2015年1月20日 星期二

2015-01-21 U.K. Business


Business Recorder
   
UK stocks gain on China's growth; Unilever keeps confidence in check   
Reuters UK
LONDON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Britain's top share index rose for a fourth straight session on Tuesday, buoyed by mining stocks, after Chinese data beat expectations, although a tepid outlook from Unilever kept confidence in check. The FTSE 100 index closed ...

MARKET COMMENT: London Stocks End Up For Fourth Straight Session   London South East
FTSE Climbs to Three Week High   shareprices.com
Chinese boost helps Britain's FTSE hit 3-week high   Daily Mail

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The Guardian
   
Oil firm Talisman Sinopec plans 300 North Sea job cuts   
The Guardian
BP has announced it is cutting a similar number of jobs in the sector and other companies have made similar cuts. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA. Press Association. Tuesday 20 January 2015 17.56 EST. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via ...

UK hit by more oil job cuts as Talisman lays off staff   Telegraph.co.uk
Talisman Sinopec Energy UK to cut 300 jobs   Reuters UK
Sinopec Talisman cuts 300 jobs   Upstream Online

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MiamiHerald.com
   
IMF growth forecast: It's Advantage India over China in 2016   
Firstpost
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), like its twin the World Bank, has also lowered the global growth targets for 2015 and 2016 by 0.3 percent in both years. Its new projections are 3.5 percent and 3.7 percent for the two years respectively, while the World ...

IMF lowers predictions for world growth over two years, says US recovery to persist   Washington Post
IMF slashes 2015-2016 world growth forecast   DAWN.com
Copper futures lower on weak China GDP   Sky News Australia
Al-Bawaba   
Reuters   
Economic Times   
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Reuters UK
   
BP asks for lower fine in penalty phase of Gulf spill trial   
Reuters UK
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - BP Plc, citing low oil prices, tried to whittle away at $13.7 billion (9 billion pounds) in potential fines under the Clean Water Act on Tuesday as the penalty phase started in its trial over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. BP said its fine ...


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New York Times
   
Behind Drop in Oil Prices, Washington's Hand   
New York Times
Did the United States kill OPEC? The plummeting price of oil since Saudi Arabia decided last fall not to cut production to counter rising supply elsewhere has fueled intense speculation about a downfall of the infamous cartel, once feared for its power to bend ...

Oil prices edge up in early trading but outlook remains weak   Reuters UK
Oil glut & remittance risks   Business Recorder
Deeper cuts, more pain for companies riding out global oil price war   The Globe and Mail
Reuters   
Huffington Post   
Tehran Times   
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BBC News
   
Davos: Bosses 'less optimistic' about global economy   
BBC News
Chief executives are less optimistic about the economy this year than last, a survey unveiled at the World Economic Forum suggests. PwC's annual survey shows that just 37% think the economy will improve in 2015, down from 44% last year. Perhaps ...

Why I Davos   Huffington Post
Global elite gather to talk shop at Davos   Irish Times
UK chief executives the most optimistic in Europe   The Times (subscription)
Quartz   
swissinfo.ch   
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The Guardian
   
Co-op Bank refuses to back firms that frack   
Plastics & Rubber Weekly
The Co-operative Bank has confirmed that as part of its re-launched ethical policy it will not lend money to companies involved in fracking for shale gas. The bank, which last updated its ethical policy six years ago, said its 74,000 customers and staff had called ...

Troubled Co-op Bank extends blacklist of firms involved in tax dodging, fracking ...   This is Money
Co-op Bank extends blacklist of firms it considers unethical   Evening Standard
Co-op Bank extends list of companies it won't lend to   Blue & Green Tomorrow
Management Today   
Forbes   
Manchester Evening News   
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Irish Times
   
London Briefing: every little helps to reshape history at Tesco   
Irish Times
Terry Leahy stepped down as chief executive of Tesco three years ago, after a glorious 14-year reign in which profits soared from £750 million to £3.2 billion and its stock market value more than tripled from £10 billion to £35 billion. In his time at the top, Leahy ...

James Moore: It's time to hear from the rest of Tesco's top brass   The Independent
Tesco, Terry Leahy and the importance of keeping shtum   Financial Times
Jim Armitage: Sir Terry Leahy's attack on Phil Clarke didn't tell the whole story of ...   Evening Standard
Chartered Management Institute   
iNVEZZ   
Refrigeration and Air Conditioning   
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The Times (subscription)
   
Investors on gravy train as Eversholt sold to Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing   
The Times (subscription)
Another chunk of Britain has fallen to the Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing with the £2.5 billion sale of the Eversholt train-leasing company to the tycoon's Cheung Kong Infrastructure. The transaction has prompted huge windfalls running into hundreds of ...

Hong Kong-based billionaire Li Ka-Shing snaps up British freight trains   The Independent
Hong Kong's Li Ka-shing buys British train firm for $3.8 bn   The Star Online
Tycoon Li Ka-shing's Cheung Kong Infrastructure to sell $593 mln shares   Yahoo Finance UK
Businessweek   
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Scotsman
   
Shetland fish and chip shop voted best in UK   
Scotsman
A Scottish fish and chip shop was named the best in the UK at The National Fish & Chip Awards. Frankie's Fish & Chips in Brae, Shetland 'battered off' stiff competition from nine other UK regional winners, all vying to take home the life changing prize ...

Fish and chip shop competition reveals the 'perfect plaice' for dinner   ITV News
Frankie's batters competition to take away title of fish and chip shop of 2015   The Guardian
Scottish chippie scoops title of Best UK Fish and Chip shop of the Year award   Herald Scotland
Stroud News and Journal   
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