Must Take Deficit Cuts Seriously Bundesbank head

    France has a special responsibility as a euro zone heavyweight to take deficit reduction rules seriously, even though its budget deficit is above target, Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann said in an interview published on ...

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