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 Northern Ireland investment conference a 'major success' - Summary
London - A conference by top US business tycoons aimed at drawing investment to the formerly troubled British province of Northern Ireland was declared a major success by participants Friday. Some 120 corporate chiefs ended the three-day meeting wi...

[Posted on : 2008-05-09 ] Category : [ UK (Business) ]

Northern Ireland investment conference ends on optimistic note
London - Top US business leaders ended a high-level investment conference in Northern Ireland with a tour of the province Friday inspecting future investment sites. The conference won pledges for major investments in the aerospace and IT sectors, on ...

[Posted on : 2008-05-09 ] Category : [ UK (Business) ]

Guinness to restructure Irish breweries - Summary
Dublin - London-based drinks group Diageo announced Friday in Dublin that it was closing two breweries in Ireland but would revamp its historic Guinness brewery in the Irish capital. The company said it expected 500 million euros (774 million dollars...

[Posted on : 2008-05-09 ] Category : [ UK (Business) ]

London Stock Exchange quotations
FT-100 Index6,215.20  (-0.30) (- 0.004 %) BAT Industries  1,938.00(+ 18.00) (+ 0.94 %) BP Amoco        610.00(-1.50) (- 0.25 %) Diageo        1,031.00(- 10.00) (- 0.96 %) HSBC Holdings   876.00(- 13.50) (- 1.52 %) Prudential      713.50(- 12.50) (- ...

[Posted on : 2008-05-06 ] Category : [ UK (Business) ]

Britain's Lloyd's bank reports further writedowns
London - Britain's Lloyd's Bank Tuesday revealed additional credit crunch losses of 387 million pounds (774 million dollars), taking its total exposure so far to over 667 million pounds. But Lloyd's said its funding position was strong and it was fi...

[Posted on : 2008-05-06 ] Category : [ UK (Business) ]

British Airways raises fuel surcharge on all tickets
London - British Airways (BA) Tuesday announced an increase of the fuel surcharge on tickets to reflect continuing high oil prices. The changes will come into effect on Friday. ...

[Posted on : 2008-04-29 ] Category : [ UK (Business) ]

 HBOS becomes second British bank to make cash call - Summary
London - Britain's biggest mortgage lender, the Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS), Tuesday became the second leading bank to ask shareholders to bolster its finances in the wake of the credit crunch. The Glasgow-based bank said it needed to consolidat...

[Posted on : 2008-04-29 ] Category : [ UK (Business) ]

 Fresh talks as strike ends at British refinery - Summary
London - A two-day strike by oil workers at a leading British refinery came to and end Tuesday as the government said it was hopeful that a dispute over pensions could be resolved in fresh negotiations. The walkout by 1,200 men at the Grangemouth ref...

[Posted on : 2008-04-29 ] Category : [ UK (Business) ]

Leading oil giants see profits surge on back of oil price - Summary
London - Oil giants Shell and British Petroleum (BP) Tuesday posted record first quarter profits, boosted by the surge in oil prices, amid signs of growing concern among consumers over rising fuel prices. Anglo-Dutch Royal Dutch Shell Shell reported ...

[Posted on : 2008-04-29 ] Category : [ UK (Business) ]

Strike ends at Grangemouth refinery in Britain
London - A two-day walkout by oil workers at the Grangemouth refinery in Britain, which disrupted North Sea oil production, came to an end early Tuesday. The Unite union, which had called out 1,200 men in protest against changes in the pension scheme...

[Posted on : 2008-04-29 ] Category : [ UK (Business) ]

 



 

 


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