en-us Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:42:26 -0800 Reuters UK) - Cadbury CBRY said on Wednesday it had insured 500 million pounds of pension liabilities in a deal allowing it to keep control of the scheme's assets.Cadbury, fighting off a hostile takeover bid from U.S. food group rival Kraft KFT, sealed the insurance deal covering British pension...]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:09:25 -0800 CSG KFT CSG,KFT Reuters UK) - The top share index fell by 0.2 percent early on Tuesday with banks down as slight investor caution returned after three days of gains, with UK and U.S. data awaited.A decision by Abu Dhabi on Monday to provide Dubai with $10 billion (6.2 billion...]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:49:30 -0800 RDSA STAN RDSA,STAN Reuters UK) - British Airways cabin crew called a strike on Monday, hours after the airline revealed a 3.7 billion pound hole in its pension fund that will require deft handling if a proposed merger with Iberia is to stay on track."The strike will...]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:30:55 -0800 Reuters UK) - British Airways' pension deficit more than doubled to 3.7 billion pounds at the end of March, it revealed on Monday, higher than analysts expected but not seen as big enough to derail a merger with Spain's Iberia.Shares in BA were down...]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:06:47 -0800 BAB BAB Reuters UK) - Pension liabilities are increasingly stopping companies from pursuing mergers or restructurings, a survey showed on Monday.The number of companies which see their pension liabilities as an obstacle to such activities has nearly doubled in the last two years to 33 percent, according to the survey conducted...]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:12:46 -0800 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:41:41 -0800 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:27:00 -0800 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:26:18 -0800 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:14:45 -0800 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:52:23 -0800 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:46:09 -0800 AIG BCS HLT AIG,BCS,HLT Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:46:08 -0800 BTY BTY Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:53:22 -0800 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:41:53 -0800 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:59:11 -0800 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:10:04 -0800 Reuters UK) - Britain's Vodafone VOD is planning to close its 755 million pounds final salary pension scheme to around 4,000 of it's employees, the Financial Times reported in its Thursday editions.Vodafone is following several other high profile employers in blocking current workers from earning further retirement benefits that...]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:30:35 -0800 VOD VOD Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:16:41 -0800 Reuters UK) - British companies are failing to take the strategic implications of climate change seriously and are missing out on investment opportunities, a study sponsored by three major UK investors said Monday.Firms are addressing the impact of major climate-linked events, but are neglecting to manage incremental changes or...]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:00:26 -0800