Darling censures rating agencies
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UK chancellor Alistair Darling joins growing calls for a probe into the role credit agencies played  in the world financial crisis.
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Tycho:  It's been a couple weeks discussing reviews and reviewers around here, but somewhere along the way I neglected to mention that their job is essentially impossible.  The 7-9 scale they toil under is largely the result of an uneasy peace between the business and editorial wings of the venue.  No matter what score they give it, high or low, they're reviled equally by the online chorus.  Apparently, even when they do it right they're doing it wrong.
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Organisers of a sell-out tsunami aid show in Cardiff try to stop people reselling tickets on the web.
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Beware the wily ways of credit card companies.
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Alistair Darling defends his handling of the Northern Rock crisis, after an MPs report criticises his actions.
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A Las Vegas firm has been told to stop making unsubstantiated weight-loss and anti-aging claims, and to knock off the spamming as well.
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Britain's finance minister Alistair Darling on Sunday defended his handling of the crisis at troubled bank Northern Rock, after a highly critical report by an influential committee of lawmakers.
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Shun stock from LBO-owned companies. Also pass on bond insurers and ratings agencies.
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It's the fifth time regulators have taken action against a company for failing to protect consumer data -- and the second time the same California coder blew the whistle.
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After a two-year probe, UK regulators have prompted a group of broadcasters to scrap arduous financial tests imposed on buyers of ad time, a practice that inflated costs for the agencies and restricted competition.
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Complaint includes violation of privacy, false advertising, and unjust enrichment.
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Merck &amp; Co. (MRK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) saw its ratings slashed by a third credit ratings agency on Tuesday as Standard &amp; Poor&#39;s delivered the final blow
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Environment contract party - will it have cake? An attempt by a UK cabinet minister to discuss proposed environment policy using a wiki has ended in embarrassment after pranksters made merry at the expense of the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs' (Defra).â¦
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Â· New rating scheme devisedÂ· No computers in bedrooms, parents told
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People who ignore safety advice and lose money in online banking scams could be refused refunds by banks.
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Warns on warnings UK premium-rate regulator ICSTIS has told sex lines to clean up their act by 31 August or face sanction.â¦
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Business & money: Which? calls for offenders to be named and shamed.