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NJ joins others states in cracking down on how teens distribute lurid photos

In Pennsylvania, authorities are threatening to prosecute three teenage girls after finding risque images of them on a cell phone. In Indiana, a middle-school boy faces obscenity charges for transmitting naked photos of himself to female ...

From JENNIFER GOLSON AND JOE RYAN, NJ.com,  29 Mar 2009

UK jobless increases to 1.23m

UNITED Kingdom unemployment rose for a 12th consecutive month in January as the deepening recession forced companies from auto makers to airlines to cut jobs. The number of people receiving jobless benefits rose 73,800 to 1.23 million, the highest ...

From JENNIFER RYAN, Shanghai Daily,  11 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Office for National Statistics,  Bloomberg News,  Gordon Brown

UK manufacturing figures slump as recession bites

BRITISH manufacturing plunged in November, extending its longest streak of decline since 1980, and factories raised prices at the slowest pace in a year as the recession worsened. Output dropped 2.9 percent in November, matching the biggest drop ...

From JENNIFER RYAN, Shanghai Daily,  9 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Bloomberg News,  Office for National Statistics,  Alan Clarke,  BNP Paribas

Slump in manufacturing puts pressure on UK to cut rates

UK manufacturing fell at the fastest pace in at least 16 years last month, putting the Bank of England under renewed pressure to cut interest rates this week. The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply's factory index, based on a survey of ...

From JENNIFER RYAN, Shanghai Daily,  1 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Alistair Darling,  Bloomberg News

UK home-price dip hits 13 months

UK house prices fell for a 13th month in November as the financial crisis deterred home buyers and banks rationed mortgages, Nationwide Building Society said yesterday. The average cost of a home slid 0.4 percent from October, when it fell 1.3 ...

From JENNIFER RYAN, Shanghai Daily,  27 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Nationwide Building Society,  Office for National Statistics,  HBOS

Accused Edmonton child abductor faces more sexual assault charges

EDMONTON - The Correctional Service of Canada will investigate why Edmonton police were not given authority to warn the public when a long-term offender, now charged with the sexual assaults of two young girls, was released into the community in March. ...

From BEN GELINAS, JENNIFER YANG AND RYAN CORMIER, Canada.com,  8 Oct 2008

Accused child abductor faces more charges

Vancouver's Olympic legacy is at risk due to the economic uncertainties sweeping... Get the daily headlines emailed to you every morning with the Vancouver Sun newsletter. EDMONTON - The man charged with the abduction of a seven-year-old Edmonton girl ...

From RYAN CORMIER. BEN GELINAS AND JENNIFER YANG, Vancouver Sun,  7 Oct 2008

British Interbank Lending Drops

The volume of interbank lending in the British currency fell to 205 billion pounds, or $370 billion, from 635 billion pounds in July last year, according to central bank data published yesterday. The reading is down 24 percent from the average since ...

From JENNIFER RYAN AND GAVIN FINCH, The Washington Post,  2 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Northern Rock,  Mervyn Allister King,  Tullett Prebon

Credit slowdown takes steam out of UK economic growth

THE UK economy stagnated unexpectedly in the second quarter, ending the nation's longest stretch of economic growth in more than a century. Gross domestic product was unchanged from the previous quarter, the Office for National Statistics said ...

From JENNIFER RYAN, Shanghai Daily,  22 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Gordon Brown,  Office for National Statistics,  UK Labour Party,  Goldman Sachs,  Stewart Robertson

Hopes for UK growth dashed amid glum inflation forecast

THE Bank of England has cut its forecast for United Kingdom economic growth and held out the prospect of lower interest rates as unemployment rose the most in almost 16 years. Governor Mervyn King said the inflation rate would fall below the 2 ...

From JENNIFER RYAN, Shanghai Daily,  13 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Mervyn Allister King,  Bloomberg News,  Alan Clarke

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