onsdag 20 februari 2013

20-Feb-2013 12:04

VIDEO: Government 'not counting on 4G money' :: The government was not relying on receiving the full amount of the predicted £3.5bn windfall from the 4G licence auction according to the work and pensions secretary.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21518872#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Record loss at Credit Agricole :: French bank Credit Agricole reports a worse-than-expected annual loss after an unexpected tax charge pushes it deeper into the red.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21516253#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Mortgage lending falls in January :: The amount of money lent to UK homebuyers fell last month to the lowest level in nine months, says the Council of Mortgage Lenders.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21517934#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

UK unemployment total falls to 2.5m :: UK unemployment fell in the three months to December, while the number in work also jumped, official figures show.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21517854#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Bank split over stimulus measures :: Bank of England governor Sir Mervyn King was one of three Monetary Policy Committee members to vote in favour of more stimulus measures this month.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21518538#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

British PM Cameron Terms 1919 Massacre In India A 'Deeply Shameful' Event In Britain's Colonial Past :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>David Cameron became the first serving British prime minister to visit the scene of a 1919 massacre in India, one of the bloodiest events in Britain's colonial past.</p>
<p>On his visit to the Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, in the northwestern Indian state of Punjab -- the site where hundreds of civilians including women and children were shot dead by British troops on April 13, 1919 -- Cameron said the massacre was as "a deeply shameful event in British history."</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/british-pm-cameron-terms-1919-massacre-india-deeply-shameful-event-britains-colonial-past-1095458

AUDIO: 'Getting the price right' on oil barrels :: Platts, the oil pricing agency, is proposing changes to the way it assesses the Brent oil market, in terms of the price of oil per barrel.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21518098#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

FBI to investigate Heinz trades :: The Federal Bureau of Investigation joins an investigation into suspicious share trading ahead of the Heinz takeover deal last week.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21516258#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Sony's hope for PlayStation 4 profit reset :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/PR_uwagnWMo/index.html

Italy's split personality divides country :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/tMIuzmZ1lrE/index.html

US Stock Futures Point To Slightly Higher Open Ahead of Housing Data, FOMC Minutes :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The U.S. stock index futures pointed to a slightly higher open Wednesday ahead of the Census Bureau's data on housing starts and building permits and minutes of the latest Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC).</p>
<p>The futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 0.05 percent, the futures on the Standard &amp; Poor's 500 Index were up 0.06 percent and those on the Nasdaq 100 Index were up 0.09 percent.</p>
<p>Investors are likely to focus on the Census Bureau's housing starts and building permits reports, which are due to be released before the markets open.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/us-stock-futures-point-slightly-higher-open-ahead-housing-data-fomc-minutes-1095392

Cameron to India: Open doors :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/YHAHOZdbjLQ/

Currency 'skirmish' or 'war'? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/sx6OcLIQS74/

Bulgarian Government Announces Resignation After Nationwide Strike Against Power Price Hike :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The Bulgarian Prime Minister told parliament Wednesday that his government is resigning from office after nationwide protests against high electricity prices rocked the country, Reuters reported.</p>
<p>Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, who will step down today, told parliament: "I will not participate in a government under which police are beating people."</p>
<p>Bulgarian government has been facing public ire as the tough austerity measures and a sharp hike in electricity bill prompted thousands of citizens to take to the streets demanding the resignation of the government.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/bulgarian-government-announces-resignation-after-nationwide-strike-against-power-price-hike-1095350

AUDIO: Bank bonus cap 'will not reduce risk' :: Negotiations to introduce a bonus cap in the European Union have stalled after EU countries and the bloc's parliament clashed over how far to go in curbing pay for the industry's top earners.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21518280#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

London Market Report :: Shares in RSA fall nearly 10% after the insurer cut its 2012 dividend by a fifth and said a further reduction was likely this year.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11899862#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Japan Records Highest Trade Deficit In January; Exports Rise Sharply, But Weak Yen Inflates Import Bills :: <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Japan posted its worst ever trade deficit of $17.4 billion in January, despite a surge in exports. Recent policy measures that resutled in weakening of the yen led to an escalation in fuel import costs, official data showed.</p>
<p>Japan, the world's third largest economy witnessed a pickup in exports aided by the sharp fall in the domestic currency in January. However, the weakening of the yen following a slew of measures aimed at monetary policy easing by the newly-elected Shinzo Abe government escalated the fuel import costs, which constitute a major component of Japan's imports.  </p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/japan-records-highest-trade-deficit-january-exports-rise-sharply-weak-yen-inflates-import-bills

India Unlikely To Ask Former Maldives President To Leave High Commission: Report :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Despite mounting pressure on India to facilitate the arrest of former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed, who has taken refuge at the Indian High Commission in the capital, Male, the government is unlikely to ask the president to leave, Indian media has reported.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/india-unlikely-ask-former-maldives-president-leave-high-commission-report-1095344

VIDEO: Sony putting hopes on PS4 launch :: Sony is launching its new PlayStation in an effort to recapture both a share of the market and the enthusiasm for purpose-built games consoles.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21516195#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

AUDIO: Where have London's white British gone? :: The last census revealed that only 45% of Londoners describe their ethnicity as white British. The BBC's home editor Mark Easton reports.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21516354#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

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