
LONDON (Reuters) - The energy ministry said on Monday it had approved a 1,500 megawatt (MW) gas-fired power plant in North Doncaster, as well as Scottish utility SSE’s 108-MW biomass and waste power plant at Ferrybridge.[Read more...]
October 31, 2011 | Posted in
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LONDON (Reuters) - The frontrunner in the sale of music group EMI’s assets, Len Blavatnik’s Warner Music Group, has walked away from their auction, the Financial Times reported on Monday.[Read more...]
October 31, 2011 | Posted in
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain faces “economic suicide” if it retreats to the sidelines of European Union policymaking, deputy prime minister Nick Clegg said Sunday.[Read more...]
October 30, 2011 | Posted in
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LONDON (Reuters) - Emergency repair and insurance group HomeServe has suspended all telephone sales after it launched a review into whether some of its staff could have been mis-selling products.[Read more...]
October 30, 2011 | Posted in
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LONDON (Reuters) - Skipper Robin van Persie scored a hat-trick as Arsenal beat Chelsea 5-3 in a remarkable Premier League match at Stamford Bridge while Manchester City stayed top of the table with a 3-1 home win over Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday.[Read more...]
October 29, 2011 | Posted in
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LONDON (Reuters) - James Murdoch, heir apparent to his father’s News Corp media empire, will return on November 10 to give evidence before parliament over what he knew about phone hacking, the committee investigating the scandal said on Monday.[Read more...]
October 24, 2011 | Posted in
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LONDON (Reuters) - Families’ household finances were marginally worse in October than in the previous month and their expectations for the year ahead slumped to a six-month low, with public sector workers among the most downbeat, a survey showed Monday.[Read more...]
October 24, 2011 | Posted in
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LONDON (Reuters) - Families’ household finances were marginally worse in October than in the previous month and their expectations for the year ahead slumped to a six-month low, with public sector workers among the most downbeat, a survey showed Monday.[Read more...]
October 24, 2011 | Posted in
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LONDON (Reuters) - British consumer confidence fell for a fourth consecutive month in September on a broad-based drop in morale and was near to February’s record low, a monthly survey by mortgage lender Nationwide showed on Friday.[Read more...]
October 21, 2011 | Posted in
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LONDON (Reuters) - Sports Direct, Britain’s biggest sporting goods retailer, said revenues rose in recent weeks and added it is banking on events such as next year’s London Olympics to keep sales rolling in 2012.[Read more...]
October 19, 2011 | Posted in
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