en-us Reuters UK) - Special tax breaks for entrepreneurs who build new plants in Britain could be considered, Business Secretary Peter Mandelson told the Financial Times in its Friday edition.Mandelson also told the newspaper that "if he could put the clock back" he would like to see more large UK-owned...]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:45:28 -0800 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:28:48 -0800 Reuters UK) - Swift interest rate hikes aimed at containing inflation in product and asset prices could cause another downturn in the slowly recovering economies of the United States and Europe, the head of the World Bank said."Waiting for bubbles to burst and then cleaning up the aftermath is...]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:15:44 -0800 Reuters) - Swift interest rate hikes aimed at containing inflation in product and asset prices could cause another downturn in the slowly recovering economies of the United States and Europe, the head of the World Bank said."Waiting for bubbles to burst and then cleaning up the aftermath is now...]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:00:24 -0800 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:55:40 -0800 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:49:56 -0800 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:07:09 -0800 DAKT DAKT Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:27:05 -0800 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:44:20 -0800 PFE PFE Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:57:56 -0800 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:54:16 -0800 Reuters UK) - Northumbrian Water NWG said its first half results were buoyed by price hikes which helped offset the effects of businesses closing.The company, which provides water to people in northeast England and through its Essex & Suffolk Water unit in the southeast of the country, said on...]]> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:30:20 -0800 Reuters UK) - Confidence among British businesses has climbed to a six-year high, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales ICAEW, said on Monday.The Business Confidence Monitor survey showed a 24.6 rise for the fourth quarter, up from 4.8 in the third quarter, the Times newspaper said.This...]]> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:00:53 -0800 Reuters UK) - A New York Times editorial slammed Goldman Sachs GS for its role in the financial crisis and said that instead of paying big bonuses to its employees it should make a multibillion-dollar gift to help reduce the U.S. national debt.The editorial, dated November 21 on...]]> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:16:38 -0800 AIG GS NYT AIG,GS,NYT Reuters) - A New York Times editorial slammed Goldman Sachs GS for its role in the financial crisis and said that instead of paying big bonuses to its employees it should make a multibillion-dollar gift to help reduce the U.S. national debt.The editorial, dated November 21 on the...]]> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:00:15 -0800 AIG GS NYT AIG,GS,NYT Reuters UK) - Vladimir Putin pledged on Saturday to widen Russia's anti-crisis aid package with a car scrappage scheme and mortgage support to jolt the economy out of the worst recession in 15 years.Putin, who now serves as Russia's prime minister after...]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:30:14 -0800 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:21:25 -0800 AGN AGN Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:28:06 -0800 Reuters UK) - South Africa's Illovo Sugar Ltd ILVJ posted a 3 percent fall in first-half headline earnings per share on Thursday and said it expected full-year headline EPS to fall due to the impact of its rights offer.Illovo, a unit of Associated British Foods ABF, said headline EPS...]]> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:45:40 -0800 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:36:07 -0800