British Airways suffers steep revenue loss Gulf News | London: Repeated strike action by cabin staff and the impact of the Icelandic volcanic cloud have contributed to a steep first quarter loss of £164 million (Dh940 million) at British Airways, the company said yesterday. | But despite the pre-tax loss between April and June, BA chief Willie W...
FTSE fades ahead of US GDP figures The Guardian | Leading shares in London are following Wall Street and Asian markets lower, ahead of US GDP figures due later today. | The FTSE 100 is currently 26.23 points lower at 5287.72, as investor nervousness about the state of the global economy continues. On US GDP, Jim Reid at Deutsche Bank said: | Toda...
The Championship 2010-11: What to expect from the coming season The Observer Barnsley | Paul Heggie - BarnsleyFC.org.uk | There's a real buzz about the new season. Mark Robins has had a full summer with the players he wants and I feel that, after four seasons of battling relegation, we can now make the big step up to lower mi...
Sherlock; Dispatches: Britain's Witch Children; Orchestra United The Observer | "My God, what must it be like in your funny little brains… it must be so boring." Benedict Cumberbatch, looking for all the world like a rather pretty gargoyle, fallen among us with a rude shock and some tweedy darks to cloak his marbled limbs, d...
UK may have to import rubbish for incinerators The Independent | Environmental groups are demanding an end to the building of new waste incinerators, which they say will undermine recycling. Experts question whether Britain will produce enough household waste to fuel energy-from-waste plants as the country impro...
Sherlock; Dispatches: Britain's Witch Children; Orchestra United The Guardian | Benedict Cumberbatch – big brain and all – made a superb Sherlock Holmes in the BBC's reworking of the detective classic Martin Freeman as Dr John Watson and Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes. Photograph: BBC/Hartswood Films | "My God, wh...
Employers target over-60s for forced retirement, says Age UK The Guardian | Anti-ageism campaigners believe UK employers are targeting mature workers for forced retirement Age UK has reported a dramatic rise in the number of over-60s forced to retire against their will and blamed employers for targeting mature workers. Pho...
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Questions Swirl About Damaged Japanese Tanker The New York Times | Shipping officials said Thursday that they were examining the hull of a Japanese oil tanker that was mysteriously damaged this week as it traversed a strategically vital waterway...
Opec's compliance with output curbs falls in July Gulf News | London: The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) is meeting only half its promised cuts in oil supply this month thanks to a big jump in exports from Nigeria...
Japan supertanker probe reveals smashed hull The Star | FUJAIRAH/TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese supertanker that reported suffering an "explosion" near the Strait of Hormuz oil shipping route may have hit a submarine or a mine, UAE port...
Kalmadi refutes money transfer charges to UK Deccan Chronicle Kalmadi refutes money transfer charges to UK | Share ARTICLEURL | July 31: The days remaining for the 2010 Commonwealth Games are winding down and it is already time to begin the blame game, which was kicked off by Organising Committee chairman Sures...
UK's Osborne Urges Banks to Lend, Restrain Bonuses ABC News | July 31, 2010 | LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister George Osborne urged the country's banks to use strong first-half profits to boost business lending rather than pay large bonuses, in an interview published late on Saturday. | Barclays, L...
The week that revived my love affair with India - and convinced me that Britain's ... The Daily Mail | For several days last week the Prime Minister, five Cabinet Ministers, myself included, and some of Britain’s top business people decamped to India. The size and seniority of the official visit reflect India’s growing importance. | A ra...
Historic Newton Heath market forced to close BBC News | An historic market which has been part of the community for more than 80 years has been forced to close. | Traders have packed up at Newton Heath market in Manchester for the final time after it struggled to cope with the continuing economic crisis...
Boris Johnson launches London's bike hire scheme London Evening Standard A cycle hire scheme set to put thousands more bikes on to the UK capital's roads will be officially launched today by London Mayor Boris Johnson. | But not all the for-hire cycles will be ready for the first day, while around a quarter of the docking stations where the bikes are stored will not yet be in operation. | And the Green Party criticised ...
