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Hopes are fading that Google will be able to reach an agreement with China to remain in business there. With an exit by Google, a big chunk of the search market would be up for grabs, Ben Worthen reports on Digits with Stacey Delo, Eric Savitz and Marcelo Prince. Google will be selling the Nexus One with AT&T, but the non-contracted $529 phone will make it a hard sell.  

In interviews this week, Canadian Finance Minister, Jim Flaherty has reiterated his government's opposition to introducing a financial services levy in Canada, saying that it would be a tax on investment, and would work against efforts to bring about economic recovery. Instead, Flaherty said G20 nations should tackle excessive leveraging through increased regulation and transparency. "I think we need to go back and say what caused the crisis in the first place; look at what fundamentally was wrong. We k  

A CHARITY race night will be held at the Duke of York pub in Shepton Beauchamp later this month to raise money for the Help for Heroes charity for wounded service personnel. The race night, auction of pledges and raffle will be held at the pub on Saturday, March 27, from 7pm onwards. It is being organised by Malcolm Brown and Joe Leach, who are looking for plenty of support.  

The search is still on for a P.E.I. man who disappeared 17 years ago. On March 20, 1993, 18-year-old Steven O'Brien ended his shift at the Culinary Institute in Charlottetown, P.E.I., and went out for a night on the town. He was never seen again.  

Current Location: Kempton Park (kempton park), Gauteng, South Africa Gender: Star Sign: Height: 164cm (5' 4.6")  

Twenty minutes? An hour? I start to get cranky around the five-minute mark, so imagine how grumpy I am after waiting four hours on a Sunday afternoon for the subject of today's photoshoot to arrive.  

But another dependable deliverer of spring comes rumbling down the street — the red-(bristle) breasted street-sweeper. In Rochester, sweepers have been rolling for about two weeks, says Joe Fitzpatrick, the city's head of street maintenance. And, boy, have the streets needed it — coated brown by heavier-than-usual helpings of sand and salt from a legendarily (and hopefully now past) icy winter.  

British Airways was operating roughly half its flights Saturday despite a three-day strike by cabin crew that started at midnight Friday. But the airline said Saturday it had gotten "off to a good start," with more cabin crew reporting for work and crossing the picket lines than expected. "Cabin crew are reporting as normal at Gatwick and the numbers reporting at Heathrow are above the levels we need to operate our published schedule," BA said in a statement.

What the union (is) going to hope is that things get more complicated as the week goes on, but British Airways, I think, will get a lot of confidence if the day goes smoothly.   -Jamie Bowden

 

David Cameron has committed the Tories to imposing a new tax on banks as both main parties battled to convince voters they would claw back billions of pounds from the financial sector. The Opposition leader said the US-style levy is needed to ensure taxpayers are repaid in full for the bail-out of financial institutions and protected from future collapses. His firm pledge came amid renewed confidence of international backing for such a levy - although party sources indicated it would press ahead unila  

Sussex made it three wins out of three on their pre-season tour in Dubai where Michael Yardy 's side rolled over Surrey for 67 today to march into the final of the Pro Arch Trophy with a 34-run win. Played out in near 40 degree temperatures at 7he Sevens Stadium, Sussex made the most of winning the toss and batting first on a pitch that had been watered first thing and baked under the sun. As a result, the surface played meekly for 10 overs or so but once the top started to go the spinners on both side

I does help if you can bat first for sure, but I also feel we’ve bowled straighter and better than most of the teams here. Although the wicket is better first up we’ve still managed to get the wickets regularly when we’ve bowled.   -Chris Nash