2014年8月19日 星期二

2014-08-20 U.K. Business

  Irish Independent   
British inflation drops to 1.6pc as BoE curbs rate rise  Irish Independent
Published 20/08/2014 | 00:00. 0 Comments; Share. Inflation dropped to 1.6pc in July from June's five-month high of 1.9pc, according to official data that sent sterling tumbling to a four-month low against the dollar. British inflation fell more than expected in July ...

Carney accused of sending out mixed messages on interest rate rise   Irish Times
Inflation down, house prices up but wages stagnant   Scotsman
UK Currency Gets Pounded   Wall Street Journal
MarketWatch   
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  The Guardian (blog)   
Royal Mail share price: Sell-off row set to rekindle  iNVEZZ
iNVEZZ.com, Tuesday, August 19: The row over Royal Mail's (LON:RMG) controversial initial public offering (IPO) may rekindle, a Sky News report has suggested. According to the news service, ministers considered selling the government's entire stake in the ...

Latest Royal Mail 'bungle' is a stick too far to beat Cable with   The Guardian (blog)
Ministers Face New Royal Mail Sell-Off Row   Yahoo News UK
PRESS: Ministers Considered Selling Entire Royal Mail Stake - Sky News   London South East
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  Reuters UK   
Standard Chartered to pay $300 million for oversight shortfalls  Reuters UK
NEW YORK (Reuters) - British banking company Standard Chartered Plc (STAN.L) will pay a $300 million (180.52 million pounds) penalty and suspend or exit some important businesses after failing to weed out risky transactions that could be linked to money ...

UPDATE 2-Standard Chartered to pay $300 mln for oversight shortfalls   Reuters
Caught Backsliding, Standard Chartered Is Fined $300 Million   New York Times
Standard Chartered to pay $300m penalty to NY regulator   BBC News
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  Herald Scotland   
Cairn Energy to axe jobs in restructuring  Herald Scotland
CAIRN Energy has announced plans to shed jobs in Edinburgh as the company refocuses but chief executive Simon Thomson said it is in good shape. CAIRN Energy has announced plans to shed jobs in Edinburgh as the company refocuses but chief ...

Cairn is looking to cut jobs after icy Arctic wind   CITY A.M.
Cairn Energy shares take a hit as plans to farm down Greenland interest   Proactive Investors UK
Cairn Energy in India tax talks   The Times (subscription)
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  Telegraph.co.uk   
Carillion Sweetens Balfour Beatty Merger Offer  Wall Street Journal
In its latest attempt at wooing Balfour Beatty shareholders, Carillion has sweetened the deal by offering a larger stake in what would be the new company. It also is offering Balfour Beatty shareholders a cash payment of £59 million ($98 million), worth 8.5 ...

Carillion sweetens Balfour Beatty offer as takeover deadline nears   The Independent
Carillion in D-Day dash for Balfour   CITY A.M.
PRESS DIGEST- Financial Times - Aug 20   Reuters
This is Money   
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  BBC News   
Builder enjoys rise in first-half earnings  Herald Scotland
PERSIMMON has hiked first-half earnings by 57 per cent before exceptional items and revenue by a third as the housebuilder played down suggestions the market is starting to slow. PERSIMMON has hiked first-half earnings by 57 per cent before exceptional ...

Reporters: Nick Edser and Howard Mustoe   BBC News

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  Interactive Investor   
Wood Group chief is looking to make further UK acquisitions  Herald Scotland
THE chief executive of Wood Group has said the Scottish oil services giant sees opportunities to make further acquisitions in the UK where the company is enjoying what it called robust business. THE chief executive of Wood Group has said the Scottish oil ...

John Wood looks to US shale industry boom to help growth   CITY A.M.
US shale assets help Wood Group report profits   Big News Network.com
US shale performance saves Wood   Interactive Investor
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  Telegraph.co.uk   
Tesco to shut six Harris + Hoole coffee shops - but says it wants to revamp Phil ...  This is Money
Tesco has already started to scale back one of the key initiatives championed by chief executive Phil Clarke who was unceremoniously dumped last month. Britain's biggest grocer, which recently issued a profit warning after failing to turn around its troubled ...

Tesco-backed coffee shop chain Harris + Hoole to close six stores   CITY A.M.
Tesco coffee chain Harris + Hoole goes off the boil   The Independent
Tesco-backed coffee chain Harris + Hoole closes stores   Telegraph.co.uk

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  Irish Independent   
CRH back in profit as building industry picks up  Irish Independent
Donal O'Donovan Twitter · Email. Published 20/08/2014 | 00:00. 0 Comments; Share. Chief Executive Albert Manifold said the focus foradding on new business is likely to be on the US. Picture credit: Shane O'Neill / Fennell Photography. CRH has €4bn ...

Building firm upbeat as it returns profit of €61m   Irish Examiner
CRH reaps rewards of cost-cutting as it expects return to profit growth   Irish Times
CRH is on the mend   Investors Chronicle
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  Financial News   
Pension fees cap could add £1bn to savers' pots  Telegraph.co.uk
A cap on excessive pension charges could boost savers' retirement funds by £1 billion - five times more than previously estimated - one of Britain's largest insurers indicated yesterday. Pension fees will be capped at 0.75pc a year next April under a ...

Royal London warns of big hit from pension price cap   Big News Network.com
Royal London chief rejects pensions cap   The Times (subscription)
UK pension fee cap to cost insurers £1bn, says Royal London chief   Financial Times
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