2008年12月24日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Officers Club collapses, but most stores are sold (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 02:56 AM CST

AP - The majority of The Officers Club's menswear stores were sold on Wednesday, a day after the company went into administration. The deal will save more than 900 jobs, but adds yet another name to the growing list of British shops that have failed to survive the financial downturn.

GlaxoSmithKline working with Archemix (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 04:24 PM CST

AP - GlaxoSmithKline PLC and Archemix Corp. said Tuesday they will work together to develop drugs for inflammatory diseases in a deal that could be worth as much as $1.4 billion.

Tea merchant Whittard sold to private equity group (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 02:19 PM CST

Shoppers enter a branch of Whittard of Chelsea in central London December 23, 2008. Whittard of Chelsea, the tea and coffee retailer owned by Icelandic investor Baugur, was on Tuesday on the verge of filing for administration but was still talking to potential buyers, according to an industry source. REUTERS/Toby Melville (BRITAIN)AP - Whittard, a venerable British tea and coffee merchant, was sold to a private equity company Tuesday by administrators appointed under bankruptcy laws.

Iraq parliament speaker resigns, troop mandate extended (AFP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 11:53 AM CST

British troops patrol the streets of central Basra. Iraqi parliament speaker Mahmud Mashhadani said on Tuesday that he will resign, ending a political crisis that had thrown into doubt arrangements for a British troop presence into next year.(AFP/File/Essam al-Sudani)AFP - Iraqi parliament speaker Mahmud Mashhadani said on Tuesday that he will resign, ending a political crisis that had thrown into doubt arrangements for a British troop presence into next year.

Iraq parliament votes on British troop deal (AFP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 10:15 AM CST

British troops patrol the streets of central Basra. Iraqi parliament speaker Mahmud Mashhadani said on Tuesday that he will resign, ending a political crisis that had thrown into doubt arrangements for a British troop presence into next year.(AFP/File/Essam al-Sudani)AFP - The Iraqi parliament voted on Tuesday to allow the presence of non-US foreign troops after December 31, giving British troops a legal basis to remain beyond the expiry of a UN mandate.

Four animal rights activists guilty of fear campaign (AFP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 09:26 AM CST

File photo of LA police officers holding a group of animal rights activists in 2000. Four animal rights activists, unrelated to the photo, were found guilty on Tuesday of blackmailing companies that supplied Huntingdon Life Sciences in a campaign that included hoax parcel bombs and threats of violence.(AFP/File/Frederic Brown)AFP - Four animal rights activists were found guilty on Tuesday of blackmailing companies that supplied Huntingdon Life Sciences in a "relentless" campaign that included hoax parcel bombs and criminal damage.

Three Bangladeshis to hang for attack on British envoy (AFP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 06:34 AM CST

Bangladeshi police officals collect pieces of shrapnel from the bloodstained floor of the shrine of Hazrat Shah Jalal in Sylhet, May 2004. A Bangladeshi court has sentenced to death by hanging three Islamic militants convicted of plotting to kill the British ambassador in the grenade attack four years ago.(AFP/File/Mir Farid)AFP - A Bangladeshi court on Tuesday sentenced to death by hanging three Islamic militants convicted of plotting to kill the British ambassador in a grenade attack four years ago.

British economy shrinks 0.6 pct in 3rd quarter (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 05:44 AM CST

AP - The British economy contracted by more than previously thought during the third quarter of 2008, revised official figures showed Tuesday, stoking market expectations that the Bank of England may cut interest rates to near zero percent in the new year.

British economy shrinks sharply in third quarter (AFP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 05:41 AM CST

Shoppers enter the Leytonstone branch of Woolworths in east London, December 11. Britain edged ever closer to a recession on Tuesday and the IMF's top economist warned of a second Great Depression, as stock markets awaited fresh US growth data in the hope of some Christmas cheer.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Britain's economy, hammered by the global financial crisis, shrank more sharply than previously thought in the third quarter, official data showed on Tuesday which placed it closer to a recession.

Whittard poised to call in administrators: reports (AFP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 05:35 AM CST

A branch of Whittard of Chelsea in Carnaby Street in central London on December 23, 2008. The speciality tea and coffee chain was close to calling in administrators as the economic downturn hit another high-street institution, reports said on Tuesday.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - Whittard of Chelsea, the speciality tea and coffee chain, was close to calling in administrators as the economic downturn hit another high-street institution, reports said on Tuesday.

UK mortgage approvals fell to record low in Nov. (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 05:15 AM CST

AP - British mortgage approvals fell to their lowest level since at least 1997 in November as buyers were deterred by falling house prices and fears that the economic slowdown will hit their budgets, the British Bankers' Association (BBA) said Tuesday.

Mugabe rejects US, British calls to step down (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 05:07 AM CST

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe listens to speeches at his ZANU-PF party's annual conference in Bindura, about 90km (56 miles) north of Harare, December 20, 2008. (Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters)AP - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said Tuesday the U.S. and Britain are "stupid" to think he shouldn't be part of a unity government.

Branson slams politicians over "horrific" NHS infections (AFP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 04:19 AM CST

Richard Branson, seen here in September 2008, has criticised politicians and health bosses for failing to stop AFP - Richard Branson has criticised politicians and health bosses for failing to stop "horrific" infection rates in hospitals, reports said on Tuesday.

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