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Dish Network Corp., the second biggest U.S. satellite television broadcaster accused News Corp.'s NDS Group of hacking the security code of Dish's access cards, causing damages worth $90 million.

Morley Fund Management, the asset management division of UK's largest insurer Aviva PLc, said Wednesday that it has signed a China joint venture agreement with China National Oils & Foodstuffs & Cereals Corp.(COFCO) Ltd and Dongguan Trust & Investment Co Ltd.

Capital One Financial Corp. will cut 750 U.K. jobs by the end of the year, it told employees on Monday.

The FTSE 100 share index fell early on Tuesday. At 08:34 on Tuesday the FTSE 100 was down 41.2 points to 5,973.6 (down 0.7 per cent).

BT Group has announced that the head of BT Retail will be succeeding Ben Verwaayen as chief executive of the group on 1 June 2008. Verwaayen is to leave the board of BT completely on 30 June.

Fox International Channels, News Corp.'s pay television unit outside the U.S., acquired a 56 percent stake in European online video advertising network Utarget in an effort to increase its international ad revenue.

Water regulator Ofwat said it was planning to fine Severn Trent Water £35.8 million for deliberately providing false information to the regulator and providing poor service to its customers.

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The U.N. Security Council agreed on Monday to meet in later this month to discuss incentives previously offered to Iran on its nuclear program, U.S. officials said.

A jury ruled on Monday that Princess Diana and Dodi al-Fayed were unlawfully killed by the negligence of their driver and the paparazzi persecuting them.

The dollar rose against the euro and yen on Monday as investors disregarded last week's decline in jobs and looked ahead to interest rate decisions from central banks in Europe.

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UK Prime minister Gordon Brown warned international leaders on Friday about the severity of the current financial crisis, adding that reform of global financial institutions was necessary.

The FTSE 100 share index fell 24.6 points to 5,891.3 (down 0.4 per cent) on Thursday.

Jérôme Kerviel, the rogue trader alleged to have lost Societe Generale 5 billion euros ($7 billion), has launched court proceedings to contest his dismissal for gross misconduct, according to a U.K. media report.

A House of Lords committee has said that immigration has brought only a small benefit to the UK and has had little or no impact on the economic well being of the British people.

Commodity Online NEW DELHI: The state run GAIL has signed a deal with the consortium of the Panna Mukta and Tapti gas fields (PMT) for marketing the natural gas produced from the PMT field.

The FTSE 100 share index edged up on Monday by 9.2 points to 5,702.1 (up 0.16 per cent).

Brewer Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) has said that its shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favour of a £10 billion takeover big from a consortium of Carlsberg and Heineken. The vote was taken at an extraordinary general meeting on Monday.

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