2014年8月24日 星期日

2014-08-25 U.K. Business

  Reuters UK   
Bank of England Deputy Sees Likely Rise in UK Wages  Wall Street Journal
Wages in the U.K. may soon start to pick up, but any quickening in pay growth could be held back by weak productivity growth and an expanding workforce, according to one of the Bank of England's top officials. Ben Broadbent, the BOE's deputy governor for ...

BoE chief: Rates path to be materially different   Irish Examiner
Bank of England admits mistake over labour market growth   Financial Times
UK wage growth uncertain, says Bank of England deputy governor   The Guardian
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  Reuters India   
Roche to buy US biotech firm InterMune for $8.3 billion  Reuters India
LONDON/ZURICH (Reuters) - Roche Holding AG has agreed to buy U.S. biotech company InterMune Inc for $8.3 billion in cash, marking the latest multibillion-dollar deal in a consolidating pharmaceutical sector. The Swiss drugmaker said on Sunday it would ...

Roche to buy InterMune for $8.3 billion   MarketWatch
Roche's InterMune Acquisition Underscores How It And Pfizer Are On Different ...   Forbes
Roche Decides Against Bid for Rest of Chugai   Businessweek
Bloomberg   
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  BBC News   
Fears torrential rain 'will open up' 200ft sink-hole near Cowshill  BBC News
A landowner fears a massive 200ft (60m) deep sink-hole which has opened up near his home will get bigger. Torrential downpours are forecast later in County Durham and John Hensby, 71, said he had been warned the 110ft (35m) wide hole would grow.
30 metre wide sinkhole appears in Durham   The Guardian
100ft sinkhole opens up on farm... and it's still growing   Express.co.uk
Residents horror as 100 foot wide sinkhole opens near Weardale home   The Northern Echo
International Business Times UK   
The Independent   
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  The Guardian   
Proposals to force big companies to publish salaries of highest earners  Herald Scotland
ALL large businesses would be forced to make public how much they pay their highest earners under manifesto proposals announced by the Liberal Democrats. ALL large businesses would be forced to make public how much they pay their highest earners ...

Economy remains on life support, says Cable   The Times (subscription)
Transparency bid over high earners   shropshirestar.com
Vince Cable plans to widen disclosure of executive pay   HITC

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  The Times (subscription)   
Late payment of fines costs energy companies extra  The Times (subscription)
Two of the big energy suppliers have been penalised by the regulator for failing to pay fines on time. Ofgem has ordered Big Six firms to pay multimillion-pound compensation to customers on top of fines for a string of offences in recent months. However, both ...

EDF Energy To Pay £3m Complaints Penalty   Eagle Radio
Emma Lunn: Most energy firms are as bad as one other   The Independent
Energy giant EDF to pay out £3million for keeping customers on the line for ...   Daily Mail
Mirror.co.uk   
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Management Today   
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  The Guardian   
Royal Mail issues 'beauty list' to mark 40th year of postcodes  The Guardian
St Bees, on the Cumbrian coast, is one of England's most desirable postcodes, according to the Royal Mail. Photograph: David Lyons/Alamy. Royal Mail has marked the 40th anniversary of the allocation of postcodes to all addresses in Britain with a table of ...

England's best town you've never heard of: Garrison town near Salisbury and ...   Daily Mail
Top ten most desirable postcodes revealed: Best places for jobs housing, crime ...   Mirror.co.uk
The Royal Mail has revealed which postcode areas in the UK are the most ...   Belfast Telegraph
Leamington Courier   
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  BBC News   
Manufacturing wages on the rise, says EEF survey  BBC News
Wages in the manufacturing sector are rising faster than most other parts of the economy, a survey has suggested. Engineering and manufacturing employers' organisation EEF found that pay rose by 2.6% over the past year while wages have been stagnant ...

Pay rises 'higher in manufacturing'   shropshirestar.com

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  Scotsman   
Expert predicts oil boom in west of Shetland waters  Herald Scotland
A LEADING oil exploration expert has predicted a second major oil boom for Scotland as the country's future energy reserves dominated the run-up to tonight's second televised referendum debate. A LEADING oil exploration expert has predicted a second ...

UK oil forecasts 'pessimistic'   Kirkintilloch Herald
Oil experts condemn OBR forecasts   SNP (press release)
Comment: Would iScotland have sufficient oil?   Scotsman

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  Daily Mail   
Desperate buyers opt for 30-year mortgages: One in five loans taken up in three ...  Daily Mail
Soaring numbers of home buyers are taking out mortgages that will last 30 years or more, amid warnings that they are signing up to a lifetime of debt. One in five of the 171,000 loans taken out in the second quarter of this year had a term of 30 years or longer, ...

The borrowers with an 85pc deposit denied a mortgage   Telegraph.co.uk
'We were able to buy without a deposit': Buyers are back - and you can still get ...   This is Money
Boom in 30-year mortgages as house prices spiral   Daily Times
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  Reuters   
GLOBAL MARKETS-Dollar in demand as stimulus talk dogs euro, yen  Reuters Africa
... * ECB's Draghi pledges action to anchor inflation expectations. * BOJ's Kuroda says committed to aggressive stimulus. * Yellen sounds hawkish in comparison, lifting dollar. * US 2-year yields post biggest weekly gain in 14 months. By Wayne Cole. SYDNEY ...

FOREX-Euro hit by dovish Draghi, dollar powers up   Reuters
Draghi Pushes ECB Closer to QE as Deflation Risks Rise   Bloomberg
Expectations of ECB help drive down eurozone rates   Dallas Morning News
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