'Outrage' as BAE Systems probes end after £280m deal BBC News | Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. | BAE Chairman Dick Olver: "We need to be a transparent, modern, clean company" | Campaigners have attacked a deal struck by UK defence contractor BAE Systems to end inquiries into its affairs. | The firm is to admit two crimi...
Fund firms fight shy of gilts on volatility fears The Guardian By Claire Milhench LONDON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Fixed income managers are fighting shy of UK government bonds, fearful of volatility ahead of a general election and the market's capacity to fill the hole left by the Bank of England's exit from quantitative easing. Managers like Threadneedle, Schroders ...
'Outrage' as BAE Systems probes end after £280m deal BBC News | Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. | BAE Chairman Dick Olver: "We need to be a transparent, modern, clean company" | Campaigners have attacked a deal struck by UK defence contractor BAE Systems to end inquiries ...
Former Hartford Hospital Chief John K. Springer Dies At 78 Hartford Courant John K. Springer, who led for more than a decade and is credited with creating the Life Star helicopter program, died Thursday night at the hospital. He was 78. | Springer presided over the hospital as it developed a transplant program, a trauma prog...
Church of England sells Vedanta stake over record on human rights The Times | The Church of England has sold a £3.8 million stake in Vedanta Resources, the mining group accused of mistreating indigenous tribes in India, in protest at the London-listed company's record on human rights. | The rebuke came after a six-month inqu...
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The dangers of working in Qatar The Independent | The British former chief executive of Standard Chartered in Europe is being held against his will in Qatar after losing his job as the head of bank in the Emirate, an investigati...
HSBC moves chief back Hong Kong Standard HSBC Holdings (0005) relocated its chief executive from London back to Hong Kong yesterday as senior bankers around the world flocked to Davos, Switzerland for their annual forum. ...
Wild bear birth captured by web cam The Siasat Daily | London, January 25: A Bear who became an internet sensation after a webcam was installed in her den gave birth live on the internet. | Pregnant Lily the black bear became a web c...
Salmond accused of breaching Holyrood rules with lunch auction The Guardian | Investigation launched after it emerges that the Scottish first minister and his deputy auctioned private lunches in Holyrood's members' restaurant at an SNP fundraising event | may be told to cancel a £9,000 fundraising lunch at the Scottish parl...
Heading for record loss, British Airways says it is on the right track in cutting costs Star Tribune | LONDON - British Airways PLC said Friday that its cost-cutting drive has put the airline on the right course but won't save it from posting record losses in the current year. | In an update on the nine months ending Dec. 31, the carrier reported an...
Plainville Coffee Company Delivers Kick With A Conscience Hartford Courant A startup company is hoping that college students' environmental concerns will translate into sales for its organically grown, fair-trade coffee. | Since last year, Sun Coffee Roasters has been pitching its coffee beans to colleges and universities a...
Arsenal needs to end slide against Liverpool Penn Live 2/8/2010, 7:57 a.m. EST> The Associated Press | (AP) — LONDON - Since climbing to the top of the Premier League, Arsenal has taken only one point from three games, slipped to third and been knocked out of the FA Cup. | Now Arsene Wenger's young players face a tough home game against reviving Liverpool, and another defeat could leave them...
Gold extends gains, up to Rs 16,520 The Times Of India NEW DELHI: Gold prices moved up Rs 80 to Rs 16,520 per ten grams in the bullion market on seasonal buying amid a positive global trend. | Standard gold and ornaments advanced further by Rs 80 each to Rs 16,520 and Rs 16,370 per ten grams, respectively. The precious metal had gained Rs 50 in the last session. | Meanwhile, sovereign remained steady a...
