- Artist Tracey Emin says she is considering leaving the UK and moving to France due to the high tax rates in the UK of 50% for incomes over £150,000. She feels taxes are too high and there are not enough incentives to work hard in the UK. - The head of the World Bank says the recent global financial crisis has resulted in a decline of US economic power as emerging economies like China and Brazil have grown during the recession while the US has been in recession for almost two years. - A report finds that online advertising spending in the UK overtook television advertising for the first time, with online spending growing while TV advertising spending declined.