Wednesday, July 31, 2013

FileMaker shutters Bento products on September 30

FileMaker shuttering Bento products on September 30

Bento, the consumer-oriented database offering from Apple subsidiary FileMaker, is being discontinued on September 30. Bento offered users the ability to create databases using existing or custom templates for various types of information, and integrated with OS X's Calendar and Contacts applications. The discontinuation was announced in a statement by FileMaker:

FileMaker, Inc. is increasing its focus on FileMaker Product Line software. Thanks to the ease of creating iPad and iPhone solutions, our customers' use of FileMaker on iOS is growing rapidly. Our increased focus will create an even better experience for these customers.

As part of our sharpened focus, we will stop further development of the Bento consumer products.

For Bento users, this news is certainly disappointing. Many relied on Bento for database management of projects, contacts, clients, and events. And while FileMaker Pro for desktop and the FileMaker Go apps for iPhone and iPad can fill some of the void, they're also more difficult to use for most users, lack certain features like calendar and contacts integration, and, most importantly for some, they are priced much higher than Bento. FileMaker Pro costs $299, while Bento costs $49.

As unfortunate as this is, it also makes sense that FileMaker would turn their focus to their flagship product line. FileMaker Pro hasn't seen an update since April of 2012, while the iOS apps have been idle since September.

If you're a Bento user, are you surprised by this announcement? Let us know in the comments below, and tell us what you plan to do in the wake of this decision.

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Housing market heats up, but not at boiling point yet?

Economy

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A sold sign is posted in front of a home for sale on July 2, 2013 in San Anselmo, California.

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A sold sign is posted in front of a home for sale on July 2, 2013 in San Anselmo, Calif. California's housing market is heating up, as are markets in Las Vegas and Phoenix, a survey showed Tuesday.

If you tried to buy a home in Phoenix a year ago, you probably would have been able to land it for well under the asking price.

Those days are gone. In a city that was hit hard after the housing bubble burst in 2007, you?re more likely to encounter a bidding war for that split-level ranch on the cul-de-sac you had your eye on.

Prices have leapt 20 percent in the last year in Phoenix. Real estate agent Tucker Blaylock says they will keep rising as long as interest rates remain near historic lows, thanks to the Federal Reserve.

?You can borrow money so cheap it?s really pushing prices up,? he said. ?A year or two ago, a buyer could bid 20- or 30-thousand under the list price and have a shot at getting it. Now sellers want list, or in some cases they get multiple offers and it?ll go above list price.?

It's not just Phoenix. The list of the hottest markets reads like the housing boom of the mid-2000s. In the past 12 months home prices are up 19 percent in Las Vegas. California hot spots include San Francisco (up 25 percent), San Diego (up 17 percent) and Los Angeles (up 19 percent.)

Nationwide, that momentum is dragging potential buyers off the fence, which is in turn feeding the higher prices, the experts say. Despite rising mortgage rates, demand for homes is surging with little sign of the bubble bursting anytime soon.

The latest monthly data from the widely followed Case-Shiller index showed home prices in May jumped 12.2 percent in the past year -- the biggest yearly jump since March 2006 -- supporting economists' views that the housing sector is one of the brightest spots for the economy.

In a handful of metro areas, housing is looking downright ?bubbly,? according to Robert Shiller, co-founder of the index. ?The cities that bubbled in the past are bubbling again,? he told CNBC. ?To me, it?s seems partly psychological. They?ve seen it before and they?re ready for it again.?

But unlike the historic mid-2000s bubble, there are signs the latest price surge is more sustainable. One is that the mix of buyers is shifting from bottom-feeding investors to homeowners who plan to stay awhile. In Phoenix, ?hot money? investors are cooling to new purchases even as prices keep rising, said Blaylock.

?It scares the guys who have been flipping stuff in the 100-to 200-thousand-dollar range that now they?ll have to pay 350,? he said.

(Read more: Home prices make biggest yearly jump since 2006)

And unlike the last bubble, mortgage lenders are much choosier when reviewing loan applications than the days when just about anyone with a pulse was approved.

Prices are also rising because the supply of homes for sale is getting tighter. Banks have shed much of their backlog of foreclosed properties. A four-year drought in home building, which is now beginning to ease, cut deeply into the supply of new homes.

One negative is that increasing mortgage rates could throw cold water on some of the hot markets. The average fixed rate on a 30-year mortgage hit 4.31 percent last week, up nearly a full percentage point since January, according to Freddie Mac.

?Once you put a five in front of it, it?s a different ballgame,? said Blaylock. ?People have been so trained to this 3-5 (percent) range that five seems high.?

But so far, the home sales data indicate that home buyers are taking the relatively higher rates in stride, especially investors with a short-term horizon. New home sales rose 8.3 percent in July, as builders reported continued strong increases in foot traffic. That put the pace of June sales nearly 40 percent above the same month last year.

?Higher mortgage rates don?t appear to be denting new home sales,? said Paul Diggle, a housing economist with Capital Economics.

That may be in part because, despite the recent jump in prices and mortgage rates, homes are still more affordable than they?ve been in decades, based on an index calculated by the National Association of Realtors. The index, which combines the impact of changes in home prices, mortgage rates and household incomes, has fallen sharply this year but still stands well above levels that typically have dampened home sales in the past.

While housing remain affordable by historical standards, the current recovery has left a large segment of U.S. households behind, including the more than 7 million whose homes were seized in the wave of foreclosures that followed the frenzy of reckless mortgage lending in the middle of the last decade.

The home ownership rate, which surged to 69.2 percent in 2004, has fallen back to 65 percent as of the second quarter, according to the latest Census data released Tuesday. The rate, now back to levels last seen in 1995, is expected to continue falling as more families move through a large backlog of pending foreclosures.

Many of those families are expected to remain renters, which has driven strong demand for new multi-family housing and strong rent increases in many markets.

To be sure, a continued rise in mortgage rates will eventually slow the climb in home sales and prices. But in the short term, the strong home price momentum is feeding on itself as buyers sitting on the sidelines fear paying higher prices by waiting.

?At least for the short term (prices) will probably continue to go up,? said Shiller. ?For a flipper now who can get out in a year, it seems to me like a fairly safe bet.?

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SaskTel to improve high-speed Internet service in 220 communities

REGINA ? Internet speeds will be faster in 220 communities across Saskatchewan by the end of 2014, SaskTel announced Tuesday.

The communities already have digital subscriber line (DSL) service at five megabits per second (Mbps) but customers will have the choice to upgrade to 10 Mbps. SaskTel currently provides DSL Internet access to 416 communities and First Nations.

