Contributor ReportsBanks to detail top pay deals under review proposal
Source: Times Online
London :: United Kingdom | updated Wed Nov 25 21:57:48 -0800 2009 | business-news
Pay details of all influential employees earning more than £1 million will in future have to be disclosed, but individuals will not be named. In his July interim report, Sir David Walker set the threshold for disclosure at the level...
Bridge Death PC's Daughter: 'Thank You'
Source: Sky News
Workington :: United Kingdom | updated Wed Nov 25 14:04:31 -0800 2009 | business-news
After a massive search, the 44-year-old's body was found at Allonby beach. His colleagues have described him as an "inspiration" and the Prime Minister paid tribute, describing PC Barker as a "very heroic, very brave man". His wife Hazel has...
South Canterbury CEO, Lachie McLeod, resigns
Source: Scoop
Canterbury :: United Kingdom | updated Wed Nov 25 21:18:52 -0800 2009 | business-news
McLeod will continue to consult in Hubbard’s other business interests. “The last 18 months have been particularly turbulent for the finance industry with pressures unleashed by the global financial crisis, new regulations and the difficult trading environment,” McLeod said in...
LSE's profits fall a third as rival platforms win business
Source: The independent
London :: United Kingdom | updated Wed Nov 25 21:09:03 -0800 2009 | business-news
The London Stock Exchange yesterday blamed tougher competition and a fall in the number of listings as it reported a 37 per cent drop in pre-tax profits to £79m for the first half of the year. Platforms such as Chi-X...
Bank charges: a setback, but the fight goes on
Source: The Independent
London :: United Kingdom | updated Wed Nov 25 16:35:27 -0800 2009 | business-news
When yesterday's ruling was handed down by the Supreme Court, it appeared to be a devastating blow to the long-running campaign for refunds of penalty fees, which have mired some customers in debt. Five law lords, led by Lord Phillips,...
David Prosser: Honesty is always the best policy
Source: The independent
London :: United Kingdom | updated Wed Nov 25 01:53:44 -0800 2009 | business-news
Royal Bank of Scotland are breathtaking, but the fact the Bank of England has managed to keep them secret until a time of its own choosing is also interesting. A little over a year previously, when news leaked out that...
Economy improves slightly but recession continues
Source: The independent
London :: United Kingdom | updated Wed Nov 25 06:43:49 -0800 2009 | business-news
The UK recession was shallower than previously thought between July and September, but the economy continued to decline, revised official figures showed today. New estimates from the Office for national Statistics (ONS) showed a 0.3 per cent fall in UK...
Oil mixed in Asia
Source: Taiwan News
London :: United Kingdom | updated Wed Nov 25 10:50:56 -0800 2009 | business-news
Oil was mixed in Asian trade yesterday as traders continued to digest slower-than-expected third quarter United States growth data, analysts said. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for January delivery, fell US$0.07 to US$75.95 a barrel. Brent North Sea...
Novera rejects new £109m bid from Guy Hands
Source: The independent
London :: United Kingdom | updated Wed Nov 25 17:07:56 -0800 2009 | business-news
The board of Novera Energy, an Aim-listed renewable energy group, rejected a second approach for the company run by private equity giant Guy Hands yesterday. Infinis, an energy group controlled by Mr Hands's private equity firm, Terra Firma, offered £109m,...
BBC 'had talks' on Worldwide sale
Source: The Guardian
London :: United Kingdom | updated Wed Nov 25 02:26:54 -0800 2009 | business-news
The Financial Times reported today that Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse were part of the advisory process. Mark Thompson, the BBC director general, first revealed to the Guardian in September that a partial privatisation of BBC Worldwide was one option...
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