2015年1月1日 星期四

2015-01-02 U.K. Business


Telegraph.co.uk
   
Retailers concerned about 'fiscally neutral' business rates review   
Telegraph.co.uk
Retailers have demanded talks with the Government about its proposed review of business rates due to concerns that it could be severely restricted by a pledge to keep any reforms “fiscally neutral”. The British Retail Consortium and a collection of other key ...

EMBARGO-UK retailers upbeat about prospects for 2015 -industry survey   Reuters
Majority of retailers bullish about 2015 prospects   Scotsman
UK Retailers Upbeat About Prospects For 2015: Industry Survey   International Business Times
Retail Times   
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Newsweek
   
Oil Trims 6th Weekly Decline as Collapse of 2014 Seen Excessive   
Bloomberg
Oil rebounded, trimming a sixth weekly loss amid speculation that the biggest annual slide since the 2008 global financial crisis was excessive. Futures rose as much as 3.5 percent in New York and are down 1.6 percent this week. Eight of 12 crude-storage ...

Oil prices up in thin New Year trading   THE BUSINESS TIMES
Oil industry rings in year with low crude prices   Midland Reporter-Telegram
Oil falls to 5-year low as supply glut seen lingering   BusinessDay
The Australian   
Wall Street Journal   
Voice of America   
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BBC News
   
Rail fare rises come into effect   
BBC News
Rail fare rises have come into effect, as campaign groups and trade unions complained that the increases continued to outstrip average wage growth. The rail industry says the average rise of 2.2% is the lowest for five years. Regulated fares - including ...

Rail firms forced into fares fairness pledge   Yorkshire Post
Rail commuters face 2.2% fare increase   ITV News
Rail Fares: Anger Over New Year Price Hike   Orange UK News
Express.co.uk   
The Independent   
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Daily Mail
   
Amateur treasure hunter finds hoard of Anglo Saxon coins in Buckinghamshire   
Daily Mail
A treasure hunter could share in a £1million windfall after unearthing one of the largest hoards of Anglo Saxon coins ever found in Britain. Paul Coleman, 59, dug up the pristine collection of more than 5,000 silver coins on an expedition to a farmer's field with ...

'I just coined in £1m': Skint metal detector fan on unearthing 5000 Anglo-Saxon ...   Mirror.co.uk
Anglo-Saxon silver hoard puts an extra shine on Christmas   The Times (subscription)
Hoard of 5000 Anglo Saxon coins worth over $1.5 million discovered by metal ...   Ancient Origins
Scottish Daily Record   
Telegraph.co.uk   
Metro   
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Livemint
   
Snapchat raises $485m in fundraising round   
The Times (subscription)
Snapchat, the mobile app that creates vanishing photo and video messages, ended the year by disclosing that it had completed a $485.6 million fundraising round. The California-based company said in the filing that it raised the money from 23 investors ...

Snapchat snaps up half a billion dollars in investment   WA today
Snapchat offers 485 million reasons to celebrate on New Year's Eve   Upstart
Snapchat raises over $485 million   Business Standard
Telegraph.co.uk   
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TODAYonline
   
REFILE-GLOBAL MARKETS-Euro starts new year at new lows, oil tries to bounce   
Reuters
(Cut extraneous words in lead paragraph). * ECB chief says ready to act on low inflation. * Euro nears major support at 2012 low, break to be bearish. * Oil rallies but finding it hard to sustain gains. * Asian stocks quiet with Japan and China on holiday.
Draghi says price risks rising in eurozone: report   THE BUSINESS TIMES
Australian dollar sidelined, but euro helps   CNBC
GLOBAL MARKETS-Euro starts new year at new lows in Asia   Reuters Africa
Yahoo Finance UK   
Moneycontrol.com   
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Business Today
   
Govt hikes excise duty on diesel, petrol by Rs 2   
Business Today
The government on Thursday raised excise duty on petrol and diesel by Rs 2 per litre each but retail pump rates will not be increased. The third excise duty hike by the government since November will help raise additional revenue of Rs 6,000 crore during the ...

Excise duty on petrol, diesel hiked; no change in retail price   Firstpost
Excise raised on petrol, diesel as crude oil slumps to USD 53   Mid-Day
Govt increases basic excise duty on petrol and diesel by Rs 2 litre   Myiris.com
The Times (subscription)   
BBC News   
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BBC News
   
Goldman Sachs paid highest bonuses to staff in 2013   
BBC News
US investment bank Goldman Sachs paid the highest bonuses to senior staff among banks operating in the UK in 2013, according to research by Reuters. Its employees in key senior or risk-taking positions received £2.57m bonuses each on average ...

Goldman Sachs sparks outrage by paying staff highest UK bonuses   The Independent
Goldman top bankers lead UK pay league   Financial Times
A goldmine for bankers that keeps on giving [Daily Mail, London]   Businessweek
Macro Insider   
Bidness ETC   
Forbes   
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Free Press Series
   
UK government could collect Severn Bridge tolls until 2027, MP warns   
Free Press Series
WESTMINSTER could still be collecting tolls to recoup costs of the Severn bridges until 2027, a Plaid Cymru MP has warned. The UK Government has up to another nine years to recoup its costs on the Severn Bridge crossings after they return to public ...

Calls to scrap Severn crossing tolls as prices increase   ITV News
Renewed calls made to scrap Severn Bridge tolls   Southwales Evening Post
Renewed calls to scrap Severn crossing tolls   BBC News

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Yahoo News UK
   
HSBC vows to match mortgage rates   
Yahoo News UK
A mortgage price war has intensified as a bank has brought back a pledge to match the rates on offer from its high street rivals. HSBC said that for new and existing customers with deposits or equity between 10% and 30%, it will match the on-sale mortgage ...


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