/*
Mike's DHTML scroller (By Mike Hall)
Last updated July 21st, 02' by Dynamic Drive for NS6 functionality
For this and 100's more DHTML scripts, visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com
*/

//SET SCROLLER APPEARANCE AND MESSAGES
var myScroller1 = new Scroller(0, 0, 114, 95, 0, 0); //(xpos, ypos, width, height, border, padding)
myScroller1.setColors("#000000", "", ""); //(fgcolor, bgcolor, bdcolor)
myScroller1.setFont("Verdana,Arial,Helvetica", 2);
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16942366\">RBS boss: I considered resigning</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16942366\">Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive, Stephen Hester, tells the BBC he br...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16942361\">Airbus to make A380 crack checks</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16942361\">Aircraft maker Airbus has been ordered to check the wings of all A380 super...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-16941929\">Greek parties \'to finalise deal\'</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-16941929\">Greek PM Lucas Papademos is set to meet coalition parties in an attempt to ...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16941123\">Jobs boost for economy in January</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16941123\">Employers added permanent jobs for the first time in four months in January...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16940420\">Nissan profits up on global sales</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16940420\">Nissan reports a 3.6% rise its profit for the October to December quarter d...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16941543\">Virgin Media posts strong profits</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16941543\">Strong demand for new TV services helped Virgin Media post a £48.2m profit ...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16943472\">Homeserve \'set to lose customers\'</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16943472\">Maintenance company Homeserve expects to lose more customers than previousl...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16939083\">Theme parks help Disney profits</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16939083\">Profits for Walt Disney have risen thanks to the rising popularity of its t...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16941142\">German exports hit record in 2011</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16941142\">German\'s trade surplus rises to 158bn euros in 2011 on record exports of 1....</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16939075\">Profits decline at BHP Billiton</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16939075\">Anglo-Australian firm BHP Billiton, the world\'s biggest mining company, rep...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16940415\">India and Iran reach oil pay deal</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16940415\">India reaches an agreement with Iran to process payments for its crude oil ...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16938960\">Yahoo board in another shake-up</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16938960\">Yahoo\'s chairman and three other board members step down as the tumult at t...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-16927626\">Scottish budget plan to be passed</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-16927626\">Finance Secretary John Swinney looks set to offer last minute changes to hi...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16938330\">Brazil\'s Itau has record profits</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16938330\">Itau Unibanco posts 14.6bn reais ($8.5bn, £5.3bn) of net profit in 2011, th...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-16933243\">Canada PM in China to discuss oil</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-16933243\">Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper visits China for talks focussing on ...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16939808\">Xinhua affiliate begins HK trade</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16939808\">A TV company linked to the Chinese news agency Xinhua has begun trading on ...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-16930451\">Dutch car plant in \'1-euro\' offer</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-16930451\">A Mitsubishi Motors boss offers to sell its Dutch factory for one euro, a d...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-politics-16923536\">Budget political broadcasts axed</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-politics-16923536\">Budget Day political broadcasts have been axed, under new BBC rules....</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16928599\">Tax deal brings out 2,000 evaders</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16928599\">Some 2,000 people from the UK with money invested in Liechtenstein have com...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16923295\">Stores offer warranty concessions</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16923295\">Dixons, Comet and Argos have pledged to improve the way extended warranties...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/education-16911875\">EMA replacement \'failing young\'</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/education-16911875\">A report suggests poor young students are dropping out of college because t...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16908136\">Empty shop numbers \'set to rise\'</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16908136\">The number of empty shops on the UK\'s high streets is set to increase this ...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-india-16923108\">India growth \'to fall below 7%\'</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-india-16923108\">India\'s economic growth is likely to dip below 7% for the 2011-12 financial...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-politics-16918110\">\'Gobsmacking\' tax and NHS costs</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-politics-16918110\">Estimates showing £10.9bn in unpaid tax was written off and medical neglige...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16932790\">RBS boss: \'Prove critics wrong\'</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16932790\">RBS boss Stephen Hester breaks his silence on the controversy surrounding h...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16915491\">BP ups dividend as profits rise</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16915491\">BP announces sharply higher profits and increases its dividend to sharehold...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16907816\">Glencore-Xstrata in $90bn merger</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16907816\">Anglo-Swiss mining group Xstrata unveils a $90bn merger with commodity trad...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-england-16927527\">Redknapp tax trial jury sent home</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-england-16927527\">The jury in the Harry Redknapp tax evasion trial is sent home for the day w...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/16920260\">2012 venue naming rights for sale</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/16920260\">The Olympic Park Legacy Company has launched a process to recruit sponsors ...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-16926114\">Hearts face action over tax bill</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-16926114\">Heart of Midlothian Football Club is given eight days by tax officials to p...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/today/hi/today/newsid_9694000/9694220.stm\">AUDIO: Stephen Hester: \'I am not a robot\'</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/today/hi/today/newsid_9694000/9694220.stm\">RBS chief executive Stephen Hester has admitted that he considered resignin...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16941770\">VIDEO: More shoppers haggling for goods</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16941770\">In these tough economic times more British shoppers are haggling for their ...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16928928\">VIDEO: Empty shops rate hits 14%</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16928928\">One in every seven shops on the UK\'s High Streets stood empty at the end of...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/today/hi/today/newsid_9693000/9693806.stm\">AUDIO: \'We should stop using the word bonus\'</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/today/hi/today/newsid_9693000/9693806.stm\">Labour leader Ed Miliband, who has called for a tax on bankers\' bonuses, is...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16939128\">VIDEO: Can Greece take more austerity?</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16939128\">In Greece, the government is said to be close to agreement on new austerity...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16932201\">VIDEO: Merger will create mining giant</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16932201\">News of a merger between mining firm Xstrata and commodities trader Glencor...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-16940585\">VIDEO: Passing down wealth in India</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-16940585\">A look at why passing down wealth to the next generation is important in In...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/16930889\">AUDIO: Europe must do \'real\' business</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/16930889\">Malaysia\'s former Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad says Europe needs to ...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16929107\">Would you vote for a 13.5% pay cut?</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16929107\">Would you vote for a 13.5% cut in your salary?...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16509765\">Truck sales \'hint at economic pickup\'</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16509765\">Builders\' trucks sales point towards better times...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16928632\">My Business: From old cellar to successful winery</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16928632\">The Georgian winemaking twins reviving a lost art...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16914367\">What the Dickens is the author worth?</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16914367\">Valuing the author\'s brand, 200 years after his birth...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16918000\">\'Europe is poor so should live within its means\'</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16918000\">Time to learn from Asia and cut the cloth accordingly?...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16858088\">Road warriors struggle to get connected</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16858088\">Road warriors struggle to get connected...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16682636\">Arab Spring hits India mango trade</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16682636\">India\'s mango industry hit by Arab Spring...</a></span></p></div>');


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