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Bob Geldof: Why was our regional TV bid not given a hearing?
Does this sound like a stitch-up to you? Yesterday the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee of MPs met in Westminster to discuss the future of the news you watch on TV - who gets to make it and choose the stories, the journalists who edit it.
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Translink under pressure for a better and cheaper service
Last year, Translink cost the taxpayer over £109m. Northern Ireland Railways, Ulsterbus and Metro are the main providers of public transport services and, currently, face little competition (other than from private cars).
- From the rubble of recession we have to build new homes
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- Companies must look within for solutions to revenue losses
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- The Republic’s financial crisis comes north of the border
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Let’s not lose sight of the true cause of financial catastrophe
Private debt is the cause of the crisis, government borrowing is a symptom
- Low wage or not, there's no escape from tax burden
- Neelie calls the shots and she can’t be ignored
- We have to find a way to protect banks from themselves
- To fix current tax issues we must go back... to the future
- Taxes will rise and incomes fall: that is the grim reality
- The public sector is in trouble but what of our services?
- Crisis has been bad but road to recovery will be tough too
- NAMA or not, the issue is trust
- Will Ireland pay the price for a balanced economy?
E-book reader price slashed for launch
Amazon is cutting the price of its electronic book reader the Kindle as it prepares to launch the device in Britain, the company has announced.
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- During this recession, online hits don't have to hit your profits too
- More than a popularity contest
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- Tweeters, tweeters everywhere, but they lack direction
- Where you read it last
More than ever we should be helping vulnerable people
This last 18 months have been a difficult time for the Northern Ireland economy, with limited business credit, redundancies, closures and public sector cuts.
Car industry should speed up
It's a Friday night; you have endured a busy week in the office and are looking forward to the weekend, which enables you to do the things your work’s diary doesn’t permit Monday to Friday.
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