John Timpson: how to act when business partners fall out

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The management column: Straight-talking, common sense from the front line with John Timpson

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/businessclub/8262562/John-Timpson-how-to-act-when-business-partners-fall-out.html

£98 PCs target UK digital divide

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Low-cost computers are to be offered as part of a government scheme to encourage millions of people in the UK to get online for the first time.

Prices will start at £98 for a refurbished PC, with subsidised net connections available for £9 a month.

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http://www.bbc.co.uPost Optionsk/news/technology-12205412

Should E-Mail and Letters Have Equal Legal Protection?

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Over the weekend, we reported that the government had ordered Twitter to turn over private information about users associated with WikiLeaks.

The order was fairly routine, and Twitter and other Internet companies have so far refused to talk more about it. But, as we wrote in Monday’s paper, the high-profile nature of the court order brought to light an issue that cyberlaw experts have been discussing for years: the ways in which the law lags fast-changing technology.

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http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/13/should-e-mail-and-letters-have-equal-protection/?ref=technology

Emma Bridgewater

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In 2010 Emma Bridgewater celebrates the 25th anniversary of the founding of the  She spotted a business opportunity after being unable to find a suitable pair of cups and saucers as a gift for her mother.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10322646