League claim the ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) makes it clear that they have to give permission to pubs and clubs to show top-flight football... more
Why pay upwards of £2,000 a month to show Premier League football on Sky Sports, when a trip back to Hungary means you can pay less than five per cent of that figure?... more
With the revolt in Libya in an uneasy stalemate, the international community is considering the options for ratcheting up the pressure on the Gaddafi regime... more
Broadcasters such as Sky and ESPN should not be able to stop pub drinkers watching Premier League matches on cheaper foreign satellite channels, a top EU legal adviser says... more
The already high stakes in the battle between the former partners in the £3 billion redevelopment of the Chelsea Barracks site are set to get even higher
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Twenty years ago this month, the Czechs provided one of the highlights of a historic year when the Velvet Revolution in Prague drove the Communists from power... more
Accountants said the cash-strapped Treasury could have to pay back potentially billions of pounds in overpaid taxes after the Government conceded defeat tonight in a crucial test case... more
The taxpayer could be forced to pay back up to £20 billion in tax after a test case in the European Court of Justice today ruled a UK duty levied on certain share transactions contravenes EU law ... more
HOT tip for wannabe frauds? A fine taste for design. Apparently that's the reason the authorities didn’t catch Bernie Madoff sooner than they did
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The European Union's executive arm dropped its case against MasterCard transaction fees, ending a battle that helped sow confusion among banks building a new pan-EU payments system.... more
Airlines are bracing themselves for meeting a large number of compensation claims from passengers who have suffered cancelled flights due to "technical reasons", following a European Court ruling.... more
Tax: The Treasury faces having to pay out up to £7 billion after the High Court ruled today in a landmark case that UK firms' dividends on foreign earnings should not have been taxed... more
Engineering: A German court may put the country back on a collision course with the EU after refusing to dismantle protectionist rules shielding Volkswagen from takeovers... more
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