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...“There is a strong sense from the government that railways are too expensive to build from scratch and too expensive to subsidise,” said Tony Travers, professor at the London School of Economics....
...It is, in his telling, the union-breaking of Margaret Thatcher, the class-free politics of Tony Blair, and the dominance of “neoliberalism” that creates the world we live in....
...A long-term plan to lower energy costs for families, perhaps through investing in cleaner homegrown power, would provide a much-needed boost, in our view....
...The S&P 500 had its worst week since June last week, although it remains close to the all-time high reached earlier this month....
...Staffordshire, England Polymath 1,040: Patricia Blakemore, West Midlands, England Crossword 16,272: Martha F Browne, New York; Sean Putnam, Wellingborough, UK; Richard Cauman, Knoxville, US Polymath 1,039...
...Letter in response to this article: Automated cleaners and the politics of world trade / From Tony Golding, London W4, UK James Max is a property expert and radio presenter....
...Joest Bunse, credit analyst at S&P Global, the rating agency, said it believed “any new public-private partnerships model will closely mirror key features of the PFI framework”....
...Markets at 0800 BST Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +24.11 (+0.12%) at 20,407 Topix up +2.60 (+0.16%) at 1,651 Hang Seng up +130.79 (+0.49%) at 27,039 US markets DJIA up +38.97 (+0.22%) at 18,039 Nasdaq up...
...The rise of a lower middle-class and recent mass protests have increased Brazilians’ appetite for cleaner government and better social services, analysts say....
...From 2011 F1’s rules will change in a fundamental fashion. Teams will be restricted to a pre-set maximum of fuel or energy....
...Meanwhile, Kim Darroch, Number 10’s EU adviser, has eyes for the job in Brussels – which he has tried for before....
...At the close, the S&P 500 was 0.9 per cent lower at 1,249.13, while the Nasdaq Composite was down 2 per cent at 2,039.42. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.8 per cent to 10,928.10....
...The BSE Sensex gained 1.2 per cent to 12,039.55. Tokyo had a subdued session, with the Nikkei 225 Average falling 0.2 per cent....
...JS: Tony Blair had this as one of his legacy issues....
...However, he said it was more likely the statement would be broadly neutral to give Mr Bernanke a “cleaner slate to work with”....
...The focal point of the FT scene was, naturally, the crib although an M&S store took the place of the baby Jesus. Philip Green and Stuart Rose played Joseph and Mary....
...s a man who?s done it there. We?re hoping he can transform fortunes here,? says one Tory official....
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