DSL provides Internet access by transmitting digital data over the wires of a local telephone network. DSL Internet service is delivered along with wired telephone service on the same telephone line.

This announcement is part of a long-term strategy to give customers in rural Saskatchewan faster online capacity to do business or surf the web.

?Having faster online speed is becoming a necessity, and our government recognizes its responsibility to provide that service to residents of the province,? Don McMorris, minister responsible for SaskTel, said in a press release.

?SaskTel is working to enhance communication options for rural Saskatchewan, and already offers high-speed Internet service to 99 per cent of the Saskatchewan population,? added Ron Styles, president and CEO of SaskTel.

Other initiatives in SaskTel?s rural strategy include $10.7 million allocated to expand the coverage and capacity of SaskTel?s fourth generation (4G) wireless network, which includes 31 new towers and 37 network enhancements.

As well, SaskTel plans to introduce a new long-term evolution (LTE) fixed-wireless product to facilitate broadband access in rural locations pending results of a LTE-TDD (time-division duplex) fixed wireless trial underway and scheduled for completion this summer, SaskTel said.

SaskTel is the leading communications provider in Saskatchewan, with $1.2 billion in annual revenue and over 1.4 million customer connections including over 608,000 wireless accesses, 492,000 wireline network accesses, 250,000 Internet accesses and 97,000 Max TV subscribers. SaskTel and its wholly-owned subsidiaries have a workforce equivalent to 4,000 full-time employees.

Source: http://www.thestarphoenix.com/technology/internet/SaskTel+improve+high+speed+Internet+service/8726759/story.html

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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Briggs moves on to Winslow

9:28 PM

Starks residents ask for cell tower moratorium

A group of residents are asking Starks selectmen for a moratorium on telecommunications towers, following an application by a Massachusetts-based company to build a cellphone tower on Abijah Hill Road.

5:45 PM

Litchfield man shares 'locked-in' experience

Mark Hathaway, 58, of Litchfield has written a book detailing his experience with locked-in syndrome, meaning his mind was active and he could understand what others were saying and doing, but he couldn't communicate with them or move.

Source: http://www.onlinesentinel.com/r?19=961&43=585542&44=217488391&32=10362&7=625047&40=http://www.onlinesentinel.com/sports/briggs-moves-on-to-winslow_2013-07-29.html

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Monday, July 29, 2013

Plans coming together for Fort Stephenson festival, parade

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Europe News Headlines - Yahoo! News

