Tuesday, March 1

Google Squeezes Apple With Paywall Service

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Google has again faced up to technology giant Apple - this time by launching a digital subscription service just a day after its rival.

Called One Pass, the new system allows publishers of online newspapers and magazines to charge readers to access their articles and videos.

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http://bit.ly/fpCjTM

Royal Mail to raise prices for business services

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Royal Mail has been given permission by the postal regulator, Postcomm, to increase prices on some business mail services.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12488156

Getting Your Product Onto Retail Shelves

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Business owners with a product to sell often dream of winning shelf space in the Wal-Marts and Targets of the world. But these days, with the recovery dragging, it is a challenge to get shelf space in any store. Here is how Brian Chossek, the president of Garlic Gold in Ventura, Calif., won his first account — at Gelson’s, a Southern California grocery chain that now has 18 stores.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/21/business/smallbusiness/21sbiz.html?_r=1&emc=eta1

Unrepentant governor

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Mervyn King defends the Bank's interest rate policy

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/stephanieflanders/2011/02/the_unrepentant_governor.html

UK cyber crime costs £27bn a year - government report

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Cyber crime costs the UK economy £27bn a year, the government has said. The figures, published for the first time, are a mid-range estimate and the real cost could be much higher. They are made up of £21bn of costs to businesses, £2.2bn to government and £3.1bn to citizens.

Read more here: 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12492309

UK business faces red tape confusion, NAO says

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Each business typically has to comply with 60 different regulations overseen by a number of official bodies, a report has said.

Many breached the rules because they did not know which regulations applied to them, the National Audit Office (NAO) said.

Read more here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12493061

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