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Levy will help to fund the rollout of superfast broadband across the country, says Lord CarterLandline owners will pay £6 a year to fund the rollout of superfast broadband across the country, communications minister Lord Carter said today as he launched the government's Digital Britain report.In his long-awaited blueprint for the future of the UK's communications infrastructure, Carter also said the surplus from the BBC's digital switchover help scheme would help to fund the £200m cost of providing universal access to broadband.The government wants everyone to be able to receive broadband of at least 2Mbps by 2012 as it puts more public services online.It is also anxious that remote or underserved parts of the country are not left behind when the 'next generation' of superfast broadband is built.'True superfast broadband will be concentrated in the first two-thirds of the market in the next decade, leaving the 'final third' served only with current generation broadband,' today's report

Obama's First Global Warming Report Most Dire Yet: Ill Effects Already Here, Will Get Worse

Electronics retailer Best Buy Co. Inc. Tuesday reported a decline in its first-quarter profit, hurt mainly by restructuring charges. On an adjusted basis, the company's earnings were slightly lower year-over-year, but came in above analysts' estimates. The company also confirmed its adjusted earnings per share outlook for fiscal 2010.

Fifth Third Bancorp made $6.2 billion in loans in April, down from its March levels, according to a report it makes to the U.S. Treasury. (FITB)

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion will announce the results of its first fiscal quarter of 2010 on June 18. RIM is coming off of a strong fourth quarter, and with the new BlackBerry Tour, as well as product refreshes coming this year, analysts are expecting a solid performance. - On June 18, BlackBerry maker Research In Motion will announce the results of its first fiscal quarter of 2010, which ended May 30. Broadpoint AmTech analyst Mark McKechnie wrote to investors in a June 12 report that he expects a ?solid result and outlook.? McKechnie added, ?We are encou...

The U.S. dollar lost ground after a pair of U.S. reports showed tame inflation and housing starts jumping more than predicted, adding support to speculation the economy is recovering.

Microsoft has joined with the American Medical Association in order to allow physician access to patients' online Microsoft HealthVault records, which contain self-reported medical history. Microsoft has previously entered into HealthVault partnerships with medical institutions such as the Mayo Clinic. - Microsoft is collaborating with the American Medical Association (AMA), allowing physicians to access patient records stored on its HealthVault application via a Web-based portal. That portal, currently in beta testing, will be launched in early 2010. The American Medical Association is devel...

Tomorrow President Obama will present his plan to fix the way the U.S. regulates finance. The 'white paper' his Treasury Department will release at the same time will contain the specifics. But already the administration is publicizing its overarching themes, particularly through official if unnamed leaks to the Wall Street Journal and an opinion piece Monday in the Washington Post by Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and White House economics chief Larry Summers.

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Tomorrow President Obama will present his plan to fix the way the U.S. regulates finance. The 'white paper' his Treasury Department will release at the same time will contain the specifics. But already the administration is publicizing its overarching themes, particularly through official if unnamed leaks to the Wall Street Journal and an opinion piece Monday in the Washington Post by Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and White House economics chief Larry Summers.