BBC NEWS | Business | Ducati voted Britain's coolest brand (#)

  „"If you look at cool brands they share a fusion of vision and originality," he said. The full list Outside the top five, these were the coolest brands chosen by the panel: The London Eye Sportswear manufacturer Adidas Computer firm Apple Japanese beer Asahi and Red Stripe lager Beauty product firms Aveda and The Healing Garden Perfumes Cacharel and Opium Women's magazine Cosmopolitan, style magazine Dazed & Confused and listings magazine Time Out Fashion labels Diesel, DKNY, Kangol, Hope and Glory Designers Tommy Hilfiger, Vivienne Westwood, John Rocha, and Jean Paul Gaultier High street chain Top Shop and fashion chain Moist and Selfridges The Star Wars saga Cartoons The Simpsons and South Park Japanese character Hello Kitty Music channel MTV The airline Virgin Atlantic Camera manufacturer Olympus Haagen Dazs ice cream Coffee machine manufacturer Gaggia Goldsmiths College, London, where artists Damien Hurst and Lucian Freud studied Car makers Mercedes Benz, Volkswagen Beetle and Lambretta scooters London bar Denim, London private members club Home House, and nightclubs Manumission and Po Na Na Restaurants Yo Sushi! and Wagamama Oakley sunglasses and Tag Heuer watches Scalextric and Microsoft's Xbox games console Office furniture company Vitra. Which brands do you think are missing from the list?“

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BBC News | MEDIA REPORTS | Al-Qaeda note suggests 'attack on London'

  „The notebook is said to have contained plans to detonate a 480kg remote control device "to be left in a van parked preferably in Moorgate, in the City of London". The planned attack is reported in both The Observer newspaper in London and the Expresso newspaper, based in Lisbon in Portugal. UK special forces have played an active role in the Afghan campaign Expresso said neither the author of the notes nor the time they were written were known, nor was it known whether the document was "simply a hypothetical exercise". But The Observer says the author of the notebook may have been a British fundamentalist.“

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BBC - Coventry and Warwickshire Features - Perfect festive wine

  „"It needs to be kept airtight then you can pour it off through a coffee filter - you can't make a mistake, just do it," he said.You can't keep it in a decanter for too long, just one week means it loses a lot of its flavour complexities, so you do really need to have a decent amount of people around.Even though Christmas is now dominated by cream liquers after dinner, Phil urged that whisky should not be forgotten - and there are few things better than a decent single malt.As an after dinner malt, Laphroaig is a top selection (and a nice present, if the family are reading), which starts at £22, and The Glenrothes is another excellent Scotch - the 1989 bottle is particularly recommended.“

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Tea & Coffee 03/01 - World News

  „In London, robusta coffee futures have increased, with January trading up $16 to $677 a ton and March futures up $19 to $669 a ton, reports the Financial Times. Traders in New York said the news helped fuel Arabica’s price increase to 64.70 cents a pound for March futures. The group’s move was viewed as positive by analysts.“

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BBC News | BUSINESS | Viennese in a froth over Starbucks

  „"I've never heard of Starbucks, but I wouldn't go to a coffee house where you can't smoke," said cosmetics worker Ulli Schiller, 38. "And I wouldn't order a coffee to go in a paper cup, because I want to enjoy coffee where it's cozy." 'David and Goliath' The Seattle-based company, which operates nearly 5,000 franchises in almost 30 countries, is planning up to 14 more shops in Austria over the next 18 months. Other American-style coffee enterprises serving similar fare to Starbucks' bagels, brownies and flavoured coffees, may also be under threat. One such is the Coffeeshop Company, located around the corner from the new branch of Starbucks.“

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BBC News | AMERICAS | Clinton gifts under scrutiny

  „Mrs Clinton's spokesman, Howard Wolfson, said the couple had received many gifts during their administration, and had disclosed them "like other presidents have". Coffee tables In the year before the Clintons left the White House, they received $190,000 worth of furniture and other gifts. Friends and supporters such as film director Steven Spielberg, insurance magnate Walter Kaye, and actor Ted Danson provided the couple with china and furniture for their new house in Chappaqua. As a senator, Mrs Clinton cannot receive gifts worth more than $100 Denise Rich gave them two coffee tables and two chairs worth more than $7,000.“

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