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VODAFONE was today facing up to life without the title of the world's largest mobile phone company. The Newbury-based group has lost its crown to China Mobile, a company which was only set up in 2000 and now has a market value of £69.7 billion, against £57.9 billion for Vodafone. The change in the world order came last week after Vodafone shares lost 6% of their value and China Mobile exten ...

Jon Rees, Mail on Sunday13 August 2006 AS Chris Tarrant might put it - so, Adrian, this one is for £8.5m. HOST WITH THE MOST: Chris Tarrant has added to his fortune thanks to Millionaire WANT TO KNOW MORE? REPORT: Bidders in wings as ITV's Allen goes READER SERVICE: Comapny reports OTHER STORIES Banks make £112 on customers NHS firm alert made three years ago Market report: Friday close Headhunter searches for new ITV chief Norman made secret Phones4U off ...

The Netherlands is the rich nation which does the most to improve lives in developing countries, a Center for Global Development (CGD) report says. The UK is 12th in the annual Commitment to Development Index of the world's 21 richest nations and Japan ranked last. CGD President Nancy Birdsall welcomed a "steady" improvement in commitment to poverty reduction in recent years. But, she added, help had fallen far short of promises made by world leaders in 2005 - the "Year of Development". The ...

By Belinda Goldsmith NEW YORK (Reuters) - YouTube, the popular online home video site, has an unexpected star -- a septuagenarian British widower -- whose soft-spoken, humble manner has won the hearts of users of the youth dominated Web site. Peter posted his first video on YouTube about a week ago, under the user name geriatric1927 which refers to the year of his birth. He called it "first try. ...