2015年5月2日 星期六

2015-05-03 U.K. Business


Market Business News
   
UK consumer borrowing surged by £1.2 billion   
Market Business News
According to figures from the Bank of England, this is the largest increase in consumer borrowing since the financial crisis. Consumer borrowing has increased by 6.9 per cent in the past year, with the average UK household owing an average of £6,300 – on ...

Britons take on debt at fastest pace since 2008   Telegraph.co.uk
Consumers flash plastic as March borrowing soars   The Times (subscription)

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Wall Street Journal
   
UK Economy Helps Keep Lloyds on Rebound   
Wall Street Journal
LONDON—Shares in Lloyds Banking Group LLOY 7.09 % PLC rose Friday, reflecting improving earnings and expectations that the bank will be in a position to return money to shareholders this year. The bank has been slowly returning to health since its U.K. ...

The Week In Review: May 3   The Sunday Times
Lloyds lifts profit expectations after £660m hit from TSB sale   Financial Times
Lloyds shares soar on quarterly results   BBC News
Bloomberg   
Scotsman   
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This is Money
   
MARKET REPORT: GSK shares fall amid worries the drug giant could abandon ...   
This is Money
Shares in GlaxoSmithKline were on their sick bed yesterday amid unease that the drug giant could abandon plans to return £4billion of cash to investors. The stock weakened 3p to 1511.5p as City analysts speculated that the company may use cash from its ...

Doubts grow over GlaxoSmithKline's $6 bln capital return plan | Reuters   Firstpost
Brokerage Perspectives on GlaxoSmithKline PLC (NYSE:GSK)   Markets Daily

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Times LIVE
   
Greece ‘won’t seek bailout if donors restructure debt’   
Gulf Daily News
Athens: Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis insisted yesterday that Greece would not require a new bailout from its international creditors if they would simply restructure its debt. Athens last week resumed talks with its creditors in a bid to unblock 7.2 ...

6 things about Greek debt you were too afraid to ask   Times LIVE

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The Sunday Times
   
Board Moves: Wells rises to top at Prudential   
The Sunday Times
MIKE WELLS is to succeed Tidjane Thiam as group chief executive of the insurer Prudential. Wells, 55, is president and chief executive of Jackson National Life Insurance, Prudential's wholly owned American subsidiary. □ Andy Harrison will succeed Geoff ...

U.K.''s Prudential Appoints Mike Wells CEO   Nasdaq
Prudential picks US boss as its new chief executive   Telegraph.co.uk
UPDATE 2-Business as usual seen at Prudential under new CEO Wells   Reuters
Interactive Investor   
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Western Daily Press
   
Hornby says its on track to hit profit target   
Western Daily Press
Model railway firm Hornby said it was on track to make its first profit in three years. The Kent-based company, whose brands include Airfix, Scalextric and Corgi, said that strong sales over the year left it in line to deliver an underlying profit of around £1.5million ...

Model train company Hornby back on track   Express.co.uk
Hornby back in profit for first time since Olympic debacle   Telegraph.co.uk
Hornby steams toward first full-year profit since 2012   Financial Times
BBC News   
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AsiaOne
   
FTSE gains for the day; STOXX down for month   
Taipei Times
Major European markets were closed on Friday, except for Britain's top equity index, which gained ground, as a surge in the shares of Lloyds bank and miners boosted the market, although caution before next week's national election kept a lid on the progress ...

FTSE higher as manufacturing slows   BBC News
Britain's FTSE lifted by Lloyds and miners but election nerves start to show   Reuters
Iseq edges ahead while the rest of Europe gets that holiday feeling   Irish Times
Interactive Investor   
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Reuters
   
Fed rate hike in June 'on the table,' two policymakers say   
Reuters
ORANGE, Calif./PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve could well raise interest rates as soon as June, two top U.S. central bankers said on Friday, so long as economic data strengthens as expected from a dismal first quarter. That view - from the ...

Fed rate hike in June 'on the table': policymakers   Business Recorder (press release) (blog)

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GTspirit
   
Aston Martin DBX Confirmed for Production   
GTspirit
Aston Martin has revealed that its DBX Concept from the Geneva Motor Show in March will reach the production line. The announcement was made as part of a substantial new investment capital increase for the British marque. Thanks to major shareholders ...

Aston Martin announces $306 million investment for new DBX crossover   Business Standard Motoring
Aston raises £200m to cross over into fast lane   The Times (subscription)
Aston Martin DBX luxury 4x4 SUV gets green light   The Week UK
CarAdvice   
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The Sunday Times
   
Property woes push Sainsbury's to first loss in a decade   
The Sunday Times
J SAINSBURY is expected to post its first loss in a decade this week as property write-downs compound the agony of the supermarket price war. Britain's third-biggest grocer is expected to report a 17% slide in pre-tax profits to £660m on Wed–nesday, ...

Sainsbury's to post first annual profit fall in a decade   Daily Mail
Sainsbury's profit set to drop 17pc   Gulf Daily News
Chris Haskins: Supermarkets ran out of stock of innovation   Yorkshire Post

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