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A report by MPs from across the political spectrum concluded that Britain&#039;s migration statistics were grossly unreliable and &quot;not fit&quot; for purpose, undermining the credibility of Cameron&#039;s assertions about the issue. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/immigration-numbers-pose-political-problem-cameron-023824742.htmlSun, 28 Jul 2013 22:38:24 -0400Reutersimmigration-numbers-pose-political-problem-cameron-023824742<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/immigration-numbers-pose-political-problem-cameron-023824742.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xnO4MtuXnAREnLGAQ0WrbA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-29T023824Z_1_CBRE96R140D00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Britain&#039;s Prime Minister David Cameron answers a question during a joint news conference with Italy&#039;s Prime Minister Enrico Letta in 10 Downing Street in central London" align="left" title="Britain&#039;s Prime Minister David Cameron answers a question during a joint news conference with Italy&#039;s Prime Minister Enrico Letta in 10 Downing Street in central London" border="0" /></a>By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) - The success of Prime Minister David Cameron&#039;s flagship immigration policy was called into serious question on Sunday, dealing him a potential blow ahead of 2015 elections by playing into the hands of a populist anti-immigration party. A report by MPs from across the political spectrum concluded that Britain&#039;s migration statistics were grossly unreliable and &quot;not fit&quot; for purpose, undermining the credibility of Cameron&#039;s assertions about the issue. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Europe banks get set for dividend lift - if regulators allow<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/europe-banks-set-dividend-lift-regulators-allow-015117815.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pr4yZDOqiK0Q_Rk2PBUEnw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-29T015117Z_1_CBRE96R1SSA00_RTROPTP_2_HSBC-PROBE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The Angel of Independence is seen near a HSBC building in Mexico City" align="left" title="The Angel of Independence is seen near a HSBC building in Mexico City" border="0" /></a>By Steve Slater and Sinead Cruise LONDON (Reuters) - A clutch of European banks are primed to lift dividends to put them back on the radar of yield-hungry investors after years spent using cash to repair balance sheets. 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HSBC, UBS, BNP Paribas, Standard Chartered, Swedbank and other banks in Switzerland, France and Sweden could lead the way back to bigger payouts. But obscuring the route for banks with excess cash is a stubborn regulatory fog, meaning investors in Europe may have to wait until 2014 or later for more juicy rewards, later than an expected pick-up in the United States. ...</p><br clear="all"/>SFO to receive funding for Barclays probe - FT<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/sfo-receive-funding-barclays-probe-ft-001642315.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RgSYU8TjrwpofaKC.Wkvww--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-29T001642Z_1_CBRE96S00RZ00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The logo of Barclays bank is seen at its office in the Canary Wharf business district of London" align="left" title="The logo of Barclays bank is seen at its office in the Canary Wharf business district of London" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Britain&#039;s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is expected to receive about 2 million pounds from the UK Treasury to support its criminal probe into the dealings between Barclays Plc and Qatar Holding, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. Barclays is being investigated by the SFO and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for an allegation that the bank lent Qatar Holding, a part of the Qatar Investment Authority, money to invest in it as part of a rescue fundraising at the height of the 2008 financial crisis. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/sfo-receive-funding-barclays-probe-ft-001642315.htmlSun, 28 Jul 2013 20:16:42 -0400Reuterssfo-receive-funding-barclays-probe-ft-001642315<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/sfo-receive-funding-barclays-probe-ft-001642315.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RgSYU8TjrwpofaKC.Wkvww--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-29T001642Z_1_CBRE96S00RZ00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The logo of Barclays bank is seen at its office in the Canary Wharf business district of London" align="left" title="The logo of Barclays bank is seen at its office in the Canary Wharf business district of London" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Britain&#039;s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is expected to receive about 2 million pounds from the UK Treasury to support its criminal probe into the dealings between Barclays Plc and Qatar Holding, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. 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The &quot;Yes Scotland&quot; campaign says it wants to win a referendum on independence in 2014 and for the country to become fully independent by 2016, shaking off centuries of what it regards as oppressive rule from London. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/newest-royal-heir-stirs-scottish-independence-debate-164300472.htmlSun, 28 Jul 2013 12:43:00 -0400Reutersnewest-royal-heir-stirs-scottish-independence-debate-164300472<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/newest-royal-heir-stirs-scottish-independence-debate-164300472.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qxUmpvqbxOmUDXPFuUnYFA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-28T164300Z_1_CBRE96R1AFW00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN-ROYAL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Britain&#039;s Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge appear with their baby son, outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary&#039;s Hospital, in central London" align="left" title="Britain&#039;s Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge appear with their baby son, outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary&#039;s Hospital, in central London" border="0" /></a>By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) - The birth of Britain&#039;s Prince George has reopened a rift among those campaigning for Scotland to vote for independence next year, playing into the hands of those who want it to retain its 306-year union with England. The &quot;Yes Scotland&quot; campaign says it wants to win a referendum on independence in 2014 and for the country to become fully independent by 2016, shaking off centuries of what it regards as oppressive rule from London. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Twitter faces calls in Britain to get tough on online abuse<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/twitter-faces-calls-britain-tough-online-abuse-143516247.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9Em5r9UymPWLdJJCgY4EHA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-28T143516Z_1_CBRE96R14IY00_RTROPTP_2_FRANCE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="An illustration picture shows the logo of the Website Twitter on an Ipad, in Bordeaux" align="left" title="An illustration picture shows the logo of the Website Twitter on an Ipad, in Bordeaux" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - Twitter, the social media site, is under pressure in Britain to make it easier for Internet users to report abuse after more than 30,000 people petitioned it over the case of a feminist campaigner who says she was repeatedly threatened with rape. Caroline Criado-Perez helped lobby the Bank of England to make a woman, 19th century novelist Jane Austen, the new face on the country&#039;s 10 pound note, to defuse criticism that women were under-represented on the currency. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/twitter-faces-calls-britain-tough-online-abuse-143516247.htmlSun, 28 Jul 2013 10:35:16 -0400Reuterstwitter-faces-calls-britain-tough-online-abuse-143516247<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/twitter-faces-calls-britain-tough-online-abuse-143516247.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9Em5r9UymPWLdJJCgY4EHA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-28T143516Z_1_CBRE96R14IY00_RTROPTP_2_FRANCE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="An illustration picture shows the logo of the Website Twitter on an Ipad, in Bordeaux" align="left" title="An illustration picture shows the logo of the Website Twitter on an Ipad, in Bordeaux" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - Twitter, the social media site, is under pressure in Britain to make it easier for Internet users to report abuse after more than 30,000 people petitioned it over the case of a feminist campaigner who says she was repeatedly threatened with rape. Caroline Criado-Perez helped lobby the Bank of England to make a woman, 19th century novelist Jane Austen, the new face on the country&#039;s 10 pound note, to defuse criticism that women were under-represented on the currency. ...</p><br clear="all"/>UK help to buy scheme risks housing bubble, says business minister<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/uk-help-buy-scheme-risks-housing-bubble-says-135156837.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/NfNawWw9tOPTKFEG5vP3dw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-28T135156Z_1_CBRE96R12IO00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Britain&#039;s Business Secretary Vince Cable holds on to his hat as he arrives to attend a Cabinet meeting at Number 10 Downing Street in London" align="left" title="Britain&#039;s Business Secretary Vince Cable holds on to his hat as he arrives to attend a Cabinet meeting at Number 10 Downing Street in London" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - A flagship scheme to help British housebuyers could fuel property price inflation, the business minister said on Sunday, in the latest clash over policy between the two parties in the country&#039;s governing coalition. &quot;I am worried of the danger of getting into another housing bubble,&quot; Business Secretary Vince Cable told BBC television&#039;s Andrew Marr Show of a proposed extension of the Help to Buy scheme of government-backed home loans designed to revive the housing market. