2014年9月7日 星期日

2014-09-08 U.K. Business

  CITY A.M.   
Rail commuters get boost as Osborne caps fare rises  CITY A.M.
RAIL fare increases will be capped at 2.5 per cent for 2015 in a bid to help hard-pressed commuters, the government has announced. Chancellor George Osborne said the move, which limits price hikes of regulated rail fares to the rate of inflation, was a bid to ...

Rail fares rise soar by up to 117 per cent   Telegraph.co.uk
George Osborne freezes rail fares but his constituents take hit   Financial Times
Fury as rail fares in the north rise by up to 162% from today   Daily Mail
Yorkshire Post   
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  Reuters UK   
China August exports beat forecasts, imports in surprise fall  Reuters UK
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's exports rose more than forecast in August while imports unexpectedly fell, pushing the trade surplus to a record high for the second consecutive month and underlining the challenges facing policymakers as they struggle to revive ...

China Posts Record Surplus as Exports-Imports Diverge   Businessweek
China's Exports Grew 9.4% in August   Wall Street Journal
10:06 PM ET China's August exports rise 9.4%; imports fall 2.4%   MarketWatch
MENAFN.COM   
Channel News Asia   
MiamiHerald.com   
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  Reuters UK   
Rakuten in talks to buy US rebate firm Ebates; shares slide  Reuters UK
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's largest e-commerce firm Rakuten Inc said it was in talks to buy U.S. rebate site operator Ebates, a deal reportedly worth $950 million (585 million pounds) and the latest in a long line of overseas acquisitions. Shares of Rakuten fell ...

Rakuten Shares Fall in Tokyo on Talks to Buy U.S.' Ebates   Bloomberg
Nikkei choppy on mixed cues from global data; Rakuten falls on M&A news   Reuters
Rakuten eyeing £580m deal for US voucher firm   CITY A.M.
AsiaOne   
Financial Times   
Taipei Times   
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  BBC News   
Scotland lags behind as UK business activity hits nine-month high  Financial Times
Business activity in Scotland grew at its slowest pace in three months in August, recording the weakest increase in activity of all of the UK's regions, according to the latest Lloyds Bank regional purchasing managers' index. While the headline rate of business ...

Scottish business activity continues to rise, BoS report suggests   BBC News
Scots jobs on rise despite eurozone and Ukraine fears   The Times (subscription)

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  Reuters UK   
Asian shares slip, China data fail to temper growth concerns  Reuters UK
TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares edged down on Monday, taking little comfort from mixed Chinese trade data, while sterling's decline after a poll showed rising support for Scottish independence helped bolster the dollar. China's exports rose more than ...

GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian shares tentative, sterling plunges   Reuters Africa

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  Yahoo News UK   
Call to change power system  Herald Scotland
The Government should change policies propping up the "dying" system of electricity generation by large-scale utilities such as the Big Six and help new greener forms of energy take off, a new study has suggested. The Government should change policies ...

The gadgets that will cut your energy bills   Scotsman
UK should ditch 'dying' utilities for localised wind and solar revolution, think tank ...   Business Green
Call to back energy innovations   Yahoo News UK

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  Business Green   
Emerging economies outpace G7 on tackling climate change  Financial Times
China, India and other big emerging economies have outpaced the Group of Seven of rich nations for the first time on a closely watched measure of how countries are tackling climate change. The so-called E7 group of the seven major emerging economies, ...

World falls behind in efforts to tackle climate change-PwC   Daily Mail
PwC: UK green economy efforts are starting to deliver, but climate crisis still looms   Business Green
World on course for 4C warming by 2100 - PwC   Responding to Climate Change
Business Spectator   
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  The Courier   
Business groups call for action on 'chronic' UK housing shortage  Financial Times
Leading business groups are urging politicians to build 240,000 homes a year to tackle the “chronic” housing shortage and provide more funding to help with soaring childcare costs. Alongside more traditional business lobbying areas such taxation and trade, ...

Housing shortage is hampering the recovery, says CBI   The Times (subscription)
CBI: Overhaul Stamp Duty as UK Housing Shortage Costs Britons £4bn Annually   International Business Times UK

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  BBC News   
Public sector action 'to go into new year'  Yorkshire Post
The Government has been warned that industrial action by public sector workers over pay could continue into the new year amid growing anger over the “double standards” in British society. Pay will dominate the TUC Congress in Liverpool, which opened ...

Carney Faces Unions on Pay as King Speech Walkout Casts Shadow   Businessweek
Public sector rage as Tories oppose 1% for NHS while MPs get 10%   Mirror.co.uk
British unions attack austerity, threaten pre-election strikes   Bangkok Post

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  BBC News   
Royal Mail launches Sunday delivery service  Telegraph.co.uk
Royal Mail is launching a pilot of Sunday opening at around 100 of its delivery offices across the UK from today, prompted by the soaring popularity of online shopping. In addition, Royal Mail will also begin a trial of Sunday deliveries to addresses within the ...

Nottingham Royal Mail offices open on Sunday for first time   Nottingham Post
Aberdeen's Royal Mail delivery offices now open on Sundays   Aberdeen Evening Express
Royal Mail has launched a trial scheme with...   Mynextfone
Eastbourne Herald   
BBC News   
ITV News   
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