2014年12月19日 星期五

2014-12-20 U.K. Business


The Guardian
   
British police arrest ex-RBS trader in currency probe-FT   
Reuters UK
(Reuters) - A former trader from Royal Bank of Scotland was arrested east of London on Friday in connection with a criminal investigation into allegations that bank traders tried to manipulate currency markets, according a report in the Financial Times.
Former Royal Bank of Scotland trader arrested in forex rigging probe   Financial Times
First arrest in SFO forex investigation   Telegraph.co.uk
UK Police Arrest Man in Forex Market Manipulation Probe   Wall Street Journal
Bloomberg   
International Business Times UK   
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Herald Scotland
   
Oil price slump would have left independent Scotland facing unprecedented cuts ...   
Herald Scotland
AN independent Scotland in its first year would have faced a £6.4bn "gaping chasm" in its finances, the Treasury has calculated based on the slump in the oil price. AN independent Scotland in its first year would have faced a £6.4bn "gaping chasm" in its ...

Storm clouds over North Sea oil industry   The Times (subscription)
It is governments that decide oil price   Scotsman
Sinking Oil Price Is Hard on North Sea Producers   New York Times
The Guardian   
The Journal   
Management Today   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
FTSE 100 enjoys best week in three years   
Telegraph.co.uk
British shares enjoyed their best week for three years after the US Federal Reserve's promise to take a “patient” approach to interest rate rises sparked a global rally that helped the London stock market stage a recovery from its recent rout. The FTSE 100 ...

FTSE 100 closes turbulent week higher   The Guardian
FRIDAY MARKET CLOSE: Retailers help keep Santa rally alive   Scotsman
FTSE brushes past 6500 as Fed relief rally continues   Citywire.co.uk
This is Money   
The Courier   
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Financial Times
   
Retailers enjoy surge in sales   
Herald Scotland
UK retail sales grew at their fastest year-on-year pace for more than a quarter-century in the two weeks to December 11, with the Black Friday shopping extravaganza adopted from the US playing a major part, a survey has revealed. UK retail sales grew at ...

High street sent into overdrive by Black Friday fever   The Times (subscription)
Christmas sales surge reaches 26-year high   This is Money
'Nail-biting' weekend looms for retailers   Financial Times
Telegraph.co.uk   
Irish Times   
The Guardian   
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Reuters India
   
Equities extend rally; oil rebounds, helping rouble rise   
Reuters India
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Equity markets worldwide extended the week's rally on Friday and oil prices rebounded from recent lows, as investors closed out the last full week of trading in 2014 on an upbeat note. Wall Street rose, and the S&P 500 came within a ...

US Stocks Cap Best Week in Two Months on Fed-Led Rally   Businessweek
US stocks inch higher after a big two-day rally   Enid News & Eagle
Wall Street up for third day, led by energy shares   Reuters UK

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CBC.ca
   
Apple CEO 'deeply offended' by claims of worker mistreatment   
9news.com.au
Apple CEO Tim Cook has labelled claims his company forces Chinese workers on its iPhone and iPad assembly lines to work exhaustive overtime shifts as deeply offensive. The BBC's Panorama program made the allegations against the tech giant following ...

BBC Documentary Shows Harsh Conditions for Workers in iPhone Factories   New York Times (blog)
TV show finds labour abuse at Apple's China factory   Times of India
Secret video of 'exhausted workforce' in Chinese factory making Apple products   BBC News
Wall Street Journal (blog)   
TechCrunch   
Huffington Post   
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Scotsman
   
Forex cash provides cheer for George Osborne   
Scotsman
BANK fines for rigging the foreign exchange markets helped boost the public coffers last month as Chancellor George Osborne battles to meet annual deficit targets. Public sector borrowing – excluding the effect of bank bailouts – was £14.1 billion in ...

Special Forces   The Times (subscription)
UK public finances improve in November, helped by forex fines   Reuters
Bank fines swell Treasury coffers but low income tax receipts make Osborne ...   This is Money
Treasury Insider   
Telegraph.co.uk   
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The Independent
   
Subsidies go to polluting plants to provide back-up for clean power   
The Independent
Green campaigners rounded on the Government yesterday after it gave fossil-fuel plants most of the subsidies in a £1bn scheme to promote low-carbon electricity. The subsidies, awarded after a bidding competition, are designed to keep the lights on when ...

Energy companies given £1bn to keep the lights on   The Times (subscription)
Power auction keeps lights on for 2018-19   Financial Times
£1bn subsidy in energy capacity auction will boost coal and nuclear power   The Guardian
BBC News   
International Business Times UK   
Reuters UK   
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The Times (subscription)
   
House prices set to rise by 3%   
The Times (subscription)
Property prices will rise by 3 per cent on average next year, according to the Royal Institute of Charted Surveyors. Its housing forecast for 2015 said that house prices would rise throughout Britain, boosted by the government's Help to Buy scheme. It expected ...

UK house prices to rise 'just 3%' next year but London will flatline   This is Money
House price growth on the up in only 3 UK cities - and London's not one of them   Telegraph.co.uk
House prices 'to remain flat' next year   Re:locate Magazine
Mortgage Introducer   
Property Wire   
Market Business News   
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Financial Times
   
BAT in $575m deal to settle asbestos dispute   
Financial Times
British American Tobacco has agreed to pay $575m to settle a long-running dispute over asbestos and dividend claims. The settlement on Friday ends the British tobacco group's seven-year legal dispute with Flintkote, a US roofing company that used to make ...

BATs ends Flintkote dispute with US$575mln payment   Proactive Investors UK
British American Tobacco settles asbestos and dividends legal action   Telegraph.co.uk
British American Tobacco reaches $575 mln Flintkote settlement   Reuters
MarketWatch   
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