en-us Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:06:58 -0800 Reuters UK) - Chancellor Alistair Darling will next week stake his government's future on tax rises for the rich to pay for continued support for the recession-hit economy and to bring down a record budget deficit.With an election due within six months, Wednesday's pre-budget report may well...]]> Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:01:47 -0800 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:00:16 -0800 Reuters) - Corporate executives expect a value-added tax to be considered by the U.S. Congress in the next five years, according to a survey by tax and accounting firm KPMG released on Thursday.The poll conducted by KPMG of 600 executives at a cross section of U.S. domestic...]]> Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:01:06 -0800 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:00:00 -0800 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:48:46 -0800 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:44:23 -0800 Reuters UK) - Barclays completed the sale of its asset management arm to U.S. fund manager BlackRock on Tuesday for $15.2 billion (9.1 billion pounds), or $1.7 billion more than when it struck the deal in June after a jump in BlackRock's share price.Barclays said it would book a...]]> Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:00:47 -0800 BCS BCS Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0800 FTE FTE Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:04:45 -0800 Reuters) - China will expand schemes that give consumers a discount if they trade in old cars and household appliances for new ones, according to Vice Commerce Minister Jiang Zengwei.The programs will contribute to a fresh drive by the government to boost rural and urban consumption next year to...]]> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:30:27 -0800 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 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:52:35 -0800 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:55:40 -0800 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:49:56 -0800 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:27:05 -0800 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:44:20 -0800 PFE PFE 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