13-Nov-2013 13:21

UK jobless rate at three-year low :: The UK jobless rate falls to 7.6% as the number of unemployed dropped by 48,000 to 2.47 million between July and September, say official figures
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24923951#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

GM set to open HQ in Singapore :: General Motors says it will move the headquarters for its international operations from Shanghai to Singapore next year.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24921966#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

UK Jobless Rate Falls More Than Expected; To Reach Target Threshold In Q3 2015 :: <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"><p>The jobless rate in the UK in the July-to-September quarter was pegged at 7.6 percent, lower than a consensus forecast of 7.7 percent, and down 0.2 percentage points from the April-to-June quarter, official data released on Wednesday showed.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/uk-jobless-rate-falls-more-expected-reach-target-threshold-q3-2015-1467830

VIDEO: ONS: Increase in older workers :: The Office for National Statistics reports a fall in the number of unemployed people and says the number of older workers is at its highest level ever seen.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24910636#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Silver Streaming Giant Silver Wheaton (SLW) Sees Deals Benefit From Subdued Precious Metals Space :: <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"><p>Canada's Silver Wheaton (TSE:SLW), the world's largest silver streamer, is seeing better deals with precious metal miners in a subdued environment of declining capital budgets, the company's CEO tells International Business Times.</p>
<p> Silver Wheaton strikes deals with gold and silver mining companies for portions of their mineral output at a fixed price, which it then sells at a markup to industrial users. Silver Wheaton is the largest such precious metal streamer, expected to net itself 33.5 million silver ounces in 2013.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/silver-streaming-giant-silver-wheaton-slw-sees-deals-benefit-subdued-precious-metals-space-1467072

The Same Religious Conviction That Has Hobby Lobby Challenging Obamacare Is Also Why Its Full Timers Start At $14 An Hour With Evenings (And Thanksgiving) Off :: <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"><p>The holiday shopping season is rapidly approaching, with major retailers opening ever earlier on Thanksgiving Day, once a national day of rest and family togetherness that's succumbing to the forces of consumerism. </p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/same-religious-conviction-has-hobby-lobby-challenging-obamacare-also-why-its-full-timers-start-14

UK recovery takes hold, says Bank :: The Bank of England governor Mark Carney says the UK economy will grow faster than expected and unemployment will fall sooner.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24926512#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Asian Unicorn Rediscovered: Rare Mammal, Saola, Sighted In Vietnam Forest After 15 Years [PHOTOS] :: <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"><p>The saola, one of the rarest and most threatened mammals on Earth, has been caught on camera in Vietnam for the first time in 15 years, the World Wildlife Fund, or WWF, announced on Tuesday.</p>
<p>The enigmatic animal was photographed in September by a camera set up by WWF and the Vietnamese government's Forest Protection Department in the Central Annamite mountains. The critically endangered saola, which is also known as the Asian unicorn, because it is so rarely seen, has white markings on the face and two parallel horns with sharp ends that can reach up to 50 inches in length.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/asian-unicorn-rediscovered-rare-mammal-saola-sighted-vietnam-forest-after-15-years-photos-1467776

Stanley Kubrick's Irish Odyssey: Why The IRA Forced The Director Off The Emerald Isle During Filming Of 'Barry Lyndon' :: <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"><p>In the summer of 1973, the famed American filmmaker Stanley Kubrick – already regarded as a cinematic genius based on his steady output of stunning films, including "2001: A Space Odyssey," "A Clockwork Orange," "Dr. Strangelove" and "Lolita," among other classics -- arrived in the Republic of Ireland to begin work on a new movie based on the adventures of Barry Lyndon, a fictional 18th-century Irish soldier-adventurer-gambler-playboy-con-man created by English novelist William Makepeace Thackeray. </p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/stanley-kubricks-irish-odyssey-why-ira-forced-director-emerald-isle-during-filming-barry-lyndon

Nicaragua's Volcanoes Fuel Green Energy Drive :: <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"><p>Nicaragua has the potential to become a paradise of renewable energies. The Central American country has extensive geothermal resources – thanks to major seismic and volcano activity – great exposure to wind and plenty of sunshine year long.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/nicaraguas-volcanoes-fuel-green-energy-drive-1467202

E.On says 'likely' to raise prices :: Energy firm E.On says it is "increasingly likely" that it will have to put up its prices, the last of the big six to do so.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24922893#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

US Stock Futures Indicate Pause In Rally On Technicals; Macy's, NetApp, Cisco Earnings On Watch :: <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"><p>If Wednesday's futures are an indication, stock markets look set for a dip on a day devoid of data points but with big earnings announcements and a Ben Bernanke speech to look forward to.</p>
<p>Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, or DJIA, were down 0.07 percent while those on the Standard &amp; Poor's 500 Index were down 0.14 percent, and futures on the Nasdaq Composite Index were down 0.32 percent.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/us-stock-futures-indicate-pause-rally-technicals-macys-netapp-cisco-earnings-watch-1467784

Euro Zone, EU Industrial Production Post Decline On A Monthly Basis In September; Show Year-On-Year Growth :: <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"><p>Seasonally-adjusted industrial production fell by 0.5 percent in the 17-nation euro zone and by 0.2 percent in the 28-nation European Union, or EU, in September, compared to a growth of 1 percent and 0.6 percent, respectively, in August, Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU, reported on Wednesday.</p>
<p>Industrial production on a yearly basis rose by 1.1 percent in the euro zone and by 1.2 percent in the EU in September. Analysts had predicted the monthly industrial output to drop by 0.3 percent and on a year-on-year basis to rise by 0.2 percent, in the euro zone.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/euro-zone-eu-industrial-production-post-decline-monthly-basis-september-show-year-year-growth

Sainsbury's half-year profits up 9% :: Sainsbury's reports half-year profits of £433m, up 9.1% from the same period in 2012.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24922971#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

VIDEO: Eni CEO on closure of gas pipeline :: The CEO of Italian energy company Eni says the closure of the key gas pipeline between Libya and Italy would not cause shortages.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24913719#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Johnson & Johnson To Settle Hip Replacement Lawsuits For $4 Billion :: <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"><p>Johnson &amp; Johnson, or J&amp;J (NYSE:JNJ), has agreed to pay $4 billion for the settlement of thousands of lawsuits filed against the company over a defective metal hip transplant, making it the largest payout in liability claims over a medical product in the U.S., media reports said, citing people familiar with the matter.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/johnson-johnson-settle-hip-replacement-lawsuits-4-billion-1467730

EU clinches deal on 2014 budget :: Negotiators in Brussels clinch a deal on the 2014 EU budget after gruelling talks, with spending cut by about 6% compared to 2013.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24909708#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Energy bill hikes 'to last 17 years' :: Consumers face 17 more years of above-inflation increases in energy and water bills, Whitehall's spending watchdog warns.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24920026#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Yandex's alternative Android store helps Jolla's Sailfish OS get off the ground :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/KHrn9AFfI3w/

On-demand photography outfit Scoopshot pulls in $3.9M to expand internationally :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/ZYN5we_aHlQ/