Dubai couldn't be further from down and out Daily Star Lebanon | By Khalaf Ahmed Al Habtoor | Friday, November 06, 2009 | - Powered by | First person by Khalaf Habtoor | | In spite of morbidly gloomy predictions by foreign pundits that Dubai’s bubble had terminally burst, the economy is back on track. Recent headlines, such as “Hard times for...
Banking shake-up in numbers BBC News | A major shake-up in the UK banking industry will see the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Lloyds Banking Group sell off hundreds of branches. | The sales have been demanded by the European Commission to safeguard competition concerns. | "I believe what we have here is a better deal for the ta...
Comedy: Stephen Merchant – Work In Progress, London The Guardian | When comedy sidekicks go solo, the chances of success are pretty variable. For every Dudley Moore who makes it to the top in Hollywood (with the dubious pleasure of having their movies remade by Russell Brand 30 years on), there's an ex-stooge foll...
Memorial event for merchant seamen The Guardian | Hundreds of people have attended a memorial service in honour of members of the Merchant Navy who lost their lives at sea. | The Queen and the Prime Minister both sent tributes to the service which was held at the Tower Hill Memorial in Trinity Gar...
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HK takes over as top slot among world's wine markets China Daily | HONG KONG: Hong Kong took the top slot among the world's major wine markets at weekend auctions where Sotheby's sold $8 million worth of fine wine. | Hong Kong has grown as a win...
Can Shilpa Shetty become the UK's curry queen? New Statesman Will the Bollywood star be able to make inroads into the UK's Indian food industry - dominated by South Asian communities and local ownership? | Shilpa Shetty, Bollywood superstar ...
Rooney And Fletcher United Again Sporting Life | By Simon Stone, Press Association Sport Chief Football Writer | Divided last week, united this. Wayne Rooney knows the joking with Darren Fletcher will stop in Turkey on Tuesday....
Britain's Lloyds Bank To Raise $34 Billion CBS News Lloyds Bank Seeks $34 Billion; Royal Bank Of Scotland To Get $41 Billion Government Infusion | Font size Print E-mail Share Photo | (AP) Photo | (AP) Photo | (AP) Previous slide Next slide (AP) LONDON (AP) - Britain pressed ahead Tuesday with a fresh...
Britain's Lloyds bank to raise $34 billion The Miami Herald | LONDON -- Britain pressed ahead Tuesday with a fresh wave of restructuring in its crisis-ravaged banking system, as Lloyds Banking Group PLC sought at least 21 billion pounds ($34.2 billion) through a record share issue and debt swap. | Royal Bank ...
Britain's Lloyds bank to raise $34 billion Denver Post | LONDON—Britain pressed ahead Tuesday with a fresh wave of restructuring in its crisis-ravaged banking system, as Lloyds Banking Group PLC sought at least 21 billion pounds ($34.2 billion) through a record share issue and debt swap. | Royal Ba...
Market Report: RBS horror show mires FTSE 100 in the red The Independent | Things may have looked good on Monday, the first session after Halloween, but the real horror show played out yesterday. Michael Myers, the fictional serial killer from the Halloween films, would have been proud of the bloodletting, as the top tier was awash with stocks plunging into the red. | The FTSE 100 fell over two per cent in the morning, ...
Geithner rejects tax for bailouts The News Tribune | LONDON - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Saturday turned a cold shoulder to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's call for a global tax on financial transactions by banks. | Also at the G20 meeting, finance ministers and central bankers from the world's 20 most powerful economies agreed to keep massive stimulus measures in place until...
