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Reuters
May 16, 2012
Ormen Lange's scheduled restart earlier this morning should increase flows via the Langeled
pipeline - Britain's main sub-
sea import line - to 35 million cubic meters/day,
analysts from Point
carbon said.
Washington Post
May 16, 2012
It said the breach was reported to the FBI, which traced the source of the hack to the UK and
Scotland Yard's e-
crime unit tracked down
the suspect.
Reuters
May 16, 2012
Nicholas Crace, a former charity director from the leafy English county of Hampshire, decided to donate a kidney to Britain's National Health Service following the death of his wife in 2011, when he found he had more time for voluntary work.
Washington Post
May 16, 2012
London - Britain's
armed forces minister says approximately 10500
army personnel will be deployed to help protect the London Olympics.
Reuters
May 16, 2012
By Rhys Jones and Jan Schwartz
London May 16 (Reuters) - Britain is on the cusp of securing a deal that would see
General Motors build the next generation of its Astra compact model at Ellesmere Port rather than in Germany, sources said on Wednesday.
Wall Street Journal
May 16, 2012
AU) said Thursday it is considering selling its UK operations, which include the nation's fifth largest motor insurer Equity Red Star and commercial insurance
broker Barnett & Barnett.
Reuters
May 16, 2012
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London (Reuters) - Britain's drug watchdog has reversed a controversial decision not to fund a new prostate
cancer pill that was developed in the country after maker
Johnson & Johnson agreed a new discount on supplies to the UK state
healthcare ...
The Guardian
May 16, 2012
Britain's financial firms are dusting down contingency plans for a Greek exit from the
Euro - an event that the head of the
International Monetary Fund said could be "quite messy".
Reuters
May 16, 2012
By Anjuli Davies |
London (Reuters) - US group Vanguard, the world's third-largest exchange-traded-funds provider, has launched its first products in Britain, hoping to steal business from rivals by pushing a low-cost model that has been successful in ...
Reuters
May 16, 2012
The overall project, funded by UK research councils, will continue with its aim to assess the feasibility of so-called
solar radiation management (SRM) by mimicking volcanoes when they erupt, which can have both a cooling and warming effect on the ...
Reuters
May 16, 2012
* Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening 51 to 53 points, or as much as 1 percent, lower on Wednesday, according to financial bookmakers, as the prospect of fresh Greek elections in June increased worry over the impact of the country's possible exit ...
Voice of America (blog)
May 16, 2012
Chinese state media on Wednesday warned of diplomatic retaliation against Britain after Prime Minister David Cameron held a private meeting with the
Dalai Lama in
London.
Washington Post
May 16, 2012
The court later ordered Ablyazov to disclose his assets and to remain in Britain until he complied. A year ago, the bank sought a court order to put Ablyazov in prison for contempt, alleging more than 30 breaches of court orders.
Wall Street Journal
May 16, 2012
By Nicholas Winning Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
London (Dow Jones)--The
Euro zone must build a suitable firewall and secure its weakest member states or face a potential break-up, UK Prime Minister David Cameron warned Wednesday, in an unusually strong ...
ABC News
May 16, 2012
The former
England national team captain who now plays for the Los Angeles Galaxy was among those who helped
London snatch the 2012 Summer Games away from
Paris, the favorite.
Washington Post
May 16, 2012
London - The
Bank of England has trimmed its growth forecast for the UK
economy and warned that inflation will remain above target for another year - assuming the country isn't knocked off course by turmoil in the eurozone.
BBC News
May 14, 2012
The number of UK military deaths in Afghanistan since 2001 is now 414. The MoD said the two had been providing security near a base in the
Lashkar Gah district on Saturday.
The Guardian (blog)
May 14, 2012
Doing better than the hapless Brian Paddick in the recent
London mayoral elections isn't quite storming the Winter Palace, but let's not be too picky.
MarketWatch (press release)
May 14, 2012
EBACE, GENEVA, May 14, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Universal Aviation UK, located at
London Stansted Airport (EGSS), is completely refurbishing its FBO in time for operators traveling to London for the 2012 Olympic Games.
Reuters
May 14, 2012
* Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening down 39-43 points, or 0.8 percent on Monday, according to financial bookmakers, reflecting concerns about the
Euro zone crisis and the
global growth outlook.
The Guardian
May 14, 2012
Simon Cowell predicts Britain's Got Talent winner Pudsey will become the most famous dog in the world. He's probably right.
International News Network
May 14, 2012
Islamabad: foruegn office spokesman has declared the recent UK visit of Prime Minister Gilani as very successful and productive, in confirming the reaffirmation of the partnership of the Enhanced Strategic Dialogue (ESD).
Wall Street Journal
May 14, 2012
A European Council meeting earlier this month ended inconclusively with only the UK refusing to sign up to a new draft of the
European Commission's capital requirements directive and accompanying regulations.
Telegraph.co.uk
May 14, 2012
England's motorway network is unsuitable for an 80mph speed limit, the Road Safety Foundation has said. By David Millward, Transport Editor The charity, which inspected all 4350 miles of motorway, voiced concern at the lack of crash barriers.
