Dallas Cowboys: are they genuine NFC contenders?
Sport News 24/7 By Sean Simara @Sean_FootyMad @TLE_Sport If you asked any Dallas Cowboys fan pre-season what their expectations were for the season it would have been; don't finish bottom in the NFC East, and maybe improve on the record of 8-8 which it has been for the past 3 seasons. Currently the Cowboys are 10-4 and on course to win the NFC East, so how far can they go? Probably the most famous side in the NFL, the Cowboys,...
Oil spill: Not another Bangladeshi catastrophe
By Elsa Buchanan, International Politics reporter After initial news reports relayed pictures of the oil spill “catastrophe” in Bangladesh last week, the media have fallen somewhat silent. Disasters are so common in Bangladesh that they go unnoticed. Children covered in fuel oil up to their waist are trying to gather the sticky slick using buckets. Local fishermen, trudging in dark waters, are using pots and sacks to collect the viscous fuel. Yet, it is in the quasi indifference of the international community that an...
Top Tips for Businesses on how to Save Money and Cut Carbon
By Mark Sait, CEO of leading energy-saving specialists SaveMoneyCutCarbon.com Carbon inefficiency is costing British businesses billions of pounds. 90 per cent of British businesses say rising energy prices pose a threat to their competitiveness and 83 per cent of SMEs say they will miss their growth targets this year because of energy price rises. Utility bills have doubled in the past decade and are forecast to double again in the next 10 years. And the Government has repeatedly warned that...
Sony’s Hacking Nightmare (Continued)
By Anna Power, Film Editor Update Tuesday 23rd Dec: Sony in another U-turn have decided to release The Interview on December 25th. Bowing to presidential and public opinion the company have decided to go ahead with the release but to a limited theatrical audience. Sony have announced that they are planning a simultaneous VOD release though they have yet to name the online streaming service. UPDATE: CNN reports that Sony has now pulled the Christmas Day release of The Interview after...
Parliamentary Sketch 17th December – A muppets Xmas quarrel
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor For the Tories today there was some early Xmas cheer (at economic news) and Xmas groans (at some lacklustre Xmas puns, which I hope to emulate during this article). Wages are now growing faster than inflation. It was the final piece of the jigsaw (that Auntie Janice got you) for the Conservatives. Now Labour couldn’t even attack on the cost of living crisis. Everything seems to be going the Tories way, so Labour decided to...
Russell vs Jo: The Battle of the Open Letter
By Jack Peat, Editor of The London Economic The last capitalist we hang shall be the one who sold us the rope.” ― Karl Marx If there was ever an example of 21st century Marxism, the open letter fiasco between Russell Brand and Jo 'the disgruntled RBS worker' would be it. Brand's people's revolution has been widely rejected by the very people he's looking to represent. The reason why lies somewhere between the media oligarchs, the fat cats and politicians that...
Drivable Armchair Spotted on the Streets of London
A drivable armchair has been spotted on the streets of London as part of an innovative stunt aimed at armchair gamers. The armchair was spotted next to the London Eye, crossing the Millennium Bridge and wreaking havoc in Piccadilly Circus before coming to rest in Covent Garden and revealing a character akin to 'The Stig' from Top Gear. The stunt seems to be a Saints Row conception who are leaving fans in eager anticipation for something to come in 2015, although precisely...
Skills Shortage Drives Ve Out of The UK
UK-founded ecommerce conversion company Ve has been forced to expand outside of the UK due to a skills shortage in the country. The company has opened a major new office in Madrid and an engineering hub in Bilbao due to the shortage of highly-skilled developers in London. The Madrid office will employ 25 people and 60 developers will be hired in Bilbao by March, with more than 200 applications for each position in Bilbao been received since the decision to move was...
And the Winner of the Sky Bet Transfer Fund Winner Is: Irony
Sport News 24/7 By Rob McHugh @mchughr @TLE_Sport Earlier this week Leeds United, Nottingham Forest and Blackburn Rovers were handed transfer embargoes until the end of the season for failing to adhere to the Financial Fair Play regulations regarding acceptable losses for during the last accounting period. In reality, none of these clubs will face a true embargo as they will all be allowed to sign players under restricted circumstances. Namely, if they have fewer than 24 "established" players- established...