2014年8月11日 星期一

2014-08-12 U.K. Business

  Belfast Telegraph   
Grocery sales fall as price war keeps on raging  Herald Scotland
THE value of UK retail sales in July was up by 1.3 per cent on the same month of last year, industry figures have shown, although the grocery sector continued to endure tough times. THE value of UK retail sales in July was up by 1.3 per cent on the same ...

Worst quarter for retail since summer 2012 as drop in food sales gets sector ...   CITY A.M.
UK retailers say sales rose in July, driven by furniture   Reuters UK
UK retail sales weaken as supermarket price war hits food trade   Financial Times
The Independent   
Businessweek   
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  Daily Mail   
Loans to first-time buyers hit new high: Average borrowing jumps to 3.5 times ...  Daily Mail
Home loans taken on by first-time buyers are at their highest level since records began 40 years ago, according to alarming figures from banks and building societies. Typically, young buyers are borrowing the equivalent of 3.47 times their gross household ...

Interest rate rise becomes more likely as property market takes off again   The Guardian
First-time buyers granted half of all mortgages   The Times (subscription)
Why first time buyers are still piling into a hot housing market   Telegraph.co.uk
MoneyExpert   
BBC News   
Property Wire   
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  Yahoo News UK   
Savers to pay death tax while they are still alive  Coutts
Savers could be forced to pay inheritance tax while they are still alive, a rule that experts believe will treat taxpayers as "guilty until proven innocent". The Government is concerned wealthy people are using complicated schemes and setting up trusts to avoid ...

HMRC Wants Wealthy to Pay Inheritance Tax Before They Die   International Business Times UK
You might have to pay inh...   Bitterwallet

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  Belfast Telegraph   
EDF shuts down four UK nuclear reactors  CITY A.M.
ENERGY giant Centrica, which owns a 20 per cent stake in EDF Energy's nuclear operations, yesterday warned that its earnings per share would be lower this year after a boiler defect caused its French peer to shut down four of its ageing reactors in the UK.
Four nuclear reactors forced to shut down in safety alert: Units that serve three ...   Daily Mail
Nuclear reactors shut down nine months after fault sparked alert   The Times (subscription)
EDF shuts down two UK nuclear plants amid safety fears   Telegraph.co.uk
New York Times   
Reuters UK   
Oman Daily Observer   
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  Wall Street Journal   
Disney-Amazon Dispute Concerns More Than Pricing  Wall Street Journal
Angelina Jolie as 'Maleficent,' one of the videos caught up in a dispute between Amazon and Disney. Associated Press. Price isn't the only issue keeping "Maleficent" and "Captain America" off of Amazon.com Inc. AMZN +0.48% Amazon.com Inc. U.S.: ...

Amazon halts Disney movie pre-orders   Washington Post
Amazon takes on Disney by halting preorders of popular movies   The Globe and Mail
Amazon gets physical with Disney as it limits DVD orders   The Times (subscription)
Irish Times (blog)   
Crosscut   
Daily Mail   
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  The Moscow Times   
India Morning Call-Global Markets  Reuters
EQUITIES. NEW YORK - U.S. stocks ended higher on Monday, extending the rally from Friday as investors hoped that Russia's move to send humanitarian aid to Ukraine would ease tensions between the two countries. The Dow Jones industrial average rose ...

Russia and Markets: The Power of Weakness   Wall Street Journal
Russians stock up as western food import ban comes into force   Irish Times
EU plans Russia sanctions talks with Latin America countries   Financial Times
Reuters UK   
Reuters Africa   
Reuters India   
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  New York Times   
Tuesday Papers: RBS to offload global Coutts division  Citywire.co.uk
And Iraq's political crisis intensified on Monday after the country's president named a new prime minister to replace Nouri al-Maliki. Markets. Other markets. FTSE 100 · FTSE 250 · FTSE 350 · FTSE ALL SHARE · Bovespa · CAC 40 · DAX · EURONEXT 100 ...

Coutts overseas arm sale is one route for the RBS   Herald Scotland
RBS mulls sale of Coutts' units outside the UK   CITY A.M.
Reports: Royal Bank Of Scotland Mulls Sale Of Coutts International Arm   NASDAQ
Irish Independent   
Irish Examiner   
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  BBC News   
Navy patrol ships deal worth £348m says MoD  BBC News
Details of a deal which will see three new Royal Navy offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) built on the Clyde have been confirmed by the Ministry of Defence. Plans for the vessels to be built at BAE Systems' Govan and Scotstoun yards were announced last year.
Clyde to get official confirmation of £348m contract for three navy ships   The Times (subscription)
800 Scottish jobs protected as MoD awards shipbuilding contract to Clyde   The Guardian
Clyde yards win £348m Navy contract   shropshirestar.com

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  The Independent   
Balfour dangles £200m in front of investors as it rejects merger again  The Independent
Balfour Beatty offered a £200m sweetener to shareholders yesterday, despite tumbling profits, as the building company rejected a second overture from rival Carillion over a £3bn merger. The company plans to return the cash to shareholders in the event of a ...

Balfour Beatty rejects fresh merger plan by rival Carillion   Herald Scotland
Death of American dream reveals Balfour's lack of power   The Times (subscription)
Balfour Beatty rejects merger for a second time   Irish Independent
Proactive Investors UK   
The Guardian   
The Sun (subscription)   
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  The Guardian   
Little hope for unskilled workers, says US Federal Reserve deputy Fischer  The Guardian
US Federal Reserve Deputy, Stanley Fischer, at a news conference in 2000. The banker believes there is little hope for the millions of people who continue to be unemployed year after year. Photograph: Kamenko Pajic/Associated Press. As western ...

US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall St opens up as Ukraine tensions ease   Reuters

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