2014年8月7日 星期四

2014-08-07 U.K. Business

  Daily Mail   
US: Russia impeding own people's access to food  Daily Mail
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration dismissed Moscow's ban on Western food imports as trivial to the U.S. but warned it would hurt Russia's own population, drawing a moral contrast in an escalating diplomatic dispute with the former Cold War ...

Russia threatens to go beyond food sanctions   Financial Times
Moscow bans Western food imports; Russian quits as Ukraine rebel chief   Reuters
Will Russia's Western sanctions hit shoppers?   BBC News
The Independent   
Businessweek   
Telegraph.co.uk (blog)   
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  Yahoo News UK   
Rio Tinto raises cost of Kitimat smelter upgrade to $4.8-billion  The Globe and Mail
Rio Tinto PLC says it will pump another $1.5-billion (U.S.) into the aluminum smelter upgrade at Kitimat, B.C., increasing the total project cost to $4.8-billion. The London-based mining giant announced Thursday that its board has approved a further ...

Rio raises hopes of happy returns for shareholders   Yorkshire Post
CORRECT: UK MIDDAY BRIEFING: Rio Tinto Profit Almost Doubles   London South East
Rio Tinto's Success Deals Up Questions for Miner   Wall Street Journal
Reuters   
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  The Guardian   
Sir Philip Hampton may quit RBS in potential move to GlaxoSmithKline  The Guardian
The RBS chairman has been facing questions about his future at the 81% taxpayer-owned bank since Stephen Hester quit as chief executive. Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images. Sir Philip Hampton, chairman of Royal Bank of Scotland, is thought to be ...

Philip Hampton is being lined up to replace Sir Christopher Gent as GSK's next ...   CITY A.M.
GlaxoSmithKline looking to bag RBS chairman Sir Philip Hampton   Telegraph.co.uk
GSK Close To Luring RBS's Hampton As Chairman   Sky News
euronews   
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  The Guardian   
ECB gets ready to pump cash into eurozone as fears rise over recovery  The Guardian
Mario Draghi says: 'The recovery remains weak, fragile and uneven.' Photograph: Daniel Roland/AFP/Getty Images. The European Central Bank is accelerating plans to unleash fresh growth-boosting measures as the eurozone's recovery loses steam and the ...

ECB sticks with Verizon in wake of US-German spying clash   Reuters UK
UPDATE 3-ECB warns of Ukraine threat to economy, stands ready to act   Reuters
Record Low Bond Yields Challenge ECB's Draghi on Policy   Wall Street Journal
Bloomberg   
Irish Times   
Businessweek   
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  Reuters UK   
Aviva plans more bulk pensions deals to offset reforms  Reuters UK
LONDON (Reuters) - British insurer Aviva (AV.L) said it would make more mid-sized bulk pension deals with companies in the second half of the year to help shield it from the government's sweeping reforms to retirement annuities. Aviva was the top gainer on ...

UPDATE 2-Aviva plans more bulk pensions deals to offset reforms   Reuters
Aviva Steps Up Corporate Annuities After Pension Changes   Businessweek
Turnaround success fuels rise in first half profits for insurer Aviva, but peer RSA ...   This is Money
Post Online   
Irish Times   
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  The Guardian   
Drax shares fall after Court of Appeal ruling  Financial Times
Shares in Drax Group fell by as much as a tenth on Thursday after the UK's Court of Appeal backed the government's right to exclude the operator of Britain's biggest power generation site from applying for a subsidy scheme aimed at encouraging low-carbon ...

The potential consequences of Drax's legal defeat on biomass subsidies   The Guardian (blog)
Investec still upbeat about Drax despite negative court ruling   IFA Magazine
UPDATE 1-Drax shares plunge after government wins subsidy appeal   Reuters UK
bdaily   
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  The Guardian   
Threat of new claims in Argentina debt fight  Reuters
NEW YORK, Aug 6 (IFR) - The possibility of a wave of "me-too" claims against Argentina is threatening to scupper any of the relief the sovereign might eventually gain from ongoing talks between international banks and litigant investors. A group of so-called ...

Argentina files legal action against the US at The Hague over debt default   The Guardian
Argentina sues US in international court of justice over debt dispute   MarketWatch
Argentine bonds and stocks firm on possible deal to cure default   TODAYonline
Telegraph.co.uk   
The New Yorker   
New Zealand Herald   
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  Telegraph.co.uk   
GBP/USD: Pound close to eight-week low as BoE maintains rates  iNVEZZ
iNVEZZ.com, Thursday, August 7: The UK currency has been trading lower today versus the dollar, close to its weakest level in 8 weeks, after the Bank of England (BoE) left its key interest rate unchanged at a record-low 0.5 percent following a two-day ...

BOE Leaves Key Interest Rate Unchanged   Wall Street Journal
Rates stay unchanged   The Northern Echo
Crucial Interest Rate Decision Expected   Yahoo News UK

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  The Guardian   
London families moving to home counties  The Guardian
Upmarket estate agent Savills says the rampant price growth for homes in London has been slowing and that many families are selling up and moving into the home counties. Savills' chief executive, Jeremy Helsby, said that rising numbers of people are ...

Sector movers: Savills boosts estate agents, while homebuilders rise   IFA Magazine

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  BBC News   
Tidal power generator unveiling hailed as landmark  BBC News
A full-scale tidal power generator aimed at showing the potential for renewable energy has been unveiled in Pembrokeshire. The underwater turbine in Ramsey Sound will run for a 12-month trial, with its energy powering homes in St Davids. First Minister ...

Wales' first full-scale tidal energy generator unveiled at Pembroke   Renewable Energy Focus
First full-scale tidal generator in Wales unveiled: Deltastream array to power ...   Daily Mail
Tidal power demonstrator unveiled in Wales   E&T magazine
WalesOnline   
Energy Live News   
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