Britain
- British trade deficit narrows in March
(AFP)
Mon, 12 May 2008 13:24:23
AFP - Britain’s trade-in-goods deficit with the rest of the world fell to 7.4 billion pounds in March from 7.6 billion pounds in February, official data showed Monday.
- HSBC profits up despite $3.2 bln subprime hit
(AFP)
Mon, 12 May 2008 12:37:01
AFP - Global bank HSBC said Monday that first-quarter profits climbed, despite taking a 3.2-billion-dollar (1.6 billion pound) from its exposure to the US subprime housing market slump.
- Centrica warns on profits, price hikes
(AFP)
Mon, 12 May 2008 12:27:25
AFP - British energy group Centrica warned Monday that first-half profits would fall due to soaring wholesale energy costs and signalled that it could hike domestic gas and electricity prices again.
- McCartney marriage ends, two months after divorce
(AFP)
Mon, 12 May 2008 12:11:58
AFP - Paul McCartney’s marriage to ex-model Heather Mills was formally ended Monday as a judge granted them a decree nisi, two months after they struck a high-profile bitter divorce settlement.
- Producer prices hit record level in April
(AFP)
Mon, 12 May 2008 12:10:13
AFP - The cost of goods leaving British factories jumped in April to a record high on the back of rising costs for raw materials, official data showed on Monday.
- PM to discuss Tibet unrest with Dalai Lama
(AFP)
Mon, 12 May 2008 12:05:23
AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown will meet the Dalai Lama in London on May 23 and will discuss recent unrest in Tibet, his spokesman said Monday while downplaying the political nature of the talks.
- Brown struggles amid backstabbing frenzy
(AFP)
Mon, 12 May 2008 11:39:30
AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown was seeking to win back public confidence in his leadership this week, but efforts were hampered Monday by more attacks on his character after a weekend of embarrassing revelations.
- HSBC profits up despite $3.2 billion write-down
(AP)
Mon, 12 May 2008 11:10:39
AP - HSBC Holdings PLC said Monday that first-quarter profit was better than a year ago, despite a $3.2 billion write-down on subprime mortgage assets in the United States. - Scooter knocks down Madonna at top of British charts
(AFP)
Mon, 12 May 2008 07:38:24
AFP - Scooter knocked Madonna off the top of the album charts on Sunday with their new album going straight in at number one.
- Cherie’s miscarriage diverted attention from Iraq
(AFP)
Mon, 12 May 2008 07:27:14
AFP - News of a miscarriage suffered by the wife of former prime minister Tony Blair was used to stave off speculation of an early invasion of Iraq, she said in comments published on Monday.
- First time home players in British Open finals in 44 years
(AFP)
Sun, 11 May 2008 21:25:29
AFP - James Willstrop made it only the second time in 44 years that the home country had finalists in both events in the British Open when he beat Thierry Lincou, the former world champion in three impressive games.
- Blair discusses Mideast peace with Saudi king
(AFP)
Sun, 11 May 2008 19:11:11
AFP - Middle East envoy Tony Blair met on Sunday with Saudi King Abdullah to discuss peace efforts in the region, the official SPA news agency reported.
- One year on, Scottish leader makes hay as Brown struggles
(AFP)
Sun, 11 May 2008 11:25:47
AFP - A year after becoming Scotland’s First Minister, Alex Salmond is wearing a broader grin than usual after his dream of splitting from London was boosted by his old rival Gordon Brown’s Labour Party.
- British author Lessing brands Nobel win ‘a disaster’
(AFP)
Sun, 11 May 2008 10:53:01
AFP - British author Doris Lessing has said that winning the Nobel Prize for Literature was a “bloody disaster”, adding she has now stopped writing, the BBC reported Sunday.
- Blair u-turns left ‘volcano’ Brown fuming: Prescott
(AFP)
Sun, 11 May 2008 10:33:40
AFP - Tony Blair repeatedly broke promises on making way for Gordon Brown as Britain’s premier, leaving a “furious” Brown exploding like a “volcano”, Blair’s former deputy said in comments published Sunday.
- French contemplate bid for leading UK nuclear utility
(AFP)
Sun, 11 May 2008 05:52:48
AFP - French state-owned energy giant EDF, the world’s biggest nuclear energy producer, has ambitions to expand into a lucrative future British market with a bid for the leading British nuclear energy producer.
- Celtic manager’s home burgled
(AFP)
Sat, 10 May 2008 19:37:26
AFP - Burglars have raided the home of Gordon Strachan, the manager of Scottish football giants Celtic, police said Saturday.
- Tony Blair’s wife publishes autobiography; Iraq war a topic
(AP)
Sat, 10 May 2008 11:30:07
AP - Tony Blair considered not running for a third term as British prime minister but his wife and others persuaded him it would be seen as an admission that he had been wrong about the Iraq war, she says in her newly published autobiography.
- UK’s Brown taking tips from Blair, says Cherie
(Reuters)
Sat, 10 May 2008 08:27:30
Reuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is
taking advice from his predecessor Tony Blair on how to win the
next general election despite pressuring him out of office, the
wife of the former prime minister said on Saturday.
- Blair advising Brown on how to win next election: report
(AFP)
Fri, 09 May 2008 23:37:12
AFP - Tony Blair has been advising his successor Gordon Brown on how to win the next general election, the former British prime minister’s wife, Cherie, said in an interview with The Times out Saturday.
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