Royal Mail reports rise in profits :: Royal Mail says half-year profits are up in its first results since its flotation, as Business Secretary Vince Cable defends the sale before MPs.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25106394#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
S. Africa since apartheid: Boom or bust? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/TMiH2-RTh_g/index.html
UK Third Quarter GDP Not Revised From Preliminary Estimate :: <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 UK recorded a quarterly growth of 0.8 percent in the third quarter of 2013, unrevised from a preliminary estimate from Oct. 25, official data released on Wednesday showed. The figure was in line with expectations and higher than a 0.7 percent quarterly rise in the June quarter.</p>
<p>On a yearly basis, gross domestic product, or GDP, grew 1.5 percent in the third quarter, unchanged from a previous estimate and same as in the previous quarter.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/uk-third-quarter-gdp-not-revised-preliminary-estimate-1487712
Aide: Pacquiao will be cleared on tax :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/iTTBSsqWARY/index.html
German GfK Consumer Confidence Index Tops Expectations, Hits Years-Long Highs And Forecasts A Sharp Rise In Consumer Spending :: <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>An index measuring German consumer confidence for December, showed that optimism about the economy's future and expectations of rising incomes hit highs not seen in several-years, forecasting a demand-driven holiday season in Europe's largest economy.</p>
<p>The GfK consumer climate report, published on Wednesday, showed that the forward-looking index, which measures the level of consumer confidence in economic activity, rose sharply to 7.4 for December, against analysts' predictions that the index would remain steady at November's upwardly revised 7.1 number.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/german-gfk-consumer-confidence-index-tops-expectations-hits-years-long-highs-forecasts-sharp-rise
London Market Report :: Catering giant Compass Group helps to pull the FTSE higher after announcing a 9% rise in full-year profits and a new £500m share buyback.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11899862#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Sharkeisha Fight Video: Twitter Reacts With Funny Memes [WATCH NSFW VIDEO] :: <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><a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/sharkeisha-fight-video-goes-viral-instagram-twitter-watch-graphic-video-here-1487620">The "Sharkeisha" fight video</a> got attention on Tuesday night through various different social media platforms when a clip of a girl punching another in the face went viral.</p>
<p>It's assumed the two girls' names in the video are Sharkeisha and Shay, and to say Shay didn't exactly win the fight would be an understatement. She didn't even see Sharkeisha's iron fist coming her way until the slugger had already pelted her in the face with what seemed like brute force.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/sharkeisha-fight-video-twitter-reacts-funny-memes-watch-nsfw-video-1487686
Investigating Fish Traps From Space: Google Earth Images Reveal Severe Overfishing In Persian Gulf :: <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>Google Earth has helped a team of scientists at the University of British Columbia, or UBC, to reveal that large fish traps in Persian Gulf nations could be catching up to six times more fish than they officially reported.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/investigating-fish-traps-space-google-earth-images-reveal-severe-overfishing-persian-gulf-1487684
Surveillance covers porn, too — leaks show NSA considered undermining "radicalizers" :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/cs_caN2oG18/
Morgan Stanley Under Justice Department Scanner For Its Hiring Practices In China :: <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 U.S. Justice Department has launched an anti-bribery probe into Morgan Stanley's (NYSE:MS) hiring practices in China that allegedly violated U.S. laws, Reuters reported, citing people familiar with the matter.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/morgan-stanley-under-justice-department-scanner-its-hiring-practices-china-1487682
Euro or pound for Scotland? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/LIP3JeR9ls8/qmb-scotland-independence-economy-humza-yousaf-intv.cnn.html
Xbox gamers banned over cursing :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/2XSSXqxnxQI/index.html
Paul Smith's celebrates career :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/LSFxhZPJIiE/qmb-intv-paul-smith.cnn.html
Pope slams market 'tyranny' :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/upYmBwUsGX4/qmb-pope-market-tyranny-beck-intv.cnn.html
France downgraded to AA rating :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/4J5mA4MKXd0/qmb-france-economy-downgraded-philippe-gudin-intv.cnn.html
Scottish independence plan unveiled :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/LWv8AxUKGZU/index.html
Blast Near India's Kudankulam Nuclear Plant In Tamil Nadu State Kills 6 People :: <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>Six people were killed and two injured in a bomb explosion on Tuesday night near the controversial Kudankulam nuclear plant in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, only weeks after the plant began producing power after years of delays and public protests.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/blast-near-indias-kudankulam-nuclear-plant-tamil-nadu-state-kills-6-people-1487668
Sony files patent for 'SmartWig' :: Sony files a patent application for "SmartWig", which it says can help navigate roads and collect information such as blood pressure.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25099262#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Endangered Bonobos Further Threatened By Forest Loss And Poaching: Study :: <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 bonobo, an endangered species of apes found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is rapidly losing its territory to a burgeoning human population that has triggered deforestation and rampant poaching, according to a new study jointly conducted by University of Georgia, University of Maryland, Wildlife Conservation Society, World Wildlife Fund and other groups.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/endangered-bonobos-further-threatened-forest-loss-poaching-study-1487646
Pentagon's B-52 Challenge To China's Air Defense Zone Draws Criticism From Chinese Public Who Say No-Fly Zone Is Pointless Unless China Responds :: <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 Pentagon's announcement that two B-52 bombers breached China's newly established air-defense identification zone, or ADIZ, over the East China Sea drew heavy criticism from the Chinese public on Wednesday, with several commentators also registering disapproval over a lack of immediate response from the Chinese government.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/pentagons-b-52-challenge-chinas-air-defense-zone-draws-criticism-chinese-public-who-say-no-fly-zone
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