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Debt crisis: as it happened - September 2, 2011 - Telegraph.co.uk
Reuters, citing an official close to the inspectors, said yesterday that the 2011 budget deficit will be at least 8.6pc of GDP compared to a target of 7.6pc. The Greek government has blame that on a deeper than expected recession. ...
Warren Buffett makes $280m profit on Bank of America stake in just 24 hours - Telegraph.co.uk
One analyst who asked not to be named called the deal an "expensive public relations disaster" for the bank, seeing that it proved it needed fresh capital but left questions over whether it was enough. Mr Moynihan said: "I remain confident we have the ...
Libya: Col Gaddafi could flee to Venezuela or Cuba - Telegraph.co.uk
A South African air force plane remains on standby in Tunisia and, the source said, the South Africans are ready to seek safe passage for Gaddafi with the help of neighbouring countries Tunisia or Algeria if he decided to leave. ...
Libya: Ministry of Defence officials 'surprised' at speed of Tripoli advance - Telegraph.co.uk
“It's fair to say it looks as if we are getting to that tipping point and that events have accelerated much quicker than we envisaged,” a source said. “We were thinking it would be a couple of weeks until we got to this point. ...
Half of children in Fukushima test positive for radiation - Telegraph.co.uk
"The government's official position is that none of the children showed radiation levels that would be problematic," said one official, speaking on condition of anonymity. None of the children tested suffered radiation contamination higher than 0.2 ...
Paramedics called to cat in cardiac arest - Telegraph.co.uk
One paramedic, who asked not to be named, has told how emergency crews were ''gobsmacked'' when they discovered the truth. He said: ''Quite a few were mobilised. Everyone was stood down once they realised. It was a completely surreal situation. ...
Father alleged to have stabbed his family to death had been discharged from ... - Telegraph.co.uk
The friend, who asked not to be named, said the couple's relationship had “broken down” last month, and Rzeszowski took a massive overdose of anti-depressants. “He was rushed to hospital but he was released the following day,” said the friend. ...
Dashwood: Coward comforted by Brazilian lawyer - Telegraph.co.uk
A source close to Coward said: "Elena has hired a private army" and "fighting these cases has become pretty much a full-time job for him". By Anna White That's the number of concurrently running legal cases taken out against Martin Coward, ...
Man killed in shooting incident involving police officer - Telegraph.co.uk
A female family friend, who refused to give her name, said: "His family are still in a complete state of denial, they don't want to believe that he's dead. "I don't know what he had got mixed up in but it has brought a great deal of pain to the family ...
Norway massacre: the real Anders Behring Breivik - Telegraph.co.uk
A schoolfriend at the time – who did not wish to be identified – says: “It's true he got into a lot of trouble, but what he doesn't admit is he informed on his friends to the police. When it comes to depicting himself, not all of that adds up – like ...
Norway massacre: British traders helped supply Breivik's arsenal of weapons - Telegraph.co.uk
The owner of Tool Timez, who declined to give his name, said: “It's very shocking. My heart is pumping. To think that my hands were on an item that was then parcelled up and sent to him — it's very disturbing.” Breivik also bought a 3M full-face ...
City job cuts to cost the Government £1.3bn in lost tax revenue - Telegraph.co.uk
A City analyst, who asked not to be named, said: "Bond trading since the beginning of the year has been tough but in the last two months volumes have collapsed. My guess is job cuts will begin in September." It is understood that at some bulge-bracket ...
Banks on the back foot during a week of key results - Telegraph.co.uk
... people don't like our business, but what they should realise is that it was the City's earnings and our taxes that helped pay for the welfare state everyone has come to expect," says one senior London-based banker, who asked to remain anonymous. ...
Norway attacks: Is the man who inspired Breivik a Briton? - Telegraph.co.uk
Meanwhile, another leading member of EDL, who spoke on condition of anonymity, took the blame game full circle by suggesting that Breivik would almost certainly have sought out Mr Lennon and Mr Carroll when he visited Britain last year. ...
Phone Hacking: 'Rebekah Brooks pressed for sacked Ian Edmondson to get paid' - Telegraph.co.uk
But the middle of last year The New York Times said News International's lawyers and some executives were urging the company to accept “some responsibility”. At least three company sources, who declined to be named, claimed Mrs Brooks “disagreed”.
Georgia says photographers confess to spying for Russia - Telegraph.co.uk
A senior Interior Ministry official, who declined to be named, said all three had now confessed. The Justice Ministry released a videotape of one of the accused, freelancer Giorgi Abdaladze, who sometimes worked as a contract photographer for the ...
Chelsea close to agreeing a permanent deal with West Ham United for old boy ... - Telegraph.co.uk
Spurs manager Harry Redknapp said on Thursday that he was not aware whether Modric had submitted a formal transfer request — the club are insistent one has not been received while sources close to the player claim he personally delivered it to Levy ...
News International legal manager leaves in hacking scandal - Telegraph.co.uk
Tom Crone has stepped down as legal manager of News International, which also publishes the Sun and the Times, after 26 years at the company, a source said. His main responsibility was to advise the News of World and the Sun on legal matters relating ...
Blackstone unit in talks to buy Miller Group stake - Telegraph.co.uk
GSO is in advanced negotiations to inject around £160m into Miller Group as part of a refinancing with lenders that is due complete in 2012, according to people familiar with the matter. If the deal completes, GSO is planning to work with Keith Miller, ...
Blackstone in talks to buy Miller Group stake - Telegraph.co.uk
Blackstone is in advanced negotiations to inject around £160m into Miller Group as part of a refinancing with lenders that is due complete in 2012, according to people familiar with the matter. If the deal with Blackstone completes, the US group is ...
Arnold Schwarzenegger 'to star in Western' - Telegraph.co.uk
But an industry source who asked to remain anonymous confirmed to Reuters that the movie was going ahead as planned with Schwarzenegger in the lead role. Schwarzenegger said in May that he was halting discussions for a new Terminator movie and all ...
News of the World phone hacking: live - Telegraph - Telegraph.co.uk
Citing sources close to the police investigation, the paper alleges that former Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Ian Blair, former Assistant Commissioner Andy Hayman and serving Assistant Commissioner John Yates may all have been hacked. ...
Antiquated border checks allowed rogue preacher to enter country - Telegraph.co.uk
An anonymous source at the UKBA has told Radio 4's File on 4, in a programme to be broadcast tonight (TUES), that he was picked up by a system called E-borders on a flight from Tel Aviv but slips of paper were delivered to staff working at Heathrow's ...
Anger as BBC backtracks on promise over stars' salaries - Telegraph.co.uk
A source close to Mr Hunt, who has repeatedly called for greater openness at the BBC, said: "Jeremy is very disappointed that they are stepping back from pledges of transparency. It is in their interests to be open." Sir Michael, who was replaced by ...
Australian group UGL interest threatens to derail DTZ's merger talks - Telegraph.co.uk
However, a source close to the negotiations said UGL and other potential rival bidders are being frustrated by SGP, which owns 55pc of DTZ. They allege that SGP is blocking the property agent from entering into detailed discussions with other parties ...