Wikio - Budget 2008

More donations to UN food agency urged (OTB News)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:33:52 GMT

The UK parliament’s International Development Committee said significant increases to the World Food Programme’s budget should be sustained over the years

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More donations to UN food agency urged (Financial Time)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:56:00 GMT

The UK parliament's International Development Committee said significant increases to the World Food Programme's budget should be sustained over the years

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Ryanair to allow inflight mobile phone calls by month's end (Gadling)

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:23:26 GMT

Filed under: Business , Airlines , News To the disgust of millions of quiet-airplane activists, the scales are starting to tip in the direction of mobile phones being allowed on aircraft. Today, word leaked from the UK indicates that Ryanair , the continent's largest budget carrier will start to allow inflight mobile phone calls on a limited basis. If these trials pan out and and model is profitable,...

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Travelodge seek Jersey location (This is Jersey)

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:57:55 GMT

BUDGET hotel chain Travelodge is ‘actively seeking’ to open in Jersey as part of a £150 million expansion in British holiday resorts, it has been revealed. The company, which plans to open 55 new sites, says that Jersey is an ideal location because of its lack of no-frills hotels. If successful, Travelodge would be the latest national [...]

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Sony Ericsson W380i Review - CNET UK (Camera Phone Reviews)

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:22:55 GMT

CNET UK reviews the Sony Ericsson W380i and writes, "The single 1.3-megapixel camera is synonymous with budget handsets and comes without a flash, but does feature a 4x digital zoom. There's also stereo A2DP Bluetooth, an FM radio, Java...

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Pensioners failing to budget for retirement life despite economic slowdown (Banking Business Review)

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:10:00 GMT

UK pensioners are failing to budget for life after retirement despite the economic slowdown, with many spending considerably more in year one than in subsequent years, only to regret their splurge as the reality of living on a pension bites, according to a new research conducted for Prudential.

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Travelodge invests in the seaside (BBC News)

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:11:24 GMT

Budget hotel chain Travelodge is to spend £150m on opening 55 new hotels in British coastal towns by 2015.

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Budget hotels, camping and ABBA: the British traveller in a downturn (Travel Weekly Blog)

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:13:51 GMT

... plans, 20% have cancelled, 34% have switched to a cheaper option and 34% are staying in the UK (Lightspeed Research) The Travelodge point is interesting, but only half the story - we report today that the chain is to build 55 hotels in seaside locations such as Blackpool, Newquay and Bournemouth. This suggests that Travelodge expects to see more leisure customers as well as business customers....

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Travelodge seaside boost (Financial Time)

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:14:00 GMT

The no-frills hotel group is investing £150m in 55 new budget hotels around the UK coast which it says will be operational by 2015. It plans to open one location a month

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Paint Splatters: British Style on a Budget (The Budget Fashionista)

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:00:00 GMT

Who’d have thought that your old paint-splattered t-shirt reserved only for DIY could become the trendiest item in your wardrobe? This season, designers have delved into their paint boxes and splattered blouses, dresses, skirts and pants with Pollock-like prints. Ad hoc expressionist designs.... Continue reading "Paint Splatters: British Style on a Budget"...

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UK budget gap in June quarter widest since '46 (Business Times Asiaone)

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:00:00 GMT

(LONDON) The UK budget deficit ballooned to the widest since records started in 1946, adding pressure on Prime Minister Gordon Brown to ease his decade-old borrowing rules.

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Schwarzenegger Needs To Face Reality: California Is Insolvent (Mish's Global Economic Trend Analys)

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:20:00 GMT

Yesterday, in Taxpayers Can Bear No More , we discussed the record public debt problem in the UK. Chancellor Alistair Darling made it "clear that he thought that the only politically viable option was to increase borrowing, rather than to raise taxation." In the US, states are facing similar budget dilemmas. New Jersey, whose median household income of $64,470 is second only to...

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Families blame lax safety for budget airline crash (Times Online)

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:45:26 GMT

LAWYERS for the British and American families of victims of an air crash in Thailand are seeking £125m compensation in the US courts in a case that may shed a harsh light on cost-cutting and safety standards at some budget airlines.

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Car Choice: Don't be put off by high mileage on a well-kept diesel (The Independent)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:00:01 GMT

Tommy Sass is looking to buy a car for his business. Tommy's work requires him to drive from client to client. As he is a newcomer to the UK his budget is very limited at just £2,000. Tommy is on the tall side at 6ft 4in, so a super-mini would not be the answer.

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Boffins, Elements and Videotape... (Developing your Web presence)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:17:00 GMT

The University of Nottingham, guided by chemboff supreme professor Martyn Poliakoff, has brought out a 118 part video guide to the chemical elements, somewhat predictably called The Periodic Table of Videos . Interesting. And a bit British: somewhat low budget and endearing. Element boffins, nerds and anoraks (like me) will love it... Predictably sodium and lithium get dunked in water...

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Ship of Fools: Citigroup; Mexico Raises; UK Record Deficit (The Nattering Naybob Chronicles)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:25:00 GMT

Mexican consumer prices rose 5.26% in June, so the central bank raised its benchmark interest rate for the second straight month, raising 25 bps to 8%. The U.K. budget deficit ballooned to the widest since records started in 1946. The shortfall was $49 billion in the three months through June. Net debt stood at 38.3% of GDP in June, up from 37.3% a year earlier and the highest since July...

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Darling: No decision yet on new U.K. fiscal rules (Market Watch)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:18:00 GMT

No decision has yet been made on whether to put new budget rules in place that would allow the British government to boost borrowing as it nears self-imposed debt limits, Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling says.

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Setting Their Sights on Features (FilmStew.com)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:43:55 GMT

The folks behind the British Short Screenplay Competition are segueing into long-form with the promise of a multi-million dollar production budget for the winner.

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Ryanair axes thousands of flights from Stansted over soaring fuel costs and airport fees (Daily Mail)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:16:45 GMT

Budget airline Ryanair is to axe one in seven of its flights from a major UK holiday airport following a row over cash with controversial 'monopoly' airport operator BAA.

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Battle of the budget buys (The Herald )

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:05:19 GMT

After years of living in the shadow of the big four UK supermarkets, the cut-price German supermarkets Aldi and Lidl appear to be finally having their day in the sun.

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