U.S. Stock Futures Inch Up Wall Street Journal By SHAWN LANGLOIS | LONDON—U.S. stocks nudged slightly higher before the opening bell on Thursday and were poised to end their recent losing streak after the Fed indicated that additional monetary easing could be on the way. | While the plight of Greece and the future of the euro zone will con...
SA child obesity levels up there with UK and US Independent online South African teens are right up there with their US and UK counterparts when it comes to being overweight, a local study has found. | The study says South African teenagers are inactive and spend too much time on social networks, on their cellphones and in front of the television. They are putting ...
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Rambert Dance Company – review The Observer Dane Hurst in Rambert Dance Company’s L’après-midi d’un faune: ‘What this version really lacks is tension.’ | Rambert Dance Company's latest programme opens with SUB by the Israeli choreographer Itzik Galili. Set to the roiling tide of Mic...
Olympic medals, Jubilee coins and 2p bits – it's a licence to make money The Independent | Sitting quietly at a sewing machine, stitching a purple ribbon on to a Paralympic silver gong, she is shy and unassuming. "It's lovely," says the 56-year-old, from Tonyrefail, South Wales, of her job engraving the Olympic medals, the larg...
UK warned of credit downgrade The Independent | Richard Hodges, the manager of the Legal & General dynamic bond trust, said in the light of the euro sovereign debt crisis: "The question isn't will the UK be downgraded, but when? The ratings agencies haven't moved partly because they hav...
Don't trade in equities, says Sebi chief UK Sinha to small investors The Times Of India Tweet NEW DELHI: Small investors should not start trading directly in stock market as they don't have adequate resources to take informed decision, said UK Sinha, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi). | Sinha said the small i...
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European Stocks Rise Wall Street Journal By MICHELE MAATOUK | LONDON—European stocks opened slightly higher Tuesday after German gross domestic product figures came in significantly better than expected. | London's ...
Gold falls to 4-1/2 month low on Greece risks Reuters | SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Gold dropped to its lowest since late December as the euro sank against the U.S. dollar on worries that a worsening debt crisis in Greece could spill over i...
UK FTSE eyes fresh lows Independent online Britain's FTSE 100 share index fell on Monday, heading towards lows not seen since December, as financial stocks were hammered by European debt worries and mining and energy compan...
Obama, UK's Cameron hit the diplomatic treadmill Reuters | CAMP ROUND MEADOW, Md. May 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron resorted to a spot of treadmill diplomacy to tackle the world's problems on Saturday, sweating over the euro zone debt crisis while worki...
UPDATE 1-G8 making progress on euro zone crisis, oil prices-UK Reuters | CAMP ROUND MEADOW, Maryland May 19 (Reuters) - Leaders of the Group of Eight major economies are making progress on addressing the two biggest threats to their economies - the euro zone crisis and very high oil prices, British Prime Minister David ...
Rupert Murdoch denies claims that News Corp may sell UK newspapers The Guardian | Mogul says News Corporation is 'firmly committed' to its papers including the Sun, Times and Sunday Times Rupert Murdoch said News Corp's publishing business, including News International, was 'a core component of our future'. Photograph: Lewis Why...
G8 making progress on euro zone crisis, oil prices-UK Reuters | CAMP ROUND MEADOW, Maryland May 19 (Reuters) - Leaders of the Group of Eight major economies are making progress on addressing the two biggest threats to their economies - the euro zone crisis and very high oil prices, British Prime Minister David ...
European Stocks Rise Wall Street Journal By MICHELE MAATOUK | LONDON—European stocks opened slightly higher Tuesday after German gross domestic product figures came in significantly better than expected. | London's FTSE 100 Index opened 0.4% higher at 5486.34, Germany's DAX rose 0.75% to 6499.16 and Paris's CAC-40 Index was 0.95% higher at 3087.1. | Amid all the euro-zone doom and g...
