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- £165bn loan keeps Lloyds afloat Lloyds Banking is being sustained by £165bn in loans and guarantees from the Bank of England -- approaching the £200m of quantitative easing allocated to support the UK economy. This should, says Lloyds, be set against the context of its £1trn balance sheet, but its...
- Blog posts 2009-11-08
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- Government Eyes More Bank Shares
- LONDON (Reuters UK) - The government will unveil plans this week to spend 30 billion pounds buying further shares of rescued banks Royal Bank of Scotland RBS and Lloyds LLOY, The Daily Telegraph reported on Monday.The newspaper said Chancellor Alistair Darling has agreed to spend about 25 billion pounds on...
- News items 2009-11-01
- Weekend Round-Up
- Sunday Times Alistair Darling acts on bank bonuses: The Chanceller of the Exchequer will be summoning the remuneration committee chairmen of the big four banks to a meeting this week to warn them they must adhere to guidelines established agreed by world leaders at the G20 summit...
- Blog posts 2009-09-28
- Independent News and Media/Belfast Telegraph inquiry; Hearing on 28 April.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-28 April 2000-UK GOVERNMENT: Independent News and Media/Belfast Telegraph inquiry; Hearing on 28 April C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:27042000 The Competition Commission has been asked to investigate and report upon the proposed transfer of the Belfast Telegraph, The Sunday...
- Research articles 2000-04-28
- Competition Commission invites evidence on the proposed acquisition by Independent News & Media of Belfast Telegraph and other titles.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-4 April 2000-UK GOVERNMENT: Competition Commission invites evidence on the proposed acquisition by Independent News & Media of Belfast Telegraph and other titles C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:03042000 Stephen Byers, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, has asked...
- Research articles 2000-04-04
- Proposal by independent news & media to acquire Belfast Telegraph and other titles.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-29 March 2000-UK GOVERNMENT: Proposal by independent news & media to acquire Belfast Telegraph and other titles C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:29032000 Stephen Byers has today referred to the Competition Commission an application from Independent News & Media PLC...
- Research articles 2000-03-29
- The Weekend Round-Up
- The Sunday Times Denting Student Debt Cash-strapped university students can now have their own trading hub where they can buy and sell textbooks, used computers, CDs, iPods or anything else they want to offload for extra readies. Entrepreneur Neil Canetty-Clarke will launch Universitiestrader.com across 200 UK universities...
- Blog posts 2009-11-02
- Bankers' Bonuses "will Not Be Capped" - Myners
- By Stefano AmbrogiLONDON (Reuters UK) - Financial regulators have no intention of capping bankers' bonuses under new powers planned to curb big payouts that drive excessive risk-taking, Financial Services Minister Paul Myners said on Sunday.Myners was trying to clarify what the reforms would mean after Chancellor Alistair Darling said in...
- News items 2009-11-15
- Bonuses "will Not Be Capped" - Myners
- By Stefano AmbrogiLONDON (Reuters UK) - Financial regulators have no intention of capping bankers' bonuses under new powers planned to curb big payouts that drive excessive risk-taking, Financial Services Minister Paul Myners said on Sunday.Myners was trying to clarify what the reforms would mean after Chancellor Alistair Darling said in...
- News items 2009-11-16
- Weekend Round-Up
- Sunday Times Joe Lewis blocks Archie Norman from Mitchells & Butlers top job Billionaire currency trader Joe Lewis has blocked the appointment of newly appointed ITV chairman Archie Norman as non-executive chairman of pub group Mitchells & Butlers. Lewis holds almost 23% of...
- Blog posts 2009-11-30
- UK Bank Bailout May Have Broken WTO Rules
- LONDON (Reuters UK) - The government could face trade sanctions if it is found guilty of protectionism as a result of the bank bailout, Pascal Lamy, director general of the World Trade Organisation, told the Sunday Telegraph.Lamy said the WTO will likely examine whether countries that bailed out their banks...
- News items 2009-11-22
- Bank Bailout May Have Broken WTO Rules
- LONDON (Reuters UK) - The government could face trade sanctions if it is found guilty of protectionism as a result of the bank bailout, Pascal Lamy, director general of the World Trade Organisation, told the Sunday Telegraph.Lamy said the WTO will likely examine whether countries that bailed out their banks...
- News items 2009-11-22
- Baghdad accuses Iran, Syria of supporting insurgents
- LONDON AFP ? Iraq's new government will this week publish evidence of ties between foreign countries, including Iran and Syria, and Muslim extremists and supporters of Saddam Hussein's regime who have launched an insurgency in the country. Hoshyar Zebari, Iraqi foreign minister, told the Sunday Telegraph that his government...
- Research articles 2004-07-04
- Novelist Rushdie condemns Britain for not protecting Sikh playwright
- LONDON AFP — Salman Rushdie, the British novelist who faced a death sentence for writing "The Satanic Verses", condemned the government for failing to protect a Sikh playwright who has been forced into hiding to escape death threats. "It has been horrifying to see the response. It is pretty...
- Research articles 2004-12-26
- Buyers will pay for advertising ban on fast cars.
- Jul 14, 2002 The Sunday Telegraph ABIX via COMTEX -- Bob Miller is a professor of marketing and communications at Macquarie University. He says that the Australian Government's proposal to ban certain car advertisements will lead to higher costs for car buyers. The government...
- Research articles 2002-07-14
- Subsidise air fares, says MP.
- Jul 29, 2001 Sunday Telegraph ABIX via COMTEX -- The New South Wales NSW Government is set to subsidise rural airlines in late July 2001. Carl Scully, NSW Transport Minister, will be responsible for distributing an estimated $A3.5 million a year in subsidies. The...
- Research articles 2001-07-28
- Weekend Round-Up
- Sunday Times Hedge fund heroines outdo men in City Mina Gerowin and Leda Braga are two of a small group of women holding their own in this male-dominated area of investing. But it's an uphill struggle with many women finding it hard to flourish in this testosterone-fuelled arena. Speaking...
- Blog posts 2009-10-12
- Embattled BA plans extra cost-slashing measures: report
- LONDON AFP ? British Airways, which has seen profits cut by terrorism fears and wildcat strikes, plans to slash another 500 million pounds (715 million euros, 900 million dollars) a year from its costs, it was reported. The beleaguered British flag carrier, which was forced this week to cancel...
- Research articles 2004-01-04
- Tall people need not apply, says Britain's spy service MI5
- LONDON AFP ? Wannabe British spies should think again if they are above a certain height, Britain's domestic intelligence service MI5 suggests on a new application form, a weekly newspaper said. "Applicants would ideally be no taller than 5ft llin (180 centimetres) for men and 5ft 8in for women,"...
- Research articles 2004-03-06
- British men are better drivers than women: top examiner
- LONDON AFP — The man in charge of driving test standards in Britain steered into controversy by claiming that men are better drivers than women. In his role as chief examiner for the British government's Driving Standards Agency, Robin Cummins oversees 1.5 million driving tests each year -- and...
- Research articles 2005-02-13
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