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• U.K. to Break Up Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds

  BNET - 2009-11-03

  U.K. financial regulators are moving ahead on plans to break up big banks by Alain Sherter

  Tags: Financial, Royal Bank Of Scotland, U.K., Financial Accounting, Finance, Alain Sherter

• Weekend Round-Up

  BNET - 2009-09-21

  Several big brands are beefing up their images as competitors steal a march on them: Vodafone's on the marketing offensive as the potential T-Mobile/Orange merger threatens to push it back to third, behind market leader O2. It is revamping its brand message, swapping its old "Make the most of now"...

  Tags: Brand, Royal Bank Of Scotland, U.K., iTV, Mood, Royal Bank Of Scotland Survey, Branding, TVs, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, BNET UK Staff

• Enterprise Inns drops on fears over rent and beer sales

  BNET - 2009-08-12

  The FTSE 100 rallied for the first time in three days yesterday, but Enterprise Inns came under pressure amid trading and financing concerns. Britain's biggest pubs group lost 3.2 per cent to 157p after rent data led Goldman Sachs to add the stock to its "sell" list. "In light of...

  Tags: valuation, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., broker, Tesco, beer sale, Sinochem Corp., financing concern

• Need to know: Unite joint venture ... SAS job cuts ... Swisscom profits rise ...

  BNET - 2009-08-12

  View video and Need to Know interactive heatmap Economics Unemployment: Official data showed that nearly one million young people are out of work as unemployment hit a 14-year high. More than 700,00 18 to 24-year-olds and 206,000 16 to 17-year-olds are jobless. Inflation: Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of...

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• BREAKFAST DEALS: China billion

  BNET - 2009-08-11

  Lunch isn't just for wimps. Check out LUNCH DEALS for more wheels and deals later today. China hasn't completely turned off Australia, with rumours of China Investment Corporation buying a $1 billion convertible note in Fortescue following its investment in Goodman Group. Also, Rio Tinto's Stern Hu is expected to...

  Tags: Aquila Mining Systems, Arrow Energy, BG Group Plc, Bloomberg L.P., Boart Longyear, Cameco Corp., Centerra Gold Inc., China Investment Corp., China Iron & Steel Association, China Railway Group, Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd., ConocoPhillips Co., Credit Suisse Group AG, Delta Air Lines Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, Essar Group, FORTESCUE Metals Group, Gladstone Plc., Gloucester Coal Ltd., Goodman Group, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., KPMG International, Lion Nathan Ltd., Malaysia?s Petronas, Noble Group Ltd., Origin Energy Ltd., Rio Tinto, Royal Bank of Scotland, Tata Motors, Thomson Reuters Corp., United Airlines, Vale, Virgin Blue Holdings, Westfield Group, Westpac Banking Corp., Xstrata Plc.

• BT lifted by its own broker

  BNET - 2009-08-10

  BT Group was in demand yesterday after its joint house broker turned positive for the first time. JPMorgan upgraded BT to "overweight" based on hopes a turnround will allow the telecoms group to lift its dividend. "Broadband and cost cutting are taking centrestage from global IT growth, in our view...

  Tags: J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., dividend, broker, Friends Provident Plc., British Telecommunications, Resolution Inc., BT Group Plc.

• EUROPEAN UNION

  - 2009-02-27

  Stock markets Stocks closed higher, snapping a four-day losing streak, as Royal Bank of Scotland boosted a resurgent banking sector. RBS jumped 25.5 per cent after saying it would put 325bn of its assets into Britains APS scheme. UBS, Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas, Socit Gnrale were up...

  Tags: BNP Paribas SA, Royal Bank of Scotland

• EUROPEAN UNION

  - 2009-01-20

  Stock markets European shares closed lower, led by Royal Bank of Scotland, which dragged down the banking sector after it said it would report a 2008 loss of up to 28bn. Shares in RBS plunged 64.3 per cent. Also in financials, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank and Lloyds...

  Tags: BNP Paribas SA, Royal Bank of Scotland

• The oligarch who cost Royal Bank of Scotland Pounds 1bn

  - 2009-01-20

  THE FOUNDATION set up by Leonid Blavatnik, the oligarch at the centre of a 2.5bn loan row with Royal Bank of Scotland, is backing the Babylon exhibition at the British Museum. As the once opulent city in modern-day Iraq was obliterated, Mr Blavatnik will be hoping parts of his own...

  Tags: Lyondell Chemical Co., Royal Bank of Scotland

• RDF considers USD75m takeover offer

  Strategy Eye - 2008-11-13

  RDF Media says it is considering a GBP50m (USD75m) takeover offer from a consortium featuring Cyrte Investment, a company linked to Big Brother founder John De Mol. RDF, the independent production company responsible for TV shows such as Location, Location,...

  Tags: RDF Media, RDF, XML, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Charlotte Eyre, Allied Irish Banks, Barclays Capital, BBC, Cyrte Investments, ITV, Royal Bank of Scotland