2008年11月24日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Brown to borrow big to kickstart UK economy (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2008 03:36 AM CST

Reuters - Prime Minister Gordon Brown will try to kickstart the stalling British economy on Monday by spending billions of borrowed pounds on tax cuts in a bid to stop a recession turning into a slump.

Reports: UK Treasury to raise income tax, cut VAT (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2008 03:21 AM CST

AP - Britain's Treasury will announce plans Monday to raise the top rate of income tax and cut the basic sales tax to help Britain weather the economic downturn, according to media reports.

Police investigate deaths of officers in NIreland road crash (AFP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2008 02:52 AM CST

Police stop protestors in Belfast. An investigation has been launched after four police officers were killed in a road accident in Northern Ireland(AFP/File/Peter Muhly)AFP - An investigation has been launched after four police officers were killed in a road accident in Northern Ireland, police said on Monday.

Britain's Standard Chartered to make rights offer (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2008 02:31 AM CST

AP - Standard Chartered PLC, Britain's third largest bank, said Monday it plans to raise 1.8 billion pounds ($2.7 billion) in a rights offer to shore up its balance sheet amid the economic downturn.

Miliband urges Arab leaders to pressure Iran (AFP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2008 03:47 PM CST

Foreign Secretary David Miliband, pictured on November 18, 2008, will Monday urge Arab leaders to clearly state their opposition to a nuclear-armed Iran and to engage more fully with the Middle East peace process.(AFP/File/Joseph Barrak)AFP - Foreign Secretary David Miliband will Monday urge Arab leaders to clearly state their opposition to a nuclear-armed Iran and to engage more fully with the Middle East peace process.

Jaguar Land Rover asks Britain for loans to boost car industry: report (AFP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2008 11:38 AM CST

Managing director of Tata Motors Ravi Kant looks on during a press conference in Mumbai in July 2008. Jaguar Land Rover, owned by Indian group Tata Motors, is in talks with the British government about a sizeable loan to prop up the employer of thousands of workers in Britain, a report said Sunday.(AFP/File/Sajjad Hussain)AFP - Jaguar Land Rover, owned by Indian group Tata Motors, is in talks with the British government about a sizeable loan to prop up the employer of thousands of workers in Britain, a report said Sunday.

Ethiopia 'demands Britain returns stolen treasures' (AFP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2008 10:47 AM CST

President of Ethiopia Girma Wolde-Giorgis attends the launching ceremony of the Ethiopian new millenium festival in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, June 2007. Ethiopia's president is demanding that Britain returns some of his country's most significant religious treasures, including a royal crown grabbed by British troops 140 years ago, a report said in Britain Sunday.(AFP/File/Jose Cendon)AFP - Ethiopia is demanding that Britain returns some of its most significant religious treasures, including a royal crown grabbed by British troops 140 years ago, a report said on Sunday.

Jaguar in UK govt talks for 1 bln stg loan: paper (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2008 07:21 AM CST

Reuters - British-based carmaker Jaguar Land Rover is in secret talks with the UK government over a 1 billion pound ($1.48 billion) loan, just nine months after the Indian conglomerate Tata Group bought the luxury carmaker, the Sunday Times newspaper reported.

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