Britain in Business

Drogo the last castle: tucked onto the edge of Dartmoor, with central heating.
British Heritage; 1/1/2010; 1746 words; ...1931, the Home and Colonial dominated the British grocery business with 3,000 outlets, the prototype of the British supermarket...down to the life of a landed aristocrat. To this end he hired Britain's leading architect of the era (and some say of the 20th...

The speed-up king: in 1940, a Danish machinist helped jump-start America's transformation from carmaker to weapons giant.(president of General Motors, William S. Knudsen)(Essay)
World War II; 1/1/2010; 4244 words; ...beaches near the small French port of Dunkirk, a stunned Britain began evacuating troops cut off by Germany's swift advance...20mm shell bodies. Thousands of other manufacturers and businesses answered the call, rapidly retooling to counter the threat...patrician whose New Deal programs had been at war with big ...

Amnesty removed for politicians in Pakistan
International Herald Tribune; 12/17/2009; 876 words; ...abroad in flashy apartments, offshore accounts and businesses. The amnesty was devised in 2007 during the presidency...Pervez Musharraf with the help of the United States and Britain as a way to engineer the return of Mr. Zardari's...

Confidence falls on fears of 'double-dip' recession
The Independent - London; 12/17/2009; 807 words; ...month, raising fears that Britain may slip into a "double...year.A ComRes survey of 257 business leaders for The Independent...held by June. The number of business leaders who saw signs of recovery...business or investor confidence in Britain." Some senior Tories believe...

Government seizes the initiative on non-doms
The Independent - London; 12/17/2009; 849 words; ...election to ensure MPs and peers pay tax in Britain The Government pledged yesterday to rush...ensure that MPs and peers pay full taxes in Britain.Harriet Harman, the Leader of the Commons...chairman and major party donor who has business interests in Belize and refuses to disclose...