Daily News Roundup - 25 January 2007
Here is today’s roundup of stories.
Comment
Larry Elliott (Comment is Free)
- Davos 08: Bill Gates goes red
Today, the Red concept entered a new phase with the announcement that Dell and Microsoft will give between $50 and $80 for each Dell specially branded Dell computer loaded with Windows software.
Larry Elliott (Comment is Free) - Davos 08: The shifting global balance
Forget the current state of the global economy. There are only two issues being discussed at Davos this years that will have any long-term traction: climate change and the changing global balance of power.
Daniel Hannan (Telegraph) - MPs cannot distinguish right from legal
Peter Hain has made history: his is the first British ministerial scalp to have been claimed by a blogger. Kudos, as the Americans say, to Guido Fawkes, who first sighted his tomahawk at the Hain campaign 12 months ago when he posted Hain’s campaign strategy.
Jeff Randall (Telegraph) - This is banking - but not as we know it
If Jérôme Kerviel really did it, you would have to admire his timing. Had Dr Evil set out to destroy what little faith remains in Western banks, even he could not have picked a more damaging moment to strike.
Antonia Senior (Times Online) - Bankers must take long-term view of their reputation
The word banker never used to be an insult. It once stood for a pillar of the community, a captain of capitalism. But banker reputations have soured as their bonuses have bloated.
News
- Meet Robert Tchenguiz: he’s lost £560m and counting.
Winter sports Berkshire businessman gets a bargain but will have to spend £20m to revive ailing holiday village
SABRINA TAVERNISE (NYT) - Turkey to Alter Speech Law
The Turkey government has taken on the issue of free speech and is expected as early as Friday to announce a weakening of a law against insulting Turkishness
Sky (Sky) - Why Wugging Is Web’s Next Big Thing
While it may sound a touch seedy, wugging is actually an acronym for web-user giving or the process of generating money for charity by day-to-day internet use.
Sun (Sun) - M&S boss says he was a nudist
MARKS & Spencer boss Sir Stuart Rose has laid bare his secret past as a NUDIST in a joke letter to a customer.
Malcolm Moore in Rome (Telegraph) - Romano Prodi resigns as Italy’s prime minister
Mr Prodi was forced out, after just 20 months in power, when he lost a vote of confidence in the Senate. It was the 34th vote of confidence he had faced since becoming prime minister. Right-wing senators popped bottles of champagne in the chamber to celebrate.
Nicola Woolcock (Times Online) - High-calibre graduates raise standards at tough schools in inner cities
Teach First targets high-achieving students who had not considered teaching and places them in some of England’s most challenging schools for two years.
Times Online (Times Online) - The driverless car and 20 other great concept cars
The driverless car, demonstrated in Las Vegas, offers a vision of the future in which there are no accidents and driving your car is entirely optional.
Scotland
- Questioning Trump’s green credentials
Donald Trump defends his plans for a golfing resort, David Milne, a campaigner for Sustainable Aberdeenshire, which is against the move, tells the BBC Scotland news website why he remains opposed to the proposals.
Wales
- Peter Hain - An extraordinary political story
Peter Hain is one of the few MPs to have been in government ever since Labour came into office in 1997, under both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.
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