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The UK s financial markets watchdog is on track to receive a record number of pleas for help from overseas authorities in 2013 as cross-border scandals such as Libor-rigging underscore the global nature of regulatory investigations.
The heads of Britain s electricity networks will be grilled by MPs in the new year amid rising anger over the amount of time it has taken to restore power to tens of thousands of homes affected by last week s storms.
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* The restaurant chain Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc s board fired back at Sardar Biglari, the activist investor, on Monday, saying that it plans to continue business as is despite Biglari s push to put Cracker Barrel on the block.
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* Toronto City Council will debate asking the Ontario government to help pay for cleanup after an ice storm that left hundreds of thousands of people without power, a bill that may ultimately be shared by Ottawa if costs rise.
* BlackBerry Ltd Chief Executive John Chen continues to swat at critics and competitors, issuing an open letter that takes some direct shots at the company s rivals as he tries to convince the market the smartphone company can turn itself around.
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* Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne says her vow to set up an Ontario pension plan is no bluff to twist Ottawa s arm on enhancing the Canada Pension Plan (CPP). She says she ll forge ahead because the federal government has shut down any discussion about CPP to provide Canadians with a more secure retirement income.
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* Canadians may be the heaviest Internet users in the world but their homegrown online retailers have yet to catch up to the performance of U.S. stores with sites in Canada, according to a report by Vancouver-based digital consultancy Chasm Digital Inc.
- China s Ministry of Land and Resources is drafting rules to ensure the supply of arable land. China must improve land efficiency to meet a level of at least 120 million hectares for agriculture, ministry vice minister Wang Shiyuan said.
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- Authorities in Shanghai have blacklisted 29 hospitals for failing to implement tougher smoking rules as China cracks down on public smoking. The move follows a ban in China on officials smoking in public places.
- Revealing China s government debt to the public will help make the government s economic work more transparent, so improving debt management and supervision, said a commentary in the paper that acts as the Party s mouthpiece.
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