2015年5月21日 星期四

2015-05-22 U.K. Business


Mirror.co.uk
   
As non-cash payments overtake hard currency, are we a few years off being a ...   
City A.M.
This development isn't surprising. One of the key drivers for this is the growth of lower-value transactions being made with cards. TfL alone has seen over 60m contactless transactions in the last six months, which were historically made with cash.
Consumers keen to use new payment technology but businesses slow to adopt   BizReport
It's official: Cash is no longer king in the UK   Quartz
Majority of UK purchases made without cash in 2014   Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
The Independent   
BBC News   
Engadget   
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The Independent
   
Deutsche Bank investors scorn shake-up   
The Independent
Shareholders have dismissed Deutsche Bank's move to boost the power of its co-chief executive Anshu Jain as insufficient, and demanded more changes to restore confidence in the leadership of Germany's largest bank. Only 61 per cent of investors ...

Deutsche Bank investors revolt with 39% vote against management   Financial Times
Deutsche Bank hit by shareholder investor revolt   BBC News
Deutsche Bank's Anshu Jain gets 12-18 months to deliver turnaround   Sydney Morning Herald
Deutsche Welle   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
RBS paves way for Government stake sale with shareholder vote   
Telegraph.co.uk
Royal Bank of Scotland is paving the way for the Government to sell down its 79pc stake in the lender by asking shareholders to vote on costs related to a sale at its annual general meeting. Philip Hampton, the chairman, has written to investors urging them to ...

Record fines imposed on banks for rigging forex market   Bobsguide (press release)
Royal Bank of Scotland facing yet another hefty fine for rigging financial markets   This is Money
In the City, crime pays   Morning Star Online
JD Supra (press release)   
iNVEZZ   
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Financial Times
   
Credit derivatives deserve a revival   
Financial Times
This month, Wall Street is back with a new lobbying campaign. But this latest battle is not about bank capital or bonuses; instead the issue is something that looks almost retro: credit derivatives. Back in last decade's crazy credit bubble, these products ...

ISDA announces CDS roll date rethink   International Financing Review

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The Independent
   
Are energy companies ripping us off?   
The Independent
By now it is no secret that energy companies in the UK may be overcharging customers for gas and electricity. Ofgem, the market watchdog, has even referred the energy market to the Competition and Markets Authority to be formally investigated over ...

Ed Miliband's pledge to freeze energy prices is putting up your bill   Daily Mail
SSE to close ageing coal-fired Ferrybridge Power Station amid rising cost   Power Technology
SSE profits soar after consumer price rise   The Courier
Energy Business Review   
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Moneycontrol.com
   
Merkel, Hollande urge Tsipras to complete current bailout   
Reuters
RIGA Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras held talks on Athens' debt crisis with the German and French leaders but won little more in public than a reminder he needs to do more to secure funds urgently needed to avert bankruptcy. "The discussions focused ...

Merkel, Hollande and Tsipras Talk at Riga Summit   Wall Street Journal
Greece hopes for bailout extension breakthrough at EU summit - live updates   The Guardian

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Reuters
   
Euro boosted by data, rise in Bund yields   
Reuters
LONDON The euro rose against the dollar on Thursday for the first time this week, helped by nascent signs of a recovery in euro zone activity and a rise in German Bund yields which narrowed the spread over U.S. Treasuries. Data on Thursday showed the ...

Wall Street up as near-term rate-hike prospects fade; oil jumps   Interactive Investor

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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Ecclestone fights £1 billion tax bill   
Telegraph.co.uk
The head of Formula One, Bernie Ecclestone, could face a £1 billion bill to the tax man over a trust fund for his ex-wife and daughters. British tax collectors decided to tear up an existing settlement for the family trust after new information came to light.
Bernie Ecclestone challenges £1 billion tax claim   Zee News
F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone to fight £1bn tax bill as settlement is torn up   The Independent
Bernie Ecclestone faces £1bn bill as taxman targets family fund   The Australian (blog)

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Telegraph.co.uk
   
UK's Royal Mail focuses on costs in tough market   
Irish Examiner
Intense competition in the parcels market from rivals including Amazon will leave Britain's Royal Mail reliant on cost controls and efficiency improvements to underpin profits this year. Parcels, which generate half of Royal Mail's £9.4bn (€13.2bn) revenues, are ...

Royal Mail lifts profits as parcel growth unravels   The Independent
Royal Mail needs to cost-cut to deliver growth   Scotsman
Royal Mail was hit by slowdown in parcels arm last year as major customer ...   This is Money
Telegraph.co.uk   
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Irish Times
   
Mothercare stems five years of losses in UK   
Irish Times
Mothercare has stemmed five years of falling sales in the UK with the first full year of like-for-like sales growth in its domestic business since the recession. The turnaround caps 12 months of growing pains for the buggy and babywear retailer, during which ...

Take a deep breath: the Mothercare boss wants nappy changing, not yoga   The Times (subscription)
Mothercare on a growth spurt as sales rise at last   The Independent
Mothercare hails first underlying UK sales growth in five years   City A.M.

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