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'No excuse' to delay plain cigarette packs after new study, say campaigners
Monday 22 July 2013
Research among 500 Australian smokers has shown that smokers find cigarettes in plain packs less appealing
Tobacco industry told Government it was too early to tell if plain cigarette packaging would work – six months later ministers agreed
Tuesday 16 July 2013
A major tobacco firm told the Government it was too early to assess whether selling cigarettes in plain packets would deter smokers – six months before ministers deployed the same argument.
Sage of Omaha Warren Buffett's successor stays a secret
Monday 06 May 2013
US soft drinks company PepsiCo apologises for 'Mountain Dew' advert branded 'arguably the most racist commercial in history'
Thursday 02 May 2013
The online advert shows a battered white woman on crutches being urged to identify a suspect from a line-up of black men and a goat
500 business leaders call for new deal in Europe
Monday 22 April 2013
More than 500 businessmen, including former Marks & Spencer chief executive Sir Stuart Rose and the heads of Next, B&Q and Harvey Nichols, have launched a campaign to negotiate a better deal for Britain in the EU.
Donations roll in for Jeff Bauman - Boston bombing victim who helped identify suspects after losing his legs
Saturday 20 April 2013
Friends of Bauman - who has only partial medical insurance - set up online fund which has already reached over $330,000
US beer-maker sued over booze content
Wednesday 27 February 2013
The world’s largest brewer has been accused of watering down beers, including Budweiser and Michelob, in lawsuits that seek millions of dollars in damages.
Football League partnership with npower will not be renewed
Tuesday 26 February 2013
The energy supplier replaced Coca-Cola in 2010
Birchbox: Boxing clever
Tuesday 26 February 2013
A new service delivers the best undiscovered beauty products, says Harriet Walker
Sage of Omaha, Warren Buffett, shells out $23bn for Heinz foods
Thursday 14 February 2013
He is taking the baked beans and ketchup giant back into private hands in the food business's biggest buyout
Consumer goods/P&G's plans paying off
Saturday 26 January 2013
The consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble (P&G) cheered Wall Street yesterday with evidence that its attempts to reignite growth by cutting costs and refocusing efforts on developed markets were paying off.
Political storm over Wal-Mart's 'illegal bid' to influence India
Monday 10 December 2012
Nine hurt as coach carrying American punk rock band Baroness falls from viaduct in A36 crash
Wednesday 15 August 2012
Two who were trapped in the wreckage, including the driver, had to be rescued by firefighters
Laurie Penny at the beach volleyball: 'Do you really need to ask why I'm here?'
Monday 30 July 2012
Laurie Penny gains an insight into the corporate mindset as she mingles with the crowd at the beach volleyball
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- 2 Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
- 3 US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
- 4 Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
- 5 Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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