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/uk-help-buy-scheme-risks-housing-bubble-says-135156837.htmlSun, 28 Jul 2013 09:51:56 -0400Reutersuk-help-buy-scheme-risks-housing-bubble-says-135156837<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/uk-help-buy-scheme-risks-housing-bubble-says-135156837.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/NfNawWw9tOPTKFEG5vP3dw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-28T135156Z_1_CBRE96R12IO00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Britain&#039;s Business Secretary Vince Cable holds on to his hat as he arrives to attend a Cabinet meeting at Number 10 Downing Street in London" align="left" title="Britain&#039;s Business Secretary Vince Cable holds on to his hat as he arrives to attend a Cabinet meeting at Number 10 Downing Street in London" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - A flagship scheme to help British housebuyers could fuel property price inflation, the business minister said on Sunday, in the latest clash over policy between the two parties in the country&#039;s governing coalition. &quot;I am worried of the danger of getting into another housing bubble,&quot; Business Secretary Vince Cable told BBC television&#039;s Andrew Marr Show of a proposed extension of the Help to Buy scheme of government-backed home loans designed to revive the housing market. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Unilever to ditch PwC after 26 years to comply with new UK auditor ruleBy Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Unilever is looking for a new auditor, after 26 years with PwC, to comply with a new rule, prompted by questions over why accountants gave banks a clean bill of health just weeks before they were rescued by taxpayers in the 2008 financial crisis. Britain's Financial Reporting Council (FRC) said last year that companies should consider changing their auditor at least every decade in order to end cosy long-term relationships. Only a few blue-chip companies have taken any action so far. ...http://news.yahoo.com/unilever-ditch-pwc-26-years-comply-uk-auditor-012020073.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 21:20:20 -0400Reutersunilever-ditch-pwc-26-years-comply-uk-auditor-012020073Britain's EU ambassador is surprise pick for Bank of England role<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/uk-selects-eu-ambassador-next-bank-england-deputy-132354479.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9PHp9G7ExfbWQFEmpdxrjQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-26T132354Z_1_CBRE96P118000_RTROPTP_2_BANKS-BOE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The Bank of England building is seen in central London" align="left" title="The Bank of England building is seen in central London" border="0" /></a>By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Britain unexpectedly named its ambassador to the EU as the Bank of England&#039;s next deputy governor for financial stability on Friday, moving to protect its financial sector on the international stage. Jon Cunliffe, 60, is a career civil servant who led British negotiators at G8 and G20 meetings during the financial crisis, and since January 2012 he has been Britain&#039;s top representative in Brussels. He will start at the BoE on November 1. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/uk-selects-eu-ambassador-next-bank-england-deputy-132354479.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 13:06:20 -0400Reutersuk-selects-eu-ambassador-next-bank-england-deputy-132354479<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/uk-selects-eu-ambassador-next-bank-england-deputy-132354479.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9PHp9G7ExfbWQFEmpdxrjQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-26T132354Z_1_CBRE96P118000_RTROPTP_2_BANKS-BOE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The Bank of England building is seen in central London" align="left" title="The Bank of England building is seen in central London" border="0" /></a>By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Britain unexpectedly named its ambassador to the EU as the Bank of England&#039;s next deputy governor for financial stability on Friday, moving to protect its financial sector on the international stage. Jon Cunliffe, 60, is a career civil servant who led British negotiators at G8 and G20 meetings during the financial crisis, and since January 2012 he has been Britain&#039;s top representative in Brussels. He will start at the BoE on November 1. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Anglican leader admits gaffe on 'payday' lenders, renews attack<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/church-england-admits-investing-backer-payday-lender-054532623.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/G_atawv7bJg31mYSYiroWw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-26T163003Z_3_CBRE96O0U8600_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN-RELIGION-ANGLICANS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The new Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby leaves after his enthronement ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral, in Canterbury, southern England" align="left" title="The new Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby leaves after his enthronement ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral, in Canterbury, southern England" border="0" /></a>By Adam Jourdan LONDON (Reuters) - The head of the Church of England said on Friday he was embarrassed to find out that his organisation had invested indirectly in a short-term loan company which he had vowed only days earlier to drive out of business. The discovery of the relatively small investment was a major setback for Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, after he launched a scathing attack on &quot;payday&quot; lenders who charge high interest rates on short-term loans that are typically repaid when borrowers receive their wages. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/church-england-admits-investing-backer-payday-lender-054532623.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 12:30:03 -0400Reuterschurch-england-admits-investing-backer-payday-lender-054532623<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/church-england-admits-investing-backer-payday-lender-054532623.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/G_atawv7bJg31mYSYiroWw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-26T163003Z_3_CBRE96O0U8600_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN-RELIGION-ANGLICANS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The new Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby leaves after his enthronement ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral, in Canterbury, southern England" align="left" title="The new Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby leaves after his enthronement ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral, in Canterbury, southern England" border="0" /></a>By Adam Jourdan LONDON (Reuters) - The head of the Church of England said on Friday he was embarrassed to find out that his organisation had invested indirectly in a short-term loan company which he had vowed only days earlier to drive out of business. The discovery of the relatively small investment was a major setback for Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, after he launched a scathing attack on &quot;payday&quot; lenders who charge high interest rates on short-term loans that are typically repaid when borrowers receive their wages. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Ultra-low yields suggest London property crash around the corner<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ultra-low-yields-suggest-london-property-crash-around-155354589.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QqAmL2PI5RB1ccttcrdRMw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-26T155614Z_1_CBRE96P189S00_RTROPTP_2_PROPERTY-RETAIL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Border between Old Bond Street and New Bond Street is seen in London" align="left" title="Border between Old Bond Street and New Bond Street is seen in London" border="0" /></a>By Tom Bill LONDON (Reuters) - Voracious investor demand for the best London real estate is approaching record levels that could trigger a price crash in popular areas such as upmarket Bond Street, property experts said this week. The luxury shopping strip that is home to Prada, Louis Vuitton and Cartier has ultra-low yields that mark it out as the most in-demand stretch of real estate in Europe. The price of commercial property is dictated by the yield, which is the annual rent expressed as a percentage of a property&#039;s value. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/ultra-low-yields-suggest-london-property-crash-around-155354589.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 11:56:14 -0400Reutersultra-low-yields-suggest-london-property-crash-around-155354589<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ultra-low-yields-suggest-london-property-crash-around-155354589.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QqAmL2PI5RB1ccttcrdRMw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-26T155614Z_1_CBRE96P189S00_RTROPTP_2_PROPERTY-RETAIL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Border between Old Bond Street and New Bond Street is seen in London" align="left" title="Border between Old Bond Street and New Bond Street is seen in London" border="0" /></a>By Tom Bill LONDON (Reuters) - Voracious investor demand for the best London real estate is approaching record levels that could trigger a price crash in popular areas such as upmarket Bond Street, property experts said this week. The luxury shopping strip that is home to Prada, Louis Vuitton and Cartier has ultra-low yields that mark it out as the most in-demand stretch of real estate in Europe. The price of commercial property is dictated by the yield, which is the annual rent expressed as a percentage of a property&#039;s value. ...</p><br clear="all"/>John Lewis Partnership names Waitrose's Price as deputy chairLONDON (Reuters) - John Lewis Partnership Britain's biggest department store group, on Friday appointed Waitrose managing director Mark Price as its new deputy chairman. Price will continue as managing director of the upmarket grocer, which is part of the employee-owned John Lewis Partnership, and one of Britain's fastest growing grocers, the company said. John Lewis has traditionally been seen as a bellwether retailer and has outperformed the wider market for about three years. ...http://news.yahoo.com/john-lewis-partnership-names-waitroses-price-deputy-chair-111435061.