Search results for ‘Sarah Smith’
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James Bond Skyfall: licensed to thrill?
As the new James Bond film Skyfall premieres, Sarah Smith speaks to director Sam Mendes and 007 Daniel Craig about the Queen, Britain and product placement.
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BBC sexual assault claims: my experience of harassment
As the BBC launch an inquiry into their cultural practices in previous decades Business Correspondent Sarah Smith has been looking at her own experience there in the 1990s in a new light.
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British Gas set to hike prices
British Gas is set to increase its gas prices, adding £100 a year to the average fuel bill. Sarah Smith reports.
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US Presidential debates: Obama v McCain 2008
Ahead of the 2012 US presidential debates, Channel 4 News delves into the archives. Watch Sarah Smith’s report from 2008 when Barack Obama and John McCain went head-to-head.
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Standard Chartered to pay $340m fine
Standard Chartered agrees to pay $340m to settle allegations that it hid transactions with Iran from regulators. But did the bank get off lightly? Analysis from Business Correspondent Sarah Smith.
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Simple scam reaps fraudsters millions
Public bodies like councils and NHS trusts are falling prey to a new crime known as mandate fraud – and now it is spreading. For Channel 4 News, Sarah Smith has this exclusive investigation.
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British money funding indiscriminate cluster bombs
It’s four years since Britain signed a treaty outlawing cluster bombs. But British money is still being invested in the foreign firms that make them, as business correspondent Sarah Smith reports.
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Spain-ting by numbers
Business correspondent Sarah Smith gives a numerical guide to just how bad the Euro-crisis looks in Spain.
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Are we in the midst of a ‘shareholder spring’?
Shareholder anger over salaries and bonuses has forced the resignation of top company bosses. But do not mistake this for an anti-capitalist revolution, writes Business Correspondent Sarah Smith.
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Budget 2012: Do small firms want a cut in 50p rate?
Ahead of George Osborne’s budget statement, Business Correspondent Sarah Smith takes a look at what the hotly-debated cut in the 50p tax rate will actually mean for small businesses.
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How can employers be persuaded to hire?
In the second part of the Channel 4 Jobs Report, Sarah Smith hears what employers believe are the problems with UK employment law – and their solution for kick-starting the jobs market.
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What does it take to create just one job?
To kick off the Channel 4 Jobs Report, Business Correspondent Sarah Smith looks at what happens behind the scenes to create just one job out of the 2.5 million that are needed.
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Is bashing Barclays bankers justified?
As Barclays reveals its profits Channel 4 News Business Correspondent Sarah Smith asks if, in this case, it is time to stop the popular pastime of banker bashing?
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Tesco ‘disappointed’ by its Christmas trading
It’s the UK’s biggest supermarket chain – but £4bn has been wiped of Tesco’s market value, after it reported “dire” Christmas sales. So what’s gone wrong? Sarah Smith takes a look.
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Small business, big ideas, waiting anxiously
Memset is one of many British companies anxiously waiting to hear what help George Osborne will give to small businesses in his autumn statement, writes Business Correspondent Sarah Smith.