2011年10月21日星期五

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Protests force London's St Paul's to close (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 01:58 PM PDT

Reuters - London's landmark St Paul's Cathedral closed its doors on Friday because of hazards posed by hundreds of protesters encamped in front of it in a demonstration inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement.

APNewsBreak: UK prison loses set of keys (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 12:16 PM PDT

AP - The inmates are locked up, but where's the key?

Murdoch takes on shareholders at annual meeting (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 03:15 PM PDT

A protestor dressed as News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdock is seen with protestors in front of Fox Studios in Los Angeles on Friday, Oct 21, 2011. A few dozen people showed up to demonstrate outside Fox Studios where News Corp. is holding its annual shareholders meeting. Murdoch is facing shareholders with small stakes in his company for the first time since a phone-hacking scandal broke in July. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - Rupert Murdoch jousted with disgruntled shareholders Friday as the 80-year-old chairman and CEO of News Corp. defended his handling of a phone hacking scandal in Britain and deflected any notion that he plans to step down soon.

Murdoch to pay $3.2 million to schoolgirl's family (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 09:25 AM PDT

News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch delivers a keynote address at the National Summit on Education Reform on Friday, Oct. 14, 2011, in San Francisco. The conference is organized by the Foundation for Excellence in Education which champions school vouchers, charter schools and performance pay for teachers. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)AP - Rupert Murdoch's company said Friday it has agreed to pay 2 million pounds ($3.2 million) to the family of a murdered schoolgirl whose phone was hacked by the tabloid News of the World.

Protest forces iconic London cathedral to close (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 08:23 AM PDT

People listen to an economics talk held at the so-called 'Star Books Occupation Library' setup by Occupy London Stock Exchange protesters directly outside a branch of the Starbucks coffee chain as they continue their demonstration outside St Paul's Cathedral, near the London Stock Exchange in London, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011. The cathedral said late Wednesday it may be time for the Occupy London Stock Exchange protesters gathered outside the iconic church to leave. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the London landmark over the weekend as part of the global Occupy Wall Street protests. Many have since hunkered down outside the cathedral, pitching tents and setting up a makeshift kitchen, toilets and an information center. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - Protesters who have camped outside St. Paul's Cathedral in central London for six days have forced the venerable cathedral to close to visitors for the first time since World War II, church officials said Friday.

UK monopoly watchdog to probe 'Big 4' auditors (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 05:17 AM PDT

AP - Britain's Office of Fair Trading has ordered a full-scale competition review of the four big auditing companies which dominate the market.

UK borrowed less than forecast in September (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 04:35 AM PDT

AP - U.K. government borrowing in September fell by more than anticipated, official figures showed Friday, providing rare good news after a series of downbeat reports.

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