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 07:14:35 -0400Reutersjohn-lewis-partnership-names-waitroses-price-deputy-chair-111435061UK statistics office corrects first-quarter business investment dataLONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Office for National Statistics said on Friday that it had miscalculated changes in business investment in the first three months of this year, leading to the annual decline being overstated by a factor of three. Business investment in the first three months of 2013 was 5.5 percent lower than a year earlier, not 16.5 percent lower as reported on June 27, making the fall the sharpest since Q1 2011 rather than since Q3 2009. The ONS also corrected the fall on the quarter to 1.2 percent, again lower than the 1.9 percent as earlier reported. ...http://news.yahoo.com/uk-statistics-office-corrects-first-quarter-business-investment-105915827.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 06:59:15 -0400Reutersuk-statistics-office-corrects-first-quarter-business-investment-105915827BSkyB to upgrade set-top boxes and content to fend off BT<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bskyb-upgrade-set-top-boxes-content-fend-off-105358636.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/aFErDuB_mI7GNOxYx3QujQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-26T121610Z_1_CBRE96P0Y2Z00_RTROPTP_2_BREAKINGVIEWS-BSKYB.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Satellite dishes are seen on the side of a block of flats in south London" align="left" title="Satellite dishes are seen on the side of a block of flats in south London" border="0" /></a>By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - BSkyB plans to provide more and cheaper ways to access its premium content and Internet services to counter cash-rich rival BT&#039;s offer of free Premier League football to broadband customers. The group, which has dominated pay-TV in Britain since Rupert Murdoch launched it in 1989 and reaches 10 million homes, said it would invest about 70 million pounds in the next financial year to improve on-demand programming and connectivity. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/bskyb-upgrade-set-top-boxes-content-fend-off-105358636.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 06:53:58 -0400Reutersbskyb-upgrade-set-top-boxes-content-fend-off-105358636<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bskyb-upgrade-set-top-boxes-content-fend-off-105358636.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/aFErDuB_mI7GNOxYx3QujQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-26T121610Z_1_CBRE96P0Y2Z00_RTROPTP_2_BREAKINGVIEWS-BSKYB.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Satellite dishes are seen on the side of a block of flats in south London" align="left" title="Satellite dishes are seen on the side of a block of flats in south London" border="0" /></a>By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - BSkyB plans to provide more and cheaper ways to access its premium content and Internet services to counter cash-rich rival BT&#039;s offer of free Premier League football to broadband customers. The group, which has dominated pay-TV in Britain since Rupert Murdoch launched it in 1989 and reaches 10 million homes, said it would invest about 70 million pounds in the next financial year to improve on-demand programming and connectivity. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Church of England admits investing in backer of payday lender<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/church-england-seeks-put-end-payday-lenders-105250197.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2HgUJWZd_kR1xvL4bK6arg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T223353Z_1_CBRE96O0U8600_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN-RELIGION-ANGLICANS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The new Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby leaves after his enthronement ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral, in Canterbury, southern England" align="left" title="The new Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby leaves after his enthronement ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral, in Canterbury, southern England" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - The Church of England confirmed on Thursday that its pension fund invests in Accel Partners, the U.S.-based venture capital firm that led fundraising in 2009 for Wonga, a payday lender. The Financial Times newspaper reported the investment a day after Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said that the church would seek to drive payday lenders, such as Wonga, out of business by launching its own credit unions. Payday lenders have been criticized for trapping borrowers in a cycle of debt. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/church-england-seeks-put-end-payday-lenders-105250197.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 18:33:53 -0400Reuterschurch-england-seeks-put-end-payday-lenders-105250197<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/church-england-seeks-put-end-payday-lenders-105250197.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2HgUJWZd_kR1xvL4bK6arg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T223353Z_1_CBRE96O0U8600_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN-RELIGION-ANGLICANS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The new Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby leaves after his enthronement ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral, in Canterbury, southern England" align="left" title="The new Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby leaves after his enthronement ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral, in Canterbury, southern England" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - The Church of England confirmed on Thursday that its pension fund invests in Accel Partners, the U.S.-based venture capital firm that led fundraising in 2009 for Wonga, a payday lender. The Financial Times newspaper reported the investment a day after Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said that the church would seek to drive payday lenders, such as Wonga, out of business by launching its own credit unions. Payday lenders have been criticized for trapping borrowers in a cycle of debt. ...</p><br clear="all"/>UK's Stanlow refinery to do major turnaround from mid-SeptemberLONDON (Reuters) - Essar plans to do its major turnaround and partial refurbishment at the 296,000 barrel per day Stanlow refinery in BrirIN from around mid-September to mid-October, traders said. Essar announced the plan earlier this year but had not specified the timing. A catalytic cracker will be refurbished during this period at a cost of around $35 million. A spokesman for the company declined to comment on the timing of the turnaround. (Reporting by Julia Payne; editing by Jane Baird)http://news.yahoo.com/uks-stanlow-refinery-major-turnaround-mid-september-172757805.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 13:27:57 -0400Reutersuks-stanlow-refinery-major-turnaround-mid-september-172757805Royal baby, sporting triumphs - even Britain's economy looking up<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/uk-economy-seen-doubling-pace-growth-second-quarter-012409635.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7sm6CybUBUswno45rN4AeA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T170638Z_3_CBRE96O03WH00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN-GDP.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Construction workers erect scaffolding in the financial district of the City of London" align="left" title="Construction workers erect scaffolding in the financial district of the City of London" border="0" /></a>By William Schomberg and James Davey LONDON (Reuters) - Britain&#039;s recovery from financial crisis sped up and spread through the economy in the second quarter, giving a boost to the government and to a swathe of companies which increased sales and profits. The pace of quarterly economic growth doubled to 0.6 percent between April and June, a contrast with worries just a few months ago about a return to recession. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/uk-economy-seen-doubling-pace-growth-second-quarter-012409635.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 13:06:38 -0400Reutersuk-economy-seen-doubling-pace-growth-second-quarter-012409635<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/uk-economy-seen-doubling-pace-growth-second-quarter-012409635.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7sm6CybUBUswno45rN4AeA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T170638Z_3_CBRE96O03WH00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN-GDP.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Construction workers erect scaffolding in the financial district of the City of London" align="left" title="Construction workers erect scaffolding in the financial district of the City of London" border="0" /></a>By William Schomberg and James Davey LONDON (Reuters) - Britain&#039;s recovery from financial crisis sped up and spread through the economy in the second quarter, giving a boost to the government and to a swathe of companies which increased sales and profits. The pace of quarterly economic growth doubled to 0.6 percent between April and June, a contrast with worries just a few months ago about a return to recession. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Crackdown on insurance fraud exposes 1 billion pounds of bogus claimsLONDON (Reuters) - Efforts by the insurance industry to crack down on fraud have pushed the level of fraudulent claims uncovered in Britain over 1 billion pounds per year for the first time, new figures show. According to industry body the Association of British Insurers (ABI), investigators exposed more than 124,000 bogus or exaggerated claims in 2012, worth 1.1 billion pounds, or 21 million pounds every week. Home insurance frauds were the most common scam, with 51,000 cases uncovered, while motor insurance was the most costly, amounting to 614 million pounds of fraudulent claims uncovered. ...http://news.yahoo.com/crackdown-insurance-fraud-exposes-1-billion-pounds-bogus-151511215.