Pink 'Un

An informal name for the Financial Times, a major daily newspaper. The term refers to the salmon color of the paper on which it is printed.

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The so-called Pink 'Un is being sold by owners Pearson to Japan's Nikkei for PS844m.

FT is sold in PS844m deal; MEDIA

In February, the pink 'un ran a lengthy feature in which a similar Amazon operation to the one in Wales, this time in Rugeley, Staffordshire, was memorably compared by a local to working in a "slave camp".

Hero or villain... where do you stand on THEAMAZON debate? In the United States Amazon has been praised as an exemplary employer, while in the UK its working conditions are criticised. David Williamson asks what this says about attitudes to big business on both sides of the Atlantic

Ah, the good old days of hot metal and the Saturday pink 'un.

The power of electric shocks; Denis Kilcommons denis.kilcommons@yahoo.co.uk To read more columns go to www.examiner.co.uk/denis

If the Pink 'Un has it right, it was a systemic fraud.

Why mighty Goldman Sachs have two hedge funds in trouble

THE 1882 mock obituary mourning the death of English cricket which led to the creation of the Ashes did not appear in The Times but in the Sporting Times, a racing paper also known as The Pink 'Un which was founded in 1865 and ceased publication in 1930 (Page 4, September 8).

Dear Mirror: For the record

In the restaurant, drinks were sent over, wine and brandies flowed and, arriving back at the hotel, we saw a billboard in the street for the Pink 'Un evening paper with the banner headline QUINN'S STUNNING FOUR-GOAL DEBUT.

Snooker boozer Bill downed 40 pints a day but couldn't last the pace with me; MICK QUINN In his own words - Part 2

The Racing Channel's disappearance into the ethereal graveyard occupied by, among many others, the Pink 'Un, the Winning Post, the Sporting Chronicle and `The Life' itself, is a reminder, in a very similar way to the ending of the battle between this paper and its more ancient rival, that racing's fanbase, however loyal and passionate, can only sustain a certain level of coverage.

We'll all end up paying for Racing Channel's demise

Far Note can gain a well-deserved success in the Pink 'Un Magazine Classic Maiden Stakes over seven furlongs.

Johnston set to add to century

ED Balls plans PS6bn raid on bank bonuses and mansion owners" screamed the front page of the Financial Times last week, if the tone of the Pink 'Un could ever be described as screaming.

Solution to real banking issues would be a bonus

The organ was listed in Willings Press Guide as the Sports something or other, but it was universally known as The Pink 'Un.

Perspective: The epidemic that is hitting everyone; With reports at the weekend of teachers and pupils being hit by a very modern epidemic, stress is in the headlines again. It hits virtually everyone at some time. A tense Sid Langley investigates

But even the Pink 'Un is clearly not immune to abusing the concept of editorial equity and fairness, and which cock they choose to crow from the top of their dunghill is their business.

We jump supporters have nothing to be ashamed of

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