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Grants top $10m as SE invests to promote job growth in Scotland

Some 1,100 jobs are expected to be created or safeguarded in the wake of more than £10 million of grant funding, it emerged yesterday.Scottish Enterprise said regional selective assistance (RSA) grants...

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Commission backs Tobin tax plan for Europe

THE European Commission has thrown its weight behind plans from ten countries to launch a financial transactions tax to help tackle the sovereign debt crisis.The nations, which include France, Germany,...

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Investors demand heads after failed BAE merger

Defence giant BAE Systems faces a war on two fronts as shareholders large and small demand that heads roll following its failed attempt to merge with European peer EADS.A group of investors, including...

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Comment: Hester will have to fight to hold on to Citizens

STEPHEN Hester has continually stated he doesn’t want to sell US business Citizens Financial Group, but the Royal Bank of Scotland boss must wonder if anyone is listening or whether he will have the...

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Hacking claims rock Trinity

SHARES in newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror dropped 10 per cent yesterday after four celebrities filed legal claims accusing the group’s tabloid titles of phone hacking.The Daily Mirror owner fell...

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King admits quantitative easing is needed but is hurting savers

BANK of England governor Sir Mervyn King last night raised the prospect of more money being pumped into the struggling British economy next month.However, King admitted that, while the £375 billion...

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UKFI adds to pressure on Royal Bank to sell US operation Citizens

ROYAL Bank of Scotland has come under further pressure to sell its 
Citizens division in the US and make more cuts to its investment banking business.The future of Citizens was re-ignited yesterday...

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Aileen Campbell: Young people leaving care need every support

TODAY marks the start of National Care Leavers Week, the annual event raising awareness about the needs of youngsters preparing to leave the care system and live independently.As Scotland’s minister...

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Obituary: Flt Lt William Walker; last surviving Spitfire pilot from the...

Born: 23 August, 1913, in London. Died: 21 October, 2010 in Staffordshire, aged 99.In August 1940 at the height of the Battle of Britain, Flight Lieutenant William Walker and his colleagues from No 616...

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Night vision: Scotland Tonight celebrates a year on air

SCOTLAND Tonight, STV’s nightly current affairs show, is one year old today. Alice Wyllie meets its two presenters and finds they have plenty to celebrate after being lauded by viewers and critics from...

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Peel Hotels hits ‘bottom of the cycle’

Peel Hotels, the Aim-quoted firm that owns properties including the King Malcolm Hotel in Dunfermline, believes it has hit the “bottom of the economic cycle” after profits rose by 10 per cent in the...

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Iain Gray: Scotland’s best economic asset is under threat

BREAKING away from the UK would see us lose funding for sciences such as physics. Can the SNP bridge the gap?, asks Iain Gray.Drawing a contrast between myself and Alex Salmond, I once pointed out that...

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The Scotsman cartoon 24/10/2012

A BAD day for Alex Salmond and the SNP is reflected in today’s cartoonIllustration by Iain Green

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Markets: Footsie suffers on feelings of gloom

A BOUT of selling sparked by weak corporate updates and a downgrade to Spanish regional debt saw the Footsie give up its recent gains yesterday.The biggest fall in almost a month wiped 85 points off...

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Gig review: Don McLean, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Don McLean’s shows last year were undermined by a saccharine duet with his daughter, windy exposition of the stories behind the songs and a perfunctory rendition of American Pie. Fortunately, there...

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Raid on illegal eggs stash led officers to accused Scot’s home

A RAID on a house in England which contained thousands of bird eggs led police to a box bearing the name and address of an Inverness man accused of illegally trading eggs, a court has heard.Wildlife...

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Illegal immigrant wins court backing

Home Secretary Theresa May has lost the latest round of a fight to deport an illegal immigrant, who was given permission to visit the UK for a month when he arrived more than 12 years ago.The Court of...

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High badger numbers force cull U-turn

THE UK government has been forced into a fresh U-turn after it had to abandon attempts to have a badger cull in England.Environment Secretary Owen Paterson had announced a badger cull earlier this...

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Justice at risk say rights group

HUMAN rights group Justice Scotland is the latest voice to speak out against the abolition of corroboration.It joined judges, lawyers and police in urging the Scottish Government to dismiss Lord...

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Labour attacks failure to meet emissions targets

Scotland has failed to meet its first legally binding climate change target.The first Scottish Greenhouse Gas Emissions Annual Target 
Report states that Scotland emitted 54.7 megatons of carbon...

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