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 11:15:11 -0400Reuterscrackdown-insurance-fraud-exposes-1-billion-pounds-bogus-151511215William and Kate name new royal heir George<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/william-kate-name-royal-heir-george-150216977.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qtAPXDbZknscDN7NXW1Pog--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T150216Z_4_CBRE96N0ISM00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN-ROYAL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge holds her baby son while appearing with her husband, Britain&#039;s Prince William, outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary&#039;s Hospital in central London" align="left" title="Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge holds her baby son while appearing with her husband, Britain&#039;s Prince William, outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary&#039;s Hospital in central London" border="0" /></a>By Costas Pitas LONDON (Reuters) - Prince William and his wife Kate have chosen three traditional royal names by calling their new-born baby boy George Alexander Louis, William&#039;s office said on Wednesday. The baby, born on Monday to global media frenzy and third in line to the British throne, will be known as His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, Kensington Palace said in a statement. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/william-kate-name-royal-heir-george-150216977.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 11:02:16 -0400Reuterswilliam-kate-name-royal-heir-george-150216977<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/william-kate-name-royal-heir-george-150216977.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qtAPXDbZknscDN7NXW1Pog--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T150216Z_4_CBRE96N0ISM00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN-ROYAL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge holds her baby son while appearing with her husband, Britain&#039;s Prince William, outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary&#039;s Hospital in central London" align="left" title="Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge holds her baby son while appearing with her husband, Britain&#039;s Prince William, outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary&#039;s Hospital in central London" border="0" /></a>By Costas Pitas LONDON (Reuters) - Prince William and his wife Kate have chosen three traditional royal names by calling their new-born baby boy George Alexander Louis, William&#039;s office said on Wednesday. The baby, born on Monday to global media frenzy and third in line to the British throne, will be known as His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, Kensington Palace said in a statement. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Tourist visa hurdles cost UK millions - reportBy Mark Anderson LONDON (Reuters) - London's West End lost nearly 200 million euros (172.50 million pounds) in retail revenue last year due to tough visa requirements keeping Chinese tourists away, a report by tax-free shopping facilitator Global Blue said on Wednesday. Harrods' managing director Michael Ward said in the report that Chinese tourists were the luxury department store's most important customers, and that Britain's current visa arrangement was "narrow-minded". ...http://news.yahoo.com/tourist-visa-hurdles-cost-uk-millions-report-132704358.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 09:27:04 -0400Reuterstourist-visa-hurdles-cost-uk-millions-report-132704358Economic recovery slow to take root for some in UK<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/economic-recovery-slow-root-uk-112118130.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/phuHRtT6bBV3UdPdIYvupA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T112417Z_1_CBRE96O0VOK00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN-ECONOMY-RECOVERY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A woman has a manicure at Total Look on the High Street in Hucknall" align="left" title="A woman has a manicure at Total Look on the High Street in Hucknall" border="0" /></a>By William Schomberg and Max De Haldevang HUCKNALL, England (Reuters) - Britain&#039;s fledgling economic recovery is reaching at least some people in this former mining town in the country&#039;s Midlands. Three builders, enjoying a lunchtime round of beers, said they have a hefty backlog for the first time since the financial crisis plunged Britain into a deep recession five years ago. They are not alone. The builders offered some work to a long-unemployed joiner but, to their surprise, he was booked for the next three weeks. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/economic-recovery-slow-root-uk-112118130.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 07:21:18 -0400Reuterseconomic-recovery-slow-root-uk-112118130<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/economic-recovery-slow-root-uk-112118130.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/phuHRtT6bBV3UdPdIYvupA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T112417Z_1_CBRE96O0VOK00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN-ECONOMY-RECOVERY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A woman has a manicure at Total Look on the High Street in Hucknall" align="left" title="A woman has a manicure at Total Look on the High Street in Hucknall" border="0" /></a>By William Schomberg and Max De Haldevang HUCKNALL, England (Reuters) - Britain&#039;s fledgling economic recovery is reaching at least some people in this former mining town in the country&#039;s Midlands. Three builders, enjoying a lunchtime round of beers, said they have a hefty backlog for the first time since the financial crisis plunged Britain into a deep recession five years ago. They are not alone. The builders offered some work to a long-unemployed joiner but, to their surprise, he was booked for the next three weeks. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Church of England seeks to put an end to payday lenders<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/church-england-seeks-put-end-payday-lenders-105154688.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/b3ECIWvoOgt6NkYIXfeJdQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T105154Z_1_CBRE96O0U6O00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN-RELIGION-ANGLICANS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The new Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby leaves after his enthronement ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral, in Canterbury, southern England" align="left" title="The new Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby leaves after his enthronement ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral, in Canterbury, southern England" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - The Church of England will seek to drive Britain&#039;s controversial payday lenders out of business by launching its own credit unions, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said in an interview published late on Wednesday. Welby, who has led the church since March, is among leading critics of firms like short-term lender Wonga and Provident Financial, which typically provide hard-up families with loans of up to 1000 pounds to be repaid when they receive weekly or monthly wages. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/church-england-seeks-put-end-payday-lenders-105154688.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 06:51:54 -0400Reuterschurch-england-seeks-put-end-payday-lenders-105154688<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/church-england-seeks-put-end-payday-lenders-105154688.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/b3ECIWvoOgt6NkYIXfeJdQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T105154Z_1_CBRE96O0U6O00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN-RELIGION-ANGLICANS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The new Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby leaves after his enthronement ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral, in Canterbury, southern England" align="left" title="The new Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby leaves after his enthronement ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral, in Canterbury, southern England" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - The Church of England will seek to drive Britain&#039;s controversial payday lenders out of business by launching its own credit unions, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said in an interview published late on Wednesday. Welby, who has led the church since March, is among leading critics of firms like short-term lender Wonga and Provident Financial, which typically provide hard-up families with loans of up to 1000 pounds to be repaid when they receive weekly or monthly wages. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Pension funds cannot jump creditor queue in bankruptcy - courtBy Sarah Mortimer LONDON (Reuters) - Pension scheme members cannot jump ahead of other creditors when a company or bank goes bust, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday in a landmark ruling that clarifies the ranking of creditors in an insolvency. The ruling was the result of a case brought by the administrators of the UK divisions of investment bank Lehman Brothers and Canadian telecoms company Nortel, which filed for bankruptcy protection in 2008 and 2009 respectively. ...http://news.yahoo.com/pension-funds-cannot-jump-creditor-queue-bankruptcy-court-011520289.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 21:16:25 -0400Reuterspension-funds-cannot-jump-creditor-queue-bankruptcy-court-011520289UK committee, investor body pushes City reform agendaBy Chris Vellacott LONDON (Reuters) - Separate groups of MPs and investors have set out ideas for a revamp of corporate governance standards in Britain, a year after a government-backed review criticised the short-termist culture of the City of London. A report by parliament's Business, Innovation and Skills Committee (BISC) published on Thursday called on the government to push the financial industry harder to adopt a set of recommendations mooted by economist John Kay last July. ...http://news.yahoo.com/uk-committee-investor-body-pushes-city-reform-agenda-010636429.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 21:06:36 -0400Reutersuk-committee-investor-body-pushes-city-reform-agenda-010636429

