 Gordon Brown says BA strike unecessaryThe UK Prime Minister has put pressure on British Airways cabin crew to call off a series of... | |
 UK Chancellor pledges major cut in deficitIn the UK, Chancellor Alistair Darling has pledged to cut the budget deficit by... |
 Scotland passengers expect meagre BA serviceScotland is expecting to be hit hard by the British Airways strike with flights to and from Scotland among the routes that will suffer from a three-day strike by British Airways cabin... |
| Germany And France Split Over Solution To Greek Financial Crisis END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> The split between Europe’s leaders over aid to Greece widened yesterday as Germany... |
| Oft Ready To Investigate Investment Banks’ Profits END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Britain’s competition watchdog is gearing up for a full-scale investigation into investment... |
| The Next Olympics: A High Street Take On The Olympic Uniform And Bedlinen END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Which British fashion company is designing Team GB’s uniforms for the 2012 ... |
| World Cup 2010 Faces Threat Of Blackouts And Soaring Metal Prices END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> The World Cup kicks off in only 82 days and while football fans may be rejoicing,... |
| Businesses Denied Loans Should Have Right Of Appeal, Says Lord Mandelson END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Small and medium-sized businesses that have their applications for loans rejected will be able to... |
| Germany’s Drive Against Tax Evaders Strikes At Heart Of Swiss Bank Secrecy END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Switzerland’s reputation as a safe haven for undeclared wealth was in tatters last night... |
| Strikes Will Plague The Run-up To The General Election END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Tens of thousands of British Airways passengers whose travel plans this weekend have been... |
| Escape From The City: Festivals To Follow, Exhibitions To Visit The city is full of activities, exhibitions and festivals but for those who want to get away or who are traveling for business here are a few options from Turkey and Europe to include in your... |
| Stocks Rally Loses Steam, Euro Slumps Oil suffered its steepest drop in six weeks as the dollar firmed against the euro and other currencies. Cheaper crude oil weighed on energy shares in the United States and... |
| Aer Lingus Cabin Crew Vote Again On Cuts ) will vote for a second time to decide whether to accept a cost-cutting package, the company said, in a move that could prevent more layoffs or strikes at the... |
| London Stock Exchange Quotations 19 March 2010 London - Closing prices in pence on the London Stock Exchange on Friday. In brackets movement and percentage change against the previous... |
| Icahn Throws Spanner Into Lions Gate Bid For Mgm END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Carl Icahn, the activist investor, made a surprise takeover bid for Lions Gate ... |
| Currys Deploys Big Guns Against Best Buy In Battle Of Megastores END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Currys will open 33 megastores, each the size of a football pitch, to compete with... |
| Nuclear Boost As Conservatives Pledge Tax On Dirty Power END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Britain’s nuclear energy industry received a boost yesterday when David ... |
| Sports Direct Given Blacks Ultimatum By Takeover Panel END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Sports Direct has been issued with a “put up or shut up” ruling by the ... |
| Sunshine And Mother's Day Bring Optimism To John Lewis END: Module - Module - M24 Article Headline with portrait image (b) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Mother’s Day trading boosted John Lewis last week with sales at the... |
| African Barrick Gold Floats At Bottom Of Price Range END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> African Barrick Gold said today that it would raise £581 million after ... |
| Lloyds Expects To Return To Profit In 2010 BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> The Government's prospects of selling its stakes in bailed-out banks at a profit improved this morning after Lloyds Banking Group announced that it ... |
| Rio And Chinalco Sign $1.35bn Simandou Iron Ore Project$ END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Rio Tinto, the Anglo-Australian miner, has signed a $1.35 billion (£892 million) deal... |
| Buy Local – And Buy Your Local Pub, Says Labour END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Hundreds of pubs doomed to closure could be rescued under Government proposals to help to fund... |
| Tempus: Whole New Ball Game At Investec END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Stock markets in countries hosting the World Cup have a history of rallying in the six months before... |
