uk-hotdailynews: 2014-12-18 U.K. Business

Slight fall in new car production
The Courier
The number of cars produced fell fractionally last month but the motor industry expects manufacturing to pick up next year. A total of 137,347 cars were made in the UK in November 2014 - a 0.2% reduction on the figure for the same month in 2013, the Society ...

U.K. Car Production Forecast To Remain Flat - SMMT   RTT News
U.K. Car Production Slips in Nov; Full Year Expected to Match 2013 - SMMT   Nasdaq
UK car production seen flat in 2014 as November exports weaken   Interactive Investor

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America and Alibaba help Wellcome to roll in riches
The Times (subscription)
Wellcome Trust, Britain's biggest charity, has chalked up a £137 million profit on Alibaba shares, helping to sustain its record of double-digit returns for the third successive year. The trust, which funds medical research, reported a total investment return of £2.5 ...

Bets against long duration bonds can hurt   Financial Times
Wellcome Trust Warns On 'Populist' Mansion Tax   KL.FM 96.7

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Surprise as Treasury reveals Lloyds shares sale
The Independent
A fresh batch of state-owned Lloyds Banking Group shares will be sold into the market over the coming months. The Treasury said UK Financial Investments – which is supposed to managed the taxpayer's stake in banks at arms length from the Government ...

Osborne looks to raise £3bn by selling Lloyds stake   Scotsman
Lloyds share sale unleashed by the Chancellor in a move which could raise ...   This is Money
Treasury eyes £3bn Lloyds stake sell-off   Financial Times
Reuters
Daily Mail
Irish Times
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Draghi Counts Cost of Outflanking ECB's Home Nation in QE Battle
Businessweek
As Mario Draghi prepares to push the European Central Bank into quantitative easing, he's counting the cost of alienating its home nation. With the ECB president signaling that he'll override German-led concerns on government bond purchases if needed, ...

World Watch: News Digest   Wall Street Journal
UPDATE 1-Coeure says ECB weighing how best to act, France wants policy shift   Reuters
German economy at risk of downturn as growth slows   Arab News
Daily Mail
Reuters UK
Bloomberg
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Fed confident on US growth, opens door wider to rate hike
Reuters UK
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday offered a strong signal that it was on track to raise interest rates sometime next year, altering a pledge to keep rates near zero for a "considerable time" in a show of confidence in the U.S. ...

India Morning Call-Global Markets   Reuters India
Yellen Makes It Clear That Fed's Patience on Rates Has Limits   Bloomberg
Stocks rally on oil turn as Fed vows rate patience   Moneycontrol.com
New York Times
The Independent
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IPB report lays bare 'guilty secrets' of rip-off fees
Daily Mail
Workers are having more than £232million a year snatched from their pensions with hidden charges, a damning report revealed yesterday. For the first time, an independent study has laid bare the 'guilty secrets' of rip-off fees that are crippling savers with ...

Insurers under pressure to reduce pension charges   Herald Scotland
Pension providers under pressure over high-charging schemes   Citywire.co.uk
Steve Webb threatens new law to end 'shocking' pensions rip-off   Telegraph.co.uk
The Guardian
expressandstar.com
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Passengers to get rebate after computer glitch causes flight chaos
Telegraph.co.uk
Air traffic control company Nats has confirmed it is calculating a rebate for air passengers in the wake of the aviation disruption. It comes as the firm's chief executive told MPs as many as 120 flights were cancelled and 500 delayed by an average of 45 minutes ...

NATS airline customers to be compensated   Air Traffic Management
Compensation to come after UK flight meltdown prompts apology   The Guardian
Air traffic boss denies 'complacency' over flight chaos   BBC News
Wall Street Journal
Daily Mail
ITV News
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IFSC-based XL launches €3.2bn bid for Lloyd's insurer
Irish Independent
Sarah Jones. Published 18/12/2014 | 02:30. 0 Comments; Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Catlin is the operator of the biggest syndicate in the Lloyd's of London insurance market. Dublin-registered global insurance and reinsurance company XL ...

Merger deal to take insurers into top ten   The Times (subscription)
MGM Resorts and FedEx are big market movers   seattlepi.com

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Dixons Carphone makes assured start as retail giant
Scotsman
Black Friday was the biggest day in Currys/PC World history. The most popular products included TVs and washing machines. by MARTIN FLANAGAN. Updated on the 17 December 2014 22:28. Published 18/12/2014 00:00 ...

Revenue boost for electronics giant   Irish Examiner
400 people to lose their jobs at Dixons Carphone following merger last August   This is Money
Tempus: devil in the detail for mobile retailer   The Times (subscription)
Financial Times
Telegraph.co.uk
Yorkshire Post
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Poll: Are you fed-up with wind farms?
Metro
David Cameron says the British public are 'fed up' with onshore wind farms – but do you agree? Speaking to MPs yesterday, the PM said it was time to ditch subsidies for new turbines: 'Let's get rid of the subsidy, put them into the planning system. If they can ...

Renewable energy   The Economist
The Wednesday Wire - December 17th 2014   Heavy Lift

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