Wall Street Journal
May 14, 2012
... (Dow Jones)--Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne on Monday defended the UK's aggressive program of spending cuts, saying uncertainty from the
Euro-zone crisis was damaging the country's economic recovery, not Britain's austerity measures.
Reuters
May 14, 2012
Six world powers, including Britain, are due to meet
Iranian officials for another round of negotiations over the nuclear issue in
Baghdad on May 23.
Reuters
May 14, 2012
BRUSSELS May 14 (Reuters) -
finance minister George Osborne on Monday blamed Britain's economic woes on turmoil in the
Euro zone, defending the case for his government's austerity programme.
The Independent
May 13, 2012
Childhood obesity rates are rising fast in the UK, with latest statistics showing that a third of
children aged 10-11 in
England suffer from obesity or weight issues. In Southwark, the south
London borough where Britain's first paediatric bariatric ...
The Guardian
May 13, 2012
... the union representing Britain's
nurses has claimed. Pressure on beds is so great that some people end up being treated in corridors, especially in A&E departments, according to a survey of 1246 UK nurses and
healthcare assistants belonging to the ...
Zee News
May 13, 2012
The trial heard that the men, who are all from Pakistan, apart from one who is from Afghanistan, groomed and ''shared'' the young white girls because they were vulnerable.
Economic Times
May 13, 2012
London: Britain's defence secretary said he had finally balanced his department's books, in an interview out Sunday, following a week in which he made a U-turn on purchasing jets, to the annoyance of France.
Telegraph.co.uk
May 13, 2012
One part of that mission is to sell Britain to the rest of the world. Pursuing that goal with an admirable, single-minded dedication, he has criss-crossed the world, travelling to countries rarely visited by a foreign secretary, in order to persuade ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
May 13, 2012
For these reasons, industry research firm IBISWorld has updated its report on the Pre-Primary
education in the UK industry.
BBC News
May 13, 2012
Eleven people have been arrested after Occupy protesters pitched tents outside the
Bank of England on a day of demonstrations in
London.
Chicago Tribune
May 13, 2012
Up to 600 people denouncing the
Bank of England rallied in
London and a Reuters witness said scuffles broke out between some demonstrators and
police, with at least 12 arrests.
Scottish Daily Record
May 13, 2012
PUDSEY the amazing dancing dog won Britain's Got Talent last night after viewers fell for his tricks. Ashleigh Butler, 17, and her six-year-old dog, won over the public with a stunning routine to the theme tune of Mission Impossible.
Reuters
May 13, 2012
By Peter Griffiths |
London (Reuters) - Britain's military will be armed with a sonic device that can be used as a high-volume loudspeaker or a non-lethal weapon to disperse crowds at this summer's Olympic Games in London, the defence ministry said on ...
Daily Mail
May 10, 2012
A great weather divide has split Britain, as Scotland and
England bask and shiver in greatly contrasting weather. While temperatures in southern England are expected to soar to 18C over the next few days, Scotland is facing bitter winds, ...
Engadget
May 10, 2012
The UK's answer to Billboard, the Official Charts Company, has seen a future filled with streaming music from services like Spotify, Napster and Deezer and decided that it needed a streaming chart to truly judge the success or failure of today's, ...
Reuters
May 10, 2012
NAB's bleeding UK operations have caused it additional pain, with bad
debt charges checking profit growth. The bank said last month it plans cut the size of its UK operations, which comprise more than 300 Clydesdale and Yorkshire branches, ...
Chicago Tribune
May 10, 2012
London/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Britain is seeking to persuade fellow
European Union members to postpone by up to six months a ban on providing insurance for tankers carrying Iranian oil, arguing that it could lead to a damaging spike in oil prices, ...
New York Times
May 10, 2012
11 terrorist attacks lost a legal bid in the European courts on Wednesday to challenge Britain's long-running attempts to deport him to Jordan to stand trial on
terrorism charges.
Reuters
May 10, 2012
By Sven Egenter |
London (Reuters) - The
Bank of England looks set to call a halt to its asset-buying program on Thursday, despite the
economy having slipped into recession and renewed risks rising from the
Euro zone
debt crisis, as UK inflation ...
Frontier Post
May 10, 2012
Chicago Tribune
May 8, 2012
Speaking at an event in eastern
England, Cameron will say he is focused on tackling "a tough task getting even tougher", after data last month showed Britain had fallen back into recession. "We've got to sort out our
debts, get real growth and change ...
Reuters
May 8, 2012
Overview -- Formula One (Alpha Topco Ltd.), the UK-based group responsible for the promotion of the Formula One World Championship (F1) and exploitation of the
sport's commercial rights, has refinanced its
capital structure with a view to make a ...
msnbc.com
May 8, 2012
By msnbc.com staff
Argentina's Olympic Committee is distancing itself from a television ad that has sparked a dispute with Britain ahead of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in
London. Britain demanded an apology from Argentina over the controversial ...