| Babcock Deal Now All Down To Price, Says Key Vt Investor END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> VT Group’s fourth-largest shareholder has urged the defence contractor to “seriously... |
| Sir Fred’s Pension Trumped By Rbs Deputy END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Gordon Pell, the outgoing deputy chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland, is walking away with a... |
| Retiring M&s Chief Jumps To Top Of Pay League Sir Stuart Rose is set to become the FTSE 100’s best-paid chairman as Marks & Spencer risks another flare-up with investors. M&S yesterday appointed headhunters to find a successor to Sir... |
| Mobile Tapping To Curb City Cheats END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> The mobile phone — the favourite tool of the City cheat — could be subject... |
| Pru Chief Turns Down Seat On Board Of Bank END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Tidjane Thiam managed to avert a confrontation with Prudential shareholders yesterday... |
| Tesco To Beat Tax Hike With Early Bonuses Tesco has become the latest large UK company to bring forward the payment of its bonus, in reply to the Government’s introduction of a new 50 per cent tax rate The early pay-out will... |
| Arriva Investors Tells D.bahn Offer More ) said suitor Deutsche Bahn AG DBN.UL should offer considerably more than Arriva's current share price to reflect the strategic value of the transport... |
| Glance-ftse Sets 21-month Closing High, Lloyds Boosts Banks By Simon Falush LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) - Britain's top share index edged to its highest close in 21 months on Friday, spurred by strength in banking stocks after Lloyds Banking Group said it... |
| Software Firm Plans Massive R&d Boost Financial software firm First Derivatives today unveiled plans for a multi-million pound investment in research and development (R&D). The Newry-based company’s plans to invest... |
| Total Invests In North Sea Oil Field Once Viewed As Too Costly Total is investing £2.5bn to develop entirely the Laggan and Tormore gas fields in the deep North Sea, more than 80 miles West of Shetland. The fields had been ruled too expensive for... |
| Glance-ftse Hits 21-month High; Lloyds Leads Banks Higher By David Brett LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) - Financials led Britain's FTSE 100 share index to a 21-month high by midday on Friday, after Lloyds Banking Group said it would return to profitability in... |
| Labour To Plot Steady Course In Budget (Reuters) - The budget next week will offer some small gestures to aid recovery but, weeks from an election, the government will not risk the wrath of debt-wary taxpayers and financial markets with... |
| Greece Close To Being Unable To Borrow (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou warned on Friday his country was one step from being unable to borrow and appealed to labour unionists to support his efforts to escape a debt... |
| Eu Mulls Emergency Bank Wind-up Fund (Reuters) - The European Union is considering making banks pay for an emergency wind-up fund in case one of them goes bust, in an effort to prevent another spiral like the one that followed the... |
| Pm Urges G20 To Drive Growth Agenda (Reuters) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the G20 must mature into an organisation that can promote global economic growth and warned there could be another financial crisis if its reforms... |
| Upbeat Lloyds Bank Gives World Markets A Boost (AP) LONDON - British stocks led Friday's advance in global markets after the part-nationalized Lloyds Banking Group issued a buoyant trading update, but the euro continued to founder amid... |
| Deadlines Loom For Mgm And Miramax Hollywood is set for a shake-up with two major names in movie-making poised to change hands. The close of play in Los Angeles today marks the deadline for bids to be submitted for... |
| Fraudster Bernard Madoff 'attacked' In Jail Fraudster Bernard Madoff has been assaulted by another inmate while in jail, according to reports. The former financier is serving a 150-year prison sentence in Butner jail in North Carolina for... |
| F1's Mclaren Unveils 'affordable' Supercar McLaren has unveiled its new supercar, designed to bring Formula 1 know-how to the road. The British F1 competitor will take on rival European manufacturers such as Ferrari and Porsche with the... |
| Lloyds Bank Predicts Return To Profits Part-nationalised Lloyds Banking Group had some cheer for the taxpayer today as it predicted a return to profit this year after lower than expected bad debts. The bank is 41% state-owned but shares... |
| Glance-banks Lead Ftse Up 0.4%; Lloyds Sees 2010 Profit By David Brett LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 share index was up 0.4 percent in early trade on Friday, following gains made overnight in the U.S. and Asia and led by banks after... |
| Police Chief Cruises The City On Foot CORPUS CHRISTI Police Chief Troy Riggs began running a decade ago in part for stress relief. Somehow, his hobby became part of his job. When he worked at the Louisville, Ky., police... |
