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Centrica taps shareholders for 2.2 billion pounds (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2008 03:58 AM CDT AP - British gas company Centrica said Friday it planned to tap shareholders for 2.2 billion pounds (about $3.6 billion ) through a new share issue to pay for the potential acquisition of a 25 percent stake in electrical utility British Energy.

Barclays seeking 7.3 billion pound cash injection (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2008 03:52 AM CDT AP - Barclays PLC said Friday it is seeking up to 7.3 billion pounds ($11.8 billion) from Middle Eastern investors as it tries to avoid resorting to a British government bailout.

Britons dying for green burials (AFP) Posted: 31 Oct 2008 03:38 AM CDT AFP - UK residents are increasingly choosing "green" burial plots as their final resting place for ecological reasons and as space in more formal cemeteries fills up, experts say.

Afghan famine greater risk than Taliban: British think-tank (AFP) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 08:11 PM CDT AFP - A looming famine in Afghanistan poses a greater threat to international efforts to rebuild the country than the ongoing insurgency there, a leading defence think-tank warned Friday.

UK attorney general considers Gitmo abuse claims (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 07:18 PM CDT AP - The case of a Guantanamo detainee who claims he was abused while in U.S. custody has been referred to Britain's attorney general for consideration, the British government said Thursday.

Local UK govt steps up to save red phone boxes (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 06:27 PM CDT AP - Britain's bright red telephone boxes are increasingly unused and unprofitable, but far from unloved.

Police shot innocent man without giving warning: witnesses (AFP) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 05:36 PM CDT AFP - Witnesses to the shooting of an innocent Brazilian man by London police who mistook him for a would-be suicide bomber said Thursday that officers did not shout a warning before killing him.

In UK, head of radio station quits over prank call (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 04:41 PM CDT AP - The head of Britain's most listened-to radio station resigned Thursday over a prank phone call made by two DJs to an elderly actor, the British Broadcasting Corp. said.

UK and Germany say they want more funds for IMF (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 04:31 PM CDT AP - The International Monetary Fund needs more money to bail out struggling countries, the leaders of Britain and Germany said Thursday.

AstraZeneca 3Q profits up 29 percent (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 12:46 PM CDT AP - Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca PLC posted a 29 percent rise in third quarter net profit on Thursday as strong sales in emerging markets like China helped offset flat demand for its products in the United States.

British American Tobacco 3Q net profit up 9.5 pct (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 12:42 PM CDT AP - British American Tobacco PLC, Europe's largest cigarette maker, said Thursday net profit rose 9.5 percent in the third quarter on better sales of global brands, particularly in emerging markets, and a gain from changes in currency values.

British military looks to jazz up grim rations (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 10:43 AM CDT AP - The discovery of dehydrated potato flakes and milk powder in a professional kitchen would normally send Gordon Ramsay into a frenzy of expletives.

Thousands throng to opening of huge London mall (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 09:19 AM CDT AP - It took Ella Jenkins and two teenage pals less than 15 minutes to give a thumbs up to London's biggest mall, which opened Thursday despite the gloomy economic climate that threatens to dampen vital Christmas sales.

UK must cut interest rate, says BoE policy maker (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 09:00 AM CDT AP - Bank of England policy maker David Blanchflower said the bank must cut its interest rate soon, and by a significant measure, to ward off the threat of deflation as the British economy enters a recession.

Adventurer Fogle treated for flesh-eating bug (AFP) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 08:26 AM CDT AFP - Television star Ben Fogle is undergoing treatment after contracting a potentially fatal flesh-eating bug in Peru.

Tennant bows out of Doctor WHO (AFP) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 07:23 AM CDT AFP - David Tennant has decided to leave the popular sci-fi show 'Doctor Who' at the end of next year.

Cigarette group BAT profits leap in third quarter (AFP) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 05:19 AM CDT AFP - British American Tobacco said on Thursday that net profits rose 9.5 percent to 657 million pounds in the third quarter, despite the uncertain economic climate.

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