Sunday, July 6th 2008
Virgin Media warns file sharers may be “disconnected”
Virgin Media has sent out approximately 800 letters to customers accused of illegal file sharing via the internet.
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“Business as usual” at ScS despite private equity sale
Furniture retailer ScS has sold its sole trading subsidiary to an affiliate of Sun European Partners, a private equity company, for an undisclosed sum.
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Blackwell to debut “Espresso Book Machine”
Blackwell has announced that an exclusive agreement with On Demand Books to bring the first Espresso Book Machine to a UK Bookseller later this year.
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Tesco to withdraw from Zimbabwe
Tesco is to stop sourcing products from Zimbabwe.
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Former Body Shop employee fined for insider dealing
An ex-computer technician at The Body Shop has been fined £85,000 for insider dealing. John Shevlin hacked into the company’s emails, which warned of poor trading. He then borrowed £29,000 to short sell the retailer’s shares, betting that they would fall in value. He made a profit of £38,472 when Body Shop shares fell as the group announced it results.
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