2015年2月4日 星期三

2015-02-05 U.K. Business


BBC News
   
European Central Bank toughens its stance on Greece   
BBC News
The European Central Bank (ECB) has toughened its stance with Greece by restricting financing to the country's banks. In a statement, the central bank said it would no longer accept Greek government bonds as collateral for lending money to commercial ...

Euro Weakens as ECB Limits Greek Funding; Yen Gains as Won Falls   Bloomberg
As Greece Rebels, the Notion of Debt Forgiveness Returns   New York Times
Deutsche Telekom AG   Reuters
Reuters UK   
Irish Times   
Wall Street Journal   
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The Guardian
   
Banks onboard for GSK's £17bn pharma float   
CITY A.M.
PHARMA giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has hired banks to analyse the pros and cons of a float of its HIV medicines business next year, in what would be the one of the UK's biggest initial public offerings of the last decade. Chief executive Sir Andrew Witty said ...

GSK hopes for happier times as earnings fall   PharmaTimes
Glaxo shares lifted as expects stronger performance in second half   Proactive Investors UK
GSK profits fall by 49% but dividend lifted and shares rise as investors back Witty   This is Money
Financial Times   
Philly.com   
The Guardian (blog)   
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The Times (subscription)
   
SFO chief takes on company lawyers   
The Times (subscription)
The head of Britain's anti-fraud agency is preparing to take on companies whose lawyers are obstructing investigations by hiding behind the shield of “legal professional privilege”. David Green, QC, director of the Serious Fraud Office, is ready to mount a test ...

Fraud office must stay at arm's length from government   CITY A.M.
SFO Head Warns Over Risk To Blue-Chip Probes   City Talk 105.9

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BBC News
   
IFS says worst of UK spending cuts yet to come   
BBC News
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has said that the worst of the UK's spending cuts are still to come. Its Green Budget, which looks at options and issues ahead of next month's Budget, says the UK's finances still have "a long way to go". To meet plans ...

James Moore: Be warned. When it comes to austerity and cuts, we ain't seen ...   The Independent
Families to enjoy biggest rise in their spending power for decade   Telegraph.co.uk
Axeman Chancellor George Osborne plotting deeper cuts than ANY major ...   Mirror.co.uk
This is Money   
Financial Times   
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The Independent
   
Tech thrives in clusters as regions specialise   
The Independent
A surge in the number of technology businesses set up since the recession has helped the UK's digital economy spread well beyond London's so-called Tech City, with a new report revealing that almost three quarters of digital tech businesses are based ...

Regional network drives growth of UK's tech nation   Financial Times
Tech firms' confidence will help us build a UK Facebook or Google   CITY A.M.
Edinburgh top amid surge in digital businesses   Scotsman
International Business Times UK   
Maldon and Burnham Standard   
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The Times (subscription)
   
Free banking 'is hurting customers'   
The Times (subscription)
Banks would improve their service to customers if they introduced charges on current accounts, a senior banker has admitted. Moray McDonald, managing director of products in Royal Bank of Scotland's personal and business banking division, said that the ...

RBS favours an end to era of free in-credit current accounts   CITY A.M.
RBS boss warns at least 99 branches will close in digital shift   Herald Scotland
End free accounts, says bank boss   Hillingdon Times

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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Strong British, German demand drives Sky results   
The Star Online
LONDON: Strong demand for pay TV in Britain and a record jump in customer numbers in Germany helped Sky Plc to post a 16% rise in first-half adjusted operating profit in its maiden results as a European pay-TV group yesterday. Sky, which was formed ...

James Moore: Super-competitive Sky worth keeping an eye on   The Independent
Sky vows to ramp-up spending on original British content   The Guardian
Sky customers watch more TV on demand than ever before   HEXUS
Evening Standard   
Digital Spy UK   
Recombu   
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Irish Independent
   
Retail... Shopping surge in the Eurozone   
Irish Independent
Published 05/02/2015 | 02:30. 0 Comments; Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Retail sales are on the rise. Retail sales in the Eurozone were the highest in almost eight years in December as Christmas shoppers splashed out on presents, food and ...

Eurozone gets Christmas lift from fastest sales growth since 2007   CITY A.M.
Portugal registers biggest fall in retail sales in EU in December   GlobalPost
Euro zone Christmas shopping nears eight year high in December   RTE.ie
Reuters   
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The Independent
   
Icap to fight against €15m Libor fine   
The Independent
Icap, the world's largest interdealer broker, has vowed to appeal a €15m (£11m) fine imposed by the European Commission for colluding in the Libor-fixing scandal – a decision it called “wrong both in fact and law”. The commission found that Icap assisted ...

First Libor battle as Icap rejects EU's €15m fine   CITY A.M.
Icap to appeal against fine from Brussels   The Times (subscription)
Icap hit with £11m fine for helping banking 'cartels with Libor interest rate rigging   This is Money
Telegraph.co.uk   
Financial Times   
New York Times   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Wizz Air leads the way as planned new flotations breathe new life into the City   
This is Money
A Hungarian airline, a windows-to-doors maker and a construction specialist breathed new life into London's stock market yesterday as they announced plans to float in the City. No-frills, central European-focused carrier Wizz Air resuscitated its aim to list in ...

Wizz Air revives IPO plan   ATWOnline
Wizz Air gives London IPO another try as airline prospects look up   GlobalCapital
Wizz Air resurrects London share listing plan   Daily Mail
Management Today   
Financial Times   
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