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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...
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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) (- ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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