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By: Ainsley Brown Could there be a homecoming for Webb Ellis? Now this is a story I could not resist, I just had to do it. Yes, finally a true rugby story on the site. According to the Times, England or I should say the Rugby Football Union (RFU) as confirmed that it will be summiting a bid to host
By: Ainsley Brown I have been wanting to do an Australian themed story for a long time, not least because of the global mandate of the site but also I am just a big fan of the land of Auz – I guess it´s just the rugby player in me but truth be told I am a bigger fan of
By: Ainsley Brown Linklaters can now breath a huge sigh of relief has it got only what can be only called a light tap on the wrist – to say a slap would be too harsh- by being order to pay £5. That was not a type o, there are no zeros behind that 5. A former client of the firm,
By: Ainsley Brown General Motors (GM) this week in another move in its restructuring plan has taken further steps to divest itself of its European operations. First it was Swedish Saab now it’s the UK’s Vauxhall. According to the report in the Times GM is prepared to sell Vauxhall at a discount price – you could even say at a
By: Ainsley Brown Tate & Lyle, the makers of Splenda, lost its appeal last week in the US International Trade Commission (ITC) in its bid to keep out an imported Chinese substitute to Splenda. The company initiated legal action in April of 2007 against a group of Chinese companies and six importers, after non-Splenda sucralose began appearing in the US
By: Ainsley Brown The online casino operator famous for its online poker – PartyPoker – ended its protracted battle with US authorities and agreed to pay a $105 million fine. In 2006 US law makers made internet gambling illegal – something about crossing state lines and international boundaries – cutting deep into the earnings of PartyGaming and other online gambling
By: Ainsley Brown In what would be the largest acquisition in IBM’s history, talks to take over its rival Sun Microsystems have collapsed. The deal worth an estimated $7 billion broke off after Sun Microsystems’ dissatisfaction with the share price IMB was offering consequently it terminated IBM’s exclusive negotiating status. In response IBM withdrew its offer. All of this could