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NASA's Chandra sees eclipsing planet in X-rays for first time

[unable to retrieve full-text content]For the first time since exoplanets, or planets around stars other than the sun, were discovered almost 20 years ago, X-ray observations have detected an exoplanet passing in front of its parent star. An advantageous alignment of a planet and its parent star in the system HD 189733, which is 63 light-years from Earth, enabled NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the European Space Agency's XMM Newton Observatory to observe a dip in X-ray intensity as the planet transited the star.

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Saturday, July 27, 2013

Police to question driver after Spanish train crash kills 80

By Tracy Rucinski

SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain (Reuters) - The driver of a Spanish train that derailed, killing at least 80 people, was under police guard in hospital on Friday after the accident, which an official source said was caused by excessive speed.

The eight-carriage train came off the tracks, hit a wall and caught fire just outside the pilgrimage destination Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain on Wednesday night. It was one of Europe's worst rail disasters.

The source had knowledge of the official investigation into a crash which brought misery to Santiago on Thursday, the day when it should have celebrated one of Europe's biggest Christian festivals.

A judge in Santiago de Compostela, capital of the northern Spanish region of Galicia, was assigned to investigate the accident. The judge ordered police to question the train's driver, named as 52-year-old Francisco Jose Garzon.

It was not clear what kind of injuries the driver had suffered. He was not arrested, but he was under a police guard at the hospital and was expected to be questioned on Friday.

State train company Renfe said the driver was a 30-year veteran of the firm with more than a decade of train driving experience. He had been driving trains on this line for about a year, the firm said.

The regional government said 95 people were still in hospital, 32 of them, including four children, in a serious condition. Medical experts were still trying to identify 13 of the bodies early on Friday, leaving distraught families to wait for definitive news.

With the festivities in Santiago cancelled on Thursday, hundreds of people went to the site of the wreck instead, where they watched cranes picking the mangled train carriages off the tracks.

"My brother-in-law lives close by and was helping pull out people, dead and alive, all night. He's very shaken. I've come now with some friends just to see how it all ends," said Manuel Garcia, one of the onlookers.

Video footage from a security camera showed the train, with 247 people on board, hurtling into a concrete wall at the side of the track as carriages jack-knifed and the engine overturned.

The train entered the bend at 190 km per hour (120 mph), according to local media reports. The speed limit on the curve was 80 km per hour (50 mph).

Investigators were trying to find out why the train was going so fast and why security devices to keep speed within permitted limits had not slowed it down.

The impact was so huge one carriage flew several metres into the air and landed on the other side of a concrete barrier. Bodies were strewn next to the tracks in the aftermath.

The dead included a U.S. citizen and a Mexican, and at least one British citizen was injured.

NATIONAL MOURNING

Train traffic resumed on Friday morning on the tracks parallel to the where the accident took place.

Spain's rail safety record is better than the European average, ranking 18th out of 27 countries in terms of railway deaths per kilometre travelled, the European Railway Agency said. There were 218 train accidents in Spain between 2008 and 2011, well below the EU average of 426 for the same period.

The disaster happened at 8:41 p.m. (1841 GMT) on the eve of a festival dedicated to St. James, one of Jesus's 12 disciples, whose remains are said to rest in Santiago's centuries-old cathedral.

The apostle's shrine is the destination of the famous El Camino de Santiago pilgrimage across the Pyrenees, which has been followed by Christians since the Middle Ages and has had a resurgence in popularity in recent decades.

Even though the festival was cancelled, pilgrims and tourists formed long lines to see the cathedral on Thursday.

"It's hard to make sense of a tragedy like this, especially on an occasion that is supposed to be joyous," said Jan Roser, a Catholic priest from Germany who had made the pilgrimage and was in Santiago for the festival.

Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, a native of Galicia, visited the accident site and the main hospital on Thursday. He declared three days of official national mourning.

King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia also visited the injured in hospital.

"All of Spain is united in grief with the bereaved families," the king said.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/police-driver-spanish-train-crash-kills-80-112235913.html

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Socceroo McKay released by Chinese club

Matt McKay has been released by his Chinese club Changchun Yatai and says he will consider a move back to the A-League to get regular game time ahead of the Socceroos' World Cup campaign.

The 30-year-old has joined skipper Lucas Neill as one of the Socceroos' players left clubless just a year out from Brazil.

Free agent McKay, who captained Brisbane to their first A-League championship in 2010-11, has been heavily linked to a return to the Roar after mutually agreeing with the club to terminate his contract just six months in.

"In think this is the best move for me personally and the club going forward," he said.

"I'm delighted to leave. I've been struggling to live there it's been a difficult league.

"But I've been playing and I've been doing well and the club were happy to keep me but I just felt it wasn't helping my game and I'm free now and I can do what I want."

McKay, who has been a regular starter in coach Holger Osieck's sides and playing in all four World Cup qualifiers in June, says ensuring his Socceroos spot is his top priority.

"The national team is obviously my first priority and I will find a club that will help me develop as a player," he said.

"Club-wise I'm a free agent now so anywhere's possible. I'll work and find the best option for me.

"I was playing regularly and wherever I go that's a priority."

McKay, who had a stint with Scottish club Rangers and in Korea since leaving the Roar in 2011, played week-in, week-out out as a midfielder at Changchun but says the Chinese Super League didn't afford him the exposure the A-League did.

"The A-League is such a good competition. I know, I've been there, I've played my six seasons," he said.

"It's a competition where everyone sees you. You're under pressure.

"In Asia, I've been in China and Korea, no one watches those games. I'm playing every week but no one knows how I'm going, what positions I'm playing or how I'm doing.

"There's a lot of pressure in the A-League, it's a great competition, and I've always had a lot of time for the A-League.

"I'm open to seeing what's best now, be that overseas or in Australia. I'll wait and see."

Source: http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8696317

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Friday, July 26, 2013

Death toll rises to 78 in Spanish train crash

SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain (AP) ? A Spanish train that hurtled off the rails and smashed into a security wall as it rounded a bend was going so fast that carriages tumbled off the tracks like dominos, according to eyewitness accounts and video footage obtained Thursday.

The official death toll from Wednesday night's crash near this Christian festival city in northwest Spain rose to 78 in Spain's deadliest wreck in four decades.

Hospital officials said 141 people were injured, and 36 remained in critical condition Thursday, among them four children.

Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, who was born in Santiago de Compostela, toured the crash scene alongside rescue workers and went to a nearby hospital to visit some of the wounded and their families.

"For a native of Santiago, like me, this is the saddest day," Rajoy said. He said judicial authorities and the Public Works Ministry had launched parallel investigations into what caused the crash.

Eyewitness accounts backed by security-camera footage of the moment of disaster suggested that the eight-carriage train carrying 218 passengers was going too fast as it tried to turn left underneath a road bridge. The speed limit on that section of track is 80 kilometers (50 miles) per hour, Spanish officials said.

The footage, which the Spanish railway authority Adif said probably came from one of its cameras, shows the train carriages start to buckle soon into the turn, with the first and second passenger carriages leaving the tracks first. The engine itself quickly follows, violently tipping on to its right side as it crashes into a concrete security wall and bulldozes its way along the ground.

In the background, all the rear carriages can be seen starting to decouple and come off the tracks. The picture goes blank as the engine appears to crash directly into the camera.

