en-us Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:00:34 -0800 Reuters UK) - Housebuilder Berkeley Group BKGH posted half-year results down over a third on Friday, impacted by a lower number of transactions and a drop in selling prices.The London-based developer and builder posted a pretax profit in the six months to end October down 35 percent to 52.0...]]> Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:30:23 -0800 Reuters UK) - The housing market in England and Wales strengthened modestly in November, with the smallest year-on-year drop in house prices since May 2008, a survey by property data company Hometrack showed on Monday.House prices rose 0.2 percent from last month on a non-seasonally adjusted basis, the fourth...]]> Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:30:38 -0800 Reuters UK) - British budget airline Flybe and five oil companies are planning initial public offerings in London next year which are expected to value them collectively at 1.5 billion pounds, the Sunday Times reported.The paper said Flybe had instructed advisers Merrill Lynch to prepare for a listing, and...]]> Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:30:22 -0800 Reuters UK) - Low-cost airline bmi said on Wednesday it will cut at least 600 jobs, scrap loss-making routes and reduce its fleet of jets to help cope with falling demand and the economic downturn.The company, owned by German carrier Lufthansa AG, said even more jobs could...]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:30:44 -0800 Reuters UK) - JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPM is beefing up its European investment bank by buying the half of Cazenove it does not already own in a deal valuing the revered 190-year old stockbroker at 2 billion pounds.The transaction, which will land windfalls for dozens of...]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:45:48 -0800 GS JPM GS,JPM Reuters UK) - U.S. carmaker General Motors could cut between 9,000 and 10,000 jobs as part of its restructuring of its European operations, Nick Reilly, interim head of GM's European business, said on Tuesday.The company must reduce its production across Europe by between 20 and 25 percent as part...]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:30:30 -0800 GMGMQ GMGMQ Reuters) - U.S. carmaker General Motors could cut between 9,000 and 10,000 jobs as part of its restructuring of its European operations, Nick Reilly, interim head of GM's European business, said on Tuesday.The company must reduce its production across Europe by between 20 and 25 percent as part of...]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:30:17 -0800 GMGMQ GMGMQ Reuters UK) - Department store group Debenhams DEB announced a four-day sale starting on November 18 in a move which it predicts could spark a price war reminiscent of the frenzied discounting in the run-up to last Christmas.Debenhams said on Monday its price cuts would total 250 million pounds,...]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:45:33 -0800 WMT WMT Reuters UK) - French oil major Total has admitted safety breaches and to polluting ground water, in connection with an explosion at a fuel depot at Buncefield in 2005.France's largest listed company said it entered pleas of guilty at a hearing on Friday, to charges brought by...]]> Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:01:29 -0800 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:34:14 -0700 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:00:00 -0700 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:21:03 -0700 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:20:11 -0700 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:31:35 -0700 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:21:44 -0700 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:47:44 -0700 Sat, 23 May 2009 14:52:14 -0700 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:46:04 -0700 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:45:42 -0700