2014年8月17日 星期日

2014-08-18 U.K. Business

  Reuters UK   
Sunday Round-Up  Herald Scotland
BANK of England governor Mark Carney has signalled the regulator may not have to wait for real wages to rise again before interest rates are increased. BANK of England governor Mark Carney has signalled the regulator may not have to wait for real wages ...

Carney's Committee Diverges on Wage-Growth Confusion   Businessweek
Interest rates will rise before real pay stops falling, says Carney   The Guardian
Bank of England chief Mark Carney warns cost of living crisis is threatening UK ...   Mirror.co.uk
Property Community   
Oman Tribune   
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Blackstone, TPG near buying UK subprime mortgage lender -SkyNews  Reuters Africa
Aug 18 (Reuters) - Private equity firms The Blackstone Group LP and TPG Capital Management LP are close to buying subprime mortgage lender, Kensington, Britain's Sky News reported on Sunday. Sky News said the sale of Kensington, owned by ...

Blackstone and TPG near deal for mortgage lender Kensington   Financial Times
Wall Street Giants Swoop On Sub-Prime Lender   Sky News

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  Daily Mail   
Asking price for a house drops by 2.9% in a month: Lower demand during ...  Daily Mail
Asking prices for houses have dropped steeply this August as the property market has its 'summer sale'. Lower demand caused by the holiday season has seen the price tag for an average British property fall this month by 2.9 per cent to £262,401. The dip ...

London Home Asking Prices Plunge Most in More Than Six Years   Businessweek
Record drop in house asking prices   Belfast Telegraph
Asking prices for UK homes slump in August, led by London: Rightmove   GlobalPost

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  Reuters UK   
Asia shares up but gains limited as Ukraine sours mood  Reuters UK
TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian stocks eked out gains on Monday after seeing Wall Street recover from the latest round of tensions in the Ukrainian crisis, although renewed uncertainty over the volatile conflict put a firm lid on markets. The dollar was on the back foot ...

Asian shares up but gains limited as Ukraine sours mood   Livemint
Pre-Market: 5 stocks to watch   Business Standard
Wall St recovery gives Asian shares a boost   The Malay Mail Online

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  MarketWatch   
Gold Declines for Second Day as Silver Drops to Two-Month Low  Bloomberg
Gold decreased for a second day as the outlook for an improving U.S. economy outweighed tension in Ukraine. Silver fell to a two-month low, while palladium retreated from the highest level in more than 13 years. Gold for immediate delivery lost as much as ...

BULLION LATEST – Gold lower despite surge in geopolitical risks   The Bullion Desk
Gold prices hit two week low   NEWS.com.au
Gold investors eye EU's next move   Hindu Business Line
International Business Times UK   
Kuwait News Agency   
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  Belfast Telegraph   
Assembly chiefs urged to help cut high rate of vacant shops  Belfast Telegraph
Stormont has been urged to do more to boost town centres after a new report showed we still have the highest rate of empty shops in the UK. Also in this Section. The Big Interview: People Before Profit's Gerry Carroll · We can't abandon Christians in Iraq, says ...

Shops are winners as Games bring more customers   Herald Scotland
Scottish shopper numbers 'boosted' by Commonwealth Games   BBC News
Boost for Scotland's retailers   Scotsman
Yahoo News UK   
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  Express.co.uk   
Executive pay 140 times that of workers  Herald Scotland
BRITAIN'S top executives are now paid more than 140 times the wages of their average employee, according to a new study. BRITAIN'S top executives are now paid more than 140 times the wages of their average employee, according to a new study.
UK chiefs opt for cash not pension   Financial Times
Dramatic rise in executive pay   NEWS.com.au
Executive pay 144 times higher than the average employee's   Morning Star Online

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  The Times (subscription)   
Lastminute.com-owner Sabre eyeing up sale of the travel site  CITY A.M.
TRAVEL website Lastminute.com is reportedly up for sale by its owner, US technology group Sabre Holdings. According to Sky News, Sabre has appointed bankers from advisory group Houlihan Lokey to oversee an auction for Lastminute.com, which it ...

Ready to book in for a second time?   The Times (subscription)
Time to pick up a bargain? Pioneering travel website Lastminute.com up for sale ...   Daily Mail
PRESS DIGEST - Sunday British business - Aug 17   Reuters Africa
Yahoo Finance UK   
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  BBC News   
Scottish motorists enjoy cheapest car insurance  Scotsman
Scotland is the cheapest country in the UK for car insurance with almost half of the most affordable areas north of the Border, a study has revealed. Kirkwall in Orkney is the second cheapest area, according to an index by AA Insurance, and the annual ...

Insurance cost drop 'masks divide'   BBC News
London 'most costly' for car cover   shropshirestar.com
Breaking news Car insurance premiums remain stubbornly high in Bradford   Bradford Telegraph and Argus
Post Online   
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  BBC News   
Scottish independence: Report claims UK oil forecasts 'too pessimistic'  BBC News
Future North Sea oil and gas revenues could be six times higher than a UK economic watchdog has forecast, according to a report. The claim was made by N-56, which describes itself as an "apolitical business organisation". The UK Office for Budget ...

Oil forecasts 'too pessimistic'   shropshirestar.com
UK Government office's oil and gas forecasts 'incredibly pessimistic'   stv.tv
Trade surplus could be a deficit after 'yes' vote   The Times (subscription)
Telegraph.co.uk   
The Sunday Times   
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