"I saw the train coming out of the bend at great speed and then there was a big noise," one eyewitness, Consuelo Domingues, told The Associated Press. "... Then everybody tried to get out of the train."

Santiago officials, who had been preparing for the city's annual Catholic festival Thursday, canceled it and took control of the main sports stadium to use as a makeshift morgue. There, relatives of many of the dead could be seen sobbing and embracing each other.

Maria Pardo Rios, spokeswoman for the Galicia region's main court, said 73 people died at the scene, four others after they were taken to hospitals. The Interior Ministry later confirmed a 78th death.

A regional Galicia health official, Rocio Mosquera, told reporters Thursday afternoon that 95 people remained hospitalized, among them 36 in critical condition, including four children.

The Interior Ministry, responsible for law and order, ruled out terrorism as a cause.

It was Spain's deadliest train accident since 1972, when a train collided with a bus in southwest Spain, killing 86 people and injuring 112.

"July 24 will no longer be the eve of a day of celebration but rather one commemorating one of the saddest days in the history of Galicia," said Alberto Nunez Feijoo, regional president of Galicia. Santiago de Compostela is its capital.

The accident created a scene that was "Dante-esque," Feijoo said. He declared seven days of mourning for the victims.

Rescue workers spent the night searching through smashed carriages alongside the tracks.

As dawn broke, cranes brought to the scene were used to lift the carriages off the tracks. Rescue workers collected passengers' scattered luggage and loaded it into a truck next to the tracks.

Rescuers described a scene of horror immediately after the crash. Smoke billowed from at least one carriage that had caught fire, while another had been torn into two parts.

Residents of the residential neighborhood closest to the rail line struggled to help victims out of the toppled cars. Some passengers were pulled out of broken windows. Television images showed one man atop a carriage lying on its side, using a pickaxe to try to smash through a window. Other rescuers used rocks to try to free survivors from the fiery wreckage.

Nearby, rescue workers lined up bodies covered in blankets alongside the tracks.

State-owned train operator Renfe said it couldn't confirm how many staff were on board the train. It said the crash happened at 8.41 p.m. (1841 GMT) about 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) south of Santiago de Compostela.

Spanish media said the train had two drivers aboard and both survived.

Renfe said it and Adif, another state-owned company that manages tracks, signals and other railway infrastructure, were cooperating with a judge appointed to investigate the accident.

It was the world's third major rail accident this month.

On July 12, six people were killed and nearly 200 were injured when four cars of a passenger train derailed south of Paris.

On July 6, 72 cars carrying crude oil derailed in Lac-Megantic, Ontario, setting off explosions and fires that killed 47 people.

Catholic pilgrims converge on Santiago de Compostela annually to celebrate a festival honoring St. James, a disciple of Jesus whose remains are said to rest in a shrine. The city is the main gathering point for those who reach the end of the El Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route that has drawn Christians since the Middle Ages.

Several injured passengers said they felt a strong vibration just before the cars jumped the tracks, according to Xabier Martinez, a photographer who talked with them after arriving at the scene as rescue workers were still removing bodies.

One passenger, Ricardo Montero, told the Cadena Ser radio station that "when the train reached that bend it began to flip over, many times, with some carriages ending up on top of others, leaving many people trapped below. We had to get under the carriages to get out."

Another passenger, Sergio Prego, told Cadena Ser the train "traveled very fast" just before it derailed and the cars flipped upside down, on their sides and into the air.

"I've been very lucky because I'm one of the few able to walk out," Prego said.

The Alvia 730 series train started from Madrid and was scheduled to end its journey at El Ferrol, about 95 kilometers (60 miles) north of Santiago de Compostela. Alvias operate high-speed services but do not go as fast as Spain's fastest bullet trains, called AVEs.

The maximum Alvia speed is 250 kph (155 mph) on tracks made especially for the AVEs, and they travel at a maximum speed of 220 kph (137 mph) on normal gauge rails.

Other major train crashes in Spain include a 1944 accident involving three trains that crashed in a tunnel. That disaster produced wildly disputed death tolls ranging from the government's official count of 78 to more than 500, according to later research.

In 2006, 43 people died when a subway train crashed because of excessive speed in the southern city of Valencia. In 2004, 191 died when al-Qaida-inspired terrorists detonated 10 bombs on four Madrid commuter trains.

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Clendenning reported from Madrid. Associated Press writers Ciaran Giles in Madrid and Shawn Pogatchnik in Dublin contributed to this report.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/death-toll-rises-78-spanish-train-crash-130708345.html

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The Upside of Long Distance Relationships | Care2 Healthy Living

It?s hard to imagine there are many perks to being in a long distance relationship if you?re not in one?going months without seeing each other, being absent for your partner?s special events and day-to-day life, the high costs of traveling to see each other, and possible jealousy issues don?t exactly make a great case for it. But one study recently found that long distance relationships may actually be better than a traditional one in a major way?and no, it?s not that there?s no one around who?ll hog the covers at night.

Published in the Journal of Communication, the study asked dating couples in geographically close or long distance relationships to keep a log of their daily interactions for a week?face-to-face, phone calls, texts, video chat, instant message, and email. They also reported how much they shared about themselves during those interactions, and how much intimacy they experienced.

The researchers found out great news for the three million Americans who live far apart from their spouses?the long distance couples shared more personal thoughts and feelings than the geographically close couples, helping them feel more intimacy.

But I wonder if the findings would be different if the study looked at the relationship interactions for longer than a week?after all, many long distance couples often have more of a communication schedule in place than the average couple that lives close to or with each other?phone calls every night before bed, a video chat every Sunday, and so on. Whereas the average no-distance couple (my own live-in relationship included) may rely on short catchups throughout the week and weekends spent connecting in a bigger way?lazy mornings curled up in bed together, running errands, date nights, short road trips.

Long-distance couples also tended to idealize their partners when they were apart?they perceived them to be more likely to share personal thoughts and feelings than the average no-distance couple, and more responsive to their own thoughts. ?They adapt their messages, for example, by focusing on relationally intense topics, such as love, caring and intimacy,? explained Dr. Jiang, one of the study?s researchers. This was great when they were apart, enhancing their warm and fuzzy feelings about the relationship (and likely helping to make the distance more bearable)?but it caused more problems once they reunited face-to-face. As Jiang put it, ?the positive illusion goes away when they spend more time together.? No kidding, says anyone and everyone currently living with their significant other.

That said, there are some lessons geographically close couples can take away from what long distance couples are getting right, like expressing affection to your partner in the midst of the mundane day-to-day stuff, and taking some time for longer, more meaningful interactions, like a phone call at the end of the day instead of a quick text.

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