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Study: Women Pay Themselves Less Than Men

As it picks through the rubble of the midterm elections, one of the bigger challenges for the Democrat party is recognizing not so much that its policies are perhaps too left-wing for the public, but that they are largely irrelevant.

Study: Women Pay Themselves Less Than Men

Few Hopes of Success in Hong Kong Talks

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong officials and student leaders will hold talks Tuesday to try to end pro-democracy protests that have gripped the southern Chinese city for more than three weeks, though chances of success are slim given the

Few Hopes of Success in Hong Kong Talks

Labour Party Plans to Ban Buy-to-Let Investors

(Reuters) – Labour Party is expected to announce plans on Thursday that will ban buy-to-let investors from purchasing new flats in London and other parts of Britain, the Financial Times reported. The plans, part of the Lyons review authorised by

Labour Party Plans to Ban Buy-to-Let Investors

SoundCloud Loses Money Faster as it Grows

Here is a brilliant Internet business plan: We get rich by creating a service that goes viral and generates 175 million customers. We then make $.08 a year on each and every one of them! All we have to do

SoundCloud Loses Money Faster as it Grows

Russian Bill Would Control Media

MOSCOW, Sept. 24 (UPI) — Foreign ownership of Russian media outlets will be limited to 20 percent, in a bill passed by Russia’s Parliament and supported by the party of Russian President Vladimir Putin. It targets publications critical of Putin

Russian Bill Would Control Media

Why I Won't Be Renewing My Subscription to The Times

I was involved in a very minor spat on Twitter last week. On the day Forest and the Hands Off Our Packs campaign delivered 53,000 letters to Downing Street opposing plain packaging of tobacco, journalist Pat Long tweeted:  Corporate stooges

Why I Won't Be Renewing My Subscription to The Times

Hungarian PM Vows to End 'Liberal Democracy'

The left wing across Europe is in uproar after Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban declared he wanted to build an “illiberal” state based on the Hungarian nation “while of course respecting the values of Christianity, freedom and human rights.” The

Hungarian PM Vows to End 'Liberal Democracy'

Norway Braced for Terrorist Attack by Jihadists

A jihadist group has left Syria and is heading for Norway to carry out a terrorist attack, according to Norwegian security officials. The statement comes the day after the head of the Norwegian Security Service, the Norwegian Police Commissioner and

Norway Braced for Terrorist Attack by Jihadists

European Central Bank Blackmailed Over Stolen Data

A computer hacker has breached security at the European Central Bank and stolen information from a public website, an attack which emerged only after officials at the ECB received a blackmail email demanding money in return for the data stolen.

European Central Bank Blackmailed Over Stolen Data

German Sausage Companies Fined Over Price Fixing Cartel

German authorities have uncovered a price-fixing cartel among some of the country’s best-known sausage makers, claiming food manufacturers colluded for decades to rig the price of “Wurst” and related products. According to the Financial Times, Germany’s Federal Cartel Authority will

German Sausage Companies Fined Over Price Fixing Cartel

Juncker Demands Britain Selects Woman EU Commissioner

Jean-Claude Juncker has demanded Britain send a woman to be our next European Commissioner, replacing Baroness (Cathy) Ashton, whose term has ended. The soon-to-be-installed President of the European Commission made the demand as he wants half of his cabinet to

Juncker Demands Britain Selects Woman EU Commissioner

Debt-Ridden EU Backs €Billions Loan to Ukraine

The European Commission has borrowed €500m (£400m) in the capital markets to lend on to Ukraine, part of a €1.6bn (£1.3bn) programme of so-called Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA) which is meant to draw the former Soviet bloc country closer into the

Debt-Ridden EU Backs €Billions Loan to Ukraine

Bilderberg Conference 2014: List of UK Attendees

Chancellor George Osborne, Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls and former Labour minister Peter Mandelson are among the attendees at this year’s Bilderberg conference, which kicks off today and runs until Sunday. Around 140 people from 22 countries have confirmed their attendance

Bilderberg Conference 2014: List of UK Attendees

Thomas Piketty: Critique of His Work Is 'Just Ridiculous'

In an email to Bloomberg News, French economist Thomas Piketty called the criticism of his work “just ridiculous.” Piketty had earlier offered a longer but somewhat nebulous response to Financial Times. The gist of it was that his argument was

Thomas Piketty: Critique of His Work Is 'Just Ridiculous'