Beaches, bombs and gangsters - Corsica becomes victim of its own success as vacation paradise

The bombs exploded across hundreds of miles of Corsican coastline, gutting two dozen villas nearly simultaneously on some of Europe's most beautiful — and valuable — land. Elsewhere on the same French island off the Mediterranean coast, a young man was shot to death in his car, his stepson wounded beside him.The night of violence in early December epitomized the problems of Napoleon's native island...

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Jaguar to add 800 new UK jobs on soaring Chinese demand

LONDON (Reuters) - Jaguar Land Rover plans to create 800 new jobs at its Solihull factory in central England as demand for its premium cars rockets in China and elsewhere.For the first time, demand from China outstripped that of British carmaker JLR's home market, with sales in China in 2012 rising more than 70 percent to 71,940 cars.JLR, owned by India's Tata Motors , said on Sunday that total global...

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Goldman may delay UK bonuses until top tax rate falls

REUTERS/Brendan McDermidNEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc is considering delaying bonus payments in the U.K. until after April 6, when the top rate of income tax in the country will drop to 45 percent, from 50 percent, a person familiar with the bank's operations said on Sunday.The strategy relates to bonuses that were deferred from 2009, 2010 and 2011, the person said. The Financial Times...

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