2014年8月15日 星期五

2014-08-16 U.K. Business

  Telegraph.co.uk   
Most followed: Balfour Beatty, Carillion, UK economy, 3Legs, Genel...  Proactive Investors UK
Balfour Beatty and Carillion's potential marriage is generating a surprising amount of interest for two companies well past their first flush of growth. Balfour Beatty's (LON:BBY) board is still playing hard to get, mind, and rejected the latest advances from ...

Balfour Beatty's merger rejection for Carillion   Scotsman
Balfour snubs Carillion merger   Express.co.uk
Why Balfour Beatty's investors should rebuff the Carillion call for a merger   The Guardian
The Independent   
International Business Times UK   
Financial Times   
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  Telegraph.co.uk   
UK economy registers 0.8pc growth  Gulf Daily News
LONDON: Britain's economy grew by 0.8 per cent in the second quarter of 2014 compared with output in the first three months of the year, official data showed yesterday. Gross domestic product had also expanded by 0.8pc during the first quarter of the year, ...

Booming economy puts UK ahead of Euro pack as growth is revised up to 3.2%   This is Money
UK enjoys best pace of expansion in over six years as economy continues to grow   Irish Examiner
British GDP growth beats rest of G7 in the second quarter of 2014   The Independent
Telegraph.co.uk   
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  New York Times   
Brazilians in new move in banana wars  Financial Times
Brazil's Cutrale and Safra families have appealed directly to Chiquita shareholders to choose their $1.25bn takeover offer over the US banana company's proposed merger with Ireland's Fyffes. In the latest episode of the banana wars saga, billionaire banker ...

Chiquita backs Fyffes bid in fight for banana market giant   Irish Independent
Cutrale, Safra File Preliminary Proxy Materials With SEC Over Chiquita Deal   Wall Street Journal
Fyffes banana merger expected to face second bid threat   Irish Times
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Irish Examiner   
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  Telegraph.co.uk   
BHP Billiton to create US$14bn home for unwanted businesses  Proactive Investors UK
Mining giant BHP Billiton (LON:BLT) climbed to the top of the FTSE 100 leader board on plans to demerge its unwanted businesses as a separate company. The miner said it will focus in future on iron ore, copper, coal and petroleum, where it sees scope for ...

BHP Billiton says demerger of non-core assets best way to simplify its portfolio   Sydney Morning Herald
Aug 15th 2014, 17:18 by SW   The Economist (blog)
Marriage made deep in the earth   The Times (subscription)
Irish Times   
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  Reuters UK   
IBM Obtains US Approval for Sale of Server Business to Lenovo  Bloomberg
International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) cleared a U.S. national-security review for the sale of its low-end server business to China's Lenovo Group Ltd. (992), letting the $2.3 billion transaction go forward even amid tensions between the two nations.
UPDATE 1-IBM says $2.3 bln server sale gets regulator approval   Reuters
US regulators OK sale of IBM's x86 server biz to Lenovo   Register
US clears US$2.3b Lenovo deal for IBM unit   Channel News Asia
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  Reuters UK   
Silver pricing enters the electronic age  Proactive Investors UK
After 117 years, a new way of setting the price of silver came into being today. Having survived two world wars, umpteen governments and numerous recessions it was sharp-practised bankers that finally dragged the London silver fix into the 21st Century.
Silver fix enters the digital age   Financial Times
Silver market reboots over century-old price benchmark   The Globe and Mail
New 'LBMA Silver Price' - Still Not Transparent   The Market Oracle
Creamer Media's Mining Weekly   
Wall Street Journal (blog)   
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  Telegraph.co.uk   
Scottish ministers bid to keep right to object to fracking  Herald Scotland
SCOTTISH ministers are to oppose controversial plans that would remove the right of people to object to fracking companies drilling below their homes. SCOTTISH ministers are to oppose controversial plans that would remove the right of people to object to ...

Holyrood stance on fracking welcomed by environmentalists   Morning Star Online
Scotland objects to UK shale gas plan   The Times (subscription)
Scottish ministers attack UK fracking rules   Telegraph.co.uk
Silver Surfer Today   
Blue & Green Tomorrow   
Energy Live News   
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  The Guardian   
Credit lender Provident buys Moneybarn for £120m  Business Sale Report
Car finance business Moneybarn is set to change ownership after a £120 million deal was agreed with buyer Provident Financial. Home credit lender Provident Financial is to buy vehicle finance business Duncton Group in its entirety. Its subsidiaries operate ...

Moneybarn sale nets £850000 for disgraced ex-HBOS chief James Crosby   The Guardian
Former HBOS banker James Crosby set to pocket £850000 windfall from sale of ...   This is Money
Provident goes beyond doorstep with takeover   The Independent
Financial Times   
CITY A.M.   
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  Belfast Telegraph   
Asda's George overtakes Marks & Spencer as Britain's second biggest clothing ...  Mirror.co.uk
Supermarket giant Asda has snatched Marks & Spencer's crown as Britain's second biggest clothing firm by volume. The Mirror understands its George brand had just over 11% of the market in the six months to July, overtaking M&S on 10.9%. George ...

Marks and Spencer share price: Retailer overtaken by Asda   iNVEZZ
Asda overtakes Marks & Spencer to become second largest fashion brand   Retail Week
Asda's cuts deliver a win over Big Four rivals   The Independent
just-style.com   
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  The Guardian   
Blackpool anti-fracking camp: 'I'm here for my 10 grandchildren'  The Guardian
Anti Fracking campaigners on their six day reclaim the power camp near Westby, Lancashire, Anti-fracking campaigners on their six-day reclaim the power camp near Westby, Lancashire, where Cuadrilla is planning to extract shale gas by fracking.
Thousands to protest against fracking in Lancashire   The Independent
Hundreds begin to arrive at anti-fracking campsite near Blackpool   Blue & Green Tomorrow
Setting up camp for a week of protests   Blackpool Gazette
Farmers Guardian   
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