2014年11月26日 星期三

2014-11-27 U.K. Spotlight


Telegraph.co.uk
   
Where to find the best Black Friday deals   
Telegraph.co.uk
Black Friday, November 28, is just days away and retailers are gearing up for the biggest shopping weekend of the year. Visa Europe expects the number of online transactions to increase by more than a fifth compared to last year's Black Friday, with British ...


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BBC Sport
   
Arsenal v Man Utd: When Arsenal hated Ruud van Nistelrooy   
BBC Sport
The stark words hang in the air as Patrick Vieira reflects on one of the most tense moments of his Arsenal playing career, when he was sent off - deeply unjustly, he felt - following a skirmish with Ruud van Nistelrooy. "At that moment, I hated him," confesses ...


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Radical cures for unusual economic ills   
Financial Times
The principal high-income economies – the US, the eurozone, Japan and the UK – have been suffering from “chronic demand deficiency syndrome”. More precisely, their private sectors have failed to spend enough to bring output close to its potential without ...


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The Guardian
   
The X Factor 2014: week seven live blog as it happened   
The Guardian
It was Elton John vs Whitney Houston week, and two acts went home. Stuart Heritage liveblogged it just for you. Stuart Heritage. Sunday 23 November 2014 15.58 EST. Stevi … can he survive again? Photograph: Tom Dymond/Syco/Thames/Corbis.

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BBC News
   
Monty Python tune tops funeral songs   
BBC News
Monty Python's Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life has become the most popular tune to play at a UK funeral. A study by a chain of funeral directors found the 1979 Life of Brian song had overtaken Frank Sinatra's My Way as the preferred choice of music.

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the nation state strikes back   
Financial Times
Is the state making a comeback? It can certainly look like it. Old-fashioned interstate conflicts are roiling the China Sea and Russia's western borders. Inter-governmental meetings such as the last Apec conference and the Group of 20 leading economies in ...


   


Telegraph.co.uk
   
Sun sets on Opec dominance in new era of lower oil prices   
Telegraph.co.uk
It wouldn't be the first time that a meeting of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) has taken place in an atmosphere of deep division, bordering on outright hatred. In 1976, Saudi Arabia's former oil minister Ahmed Zaki Yamani stormed out ...


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BBC News
   
NornIronGirl1981: Teenage diary shows life during NI Troubles   
BBC News
Teenage life can be a turbulent time no matter where you grow up, but one Northern Ireland woman's diary from 1981 provides a glimpse of the highs and lows of life during the Troubles. Bronagh McAtasney created her NornIronGirl1981 Twitter account ...


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Smart politicians use cheap crude to oil the wheels of reform   
Financial Times
For two months, as plummeting oil prices have roiled global economics and politics, policy makers have watched, rapt. But this should not just be a spectator sport: it creates opportunities that national leaders ought to exploit. The key lies in recognising that ...


   


Telegraph.co.uk (blog)
   
What does it mean to be conservative?   
Telegraph.co.uk (blog)
Some years ago, while canvassing for his wife in a local election in Wiltshire, Roger Scruton was asked on the doorstep, “What is conservatism, anyway?” The voter had unwittingly put the question to the man who, more than any other, has defined what ...


   

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