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Ségolène Royal and Wikipedia duped by tale of anti-slavery activist
Léon-Robert de L’Astran, an 18th-century shipowner, was praised for his noble refusal to participate in the slave trade. Sadly, however, it seems that he existed only as an internet hoax — duping Wikipedia, the online encyclopaedia, for three years, along with Ségolène Royal and others.
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The Independent (U.K.)
M&S becomes embroiled in tax row
Marks and Spencer was dragged into the intensifying corporate tax avoidance row on Sunday night with allegations that its online sales operation was operated in a similar way to that of Amazon to minimise payments to the UK Treasury.
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- Ex-boss of IBM to review Bloomberg
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BBC (U.K.)
Yahoo 'to buy Tumblr for $1.1bn'
Yahoo's board approves a deal to buy New York-based blogging service Tumblr for $1.1bn (£725m), US media reports say.
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- Thousands rally to oppose Italy cuts
- Europe car sales break losing streak
- Public sector pensions face big hit
- Ofcom: 'Too many' nuisance calls
- Lloyds shares hit break-even point
- Jockey Club hits its bond target
- Spain reports monthly trade surplus
- Turkish bonds yield at record low
- Hayward appointed Glencore chairman
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- Eurozone and US inflation falls
- Economic benefits of HS2 questioned
- Chancellor to stay on economic path
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Financial Times (U.K.)
Apple faces grilling over US tax rate
Group’s tax planning is likely to come under the microscope when Tim Cook, chief executive, faces Senate committee investigating shifting of profits to low-tax countries
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- Worker insecurity at 20-year high
- Cameron feels Tory rage on gay marriage
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- King warns Osborne over mortgage scheme
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- Met Police in outsourcing talks
- BCC calls for more support for UK exports
- Pakistani politician shot dead by gunmen
- N Korea launches short-range missiles
- Hollande signs gay marriage into law
- Fury as senior Tory calls activists ‘loons’
- Backlash to hit scandal-tainted City
- EU bonus cap to catch more bankers
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News | This is Money
Pregnant and with a wealthy new lover, internet bride of millionaire murdered in the Ukraine
Anna Ziuzina, 34, an internet bride whose millionaire husband was murdered in Ukraine (pictured on their wedding day) is pregnant and in a relationship with another British businessman.
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