2009年10月8日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

US likely to follow UK objections on Ticketmaster (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 04:23 PM PDT

AP - Regulators in the U.K. and U.S. appear likely to impose conditions on the merger of concert promoter Live Nation Inc. and ticket-selling giant Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. now that British authorities came out against the deal Thursday.

Cameron makes pitch for power (AFP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 01:39 PM PDT

Leader of the Conservative Party David Cameron and his wife Samantha are seen at the end of his speech on the final day of the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester. Cameron has declared himself ready to take power, in a rousing address to his Conservatives' last annual conference before elections he is tipped to win.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - Opposition leader David Cameron declared himself ready to take power Thursday, in a rousing address to his Conservatives' last annual conference before elections he is tipped to win.

PM's wife 'bemused' by Carla website portrait (AFP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 10:49 AM PDT

Sarah Brown, wife of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, seen here, says she was AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown's wife Sarah says she was "bemused" by a sketch of her on French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy's new website.

Royal Mail workers vote on strike action (AFP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 09:52 AM PDT

A postal worker delivers mail to homes in West London, 2007. Royal Mail workers are expected to vote in favour of a national strike in the long-running dispute over pay and planned job cuts.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Royal Mail workers voted Thursday in favour of a national strike in a bitter row over jobs and pay, a move condemned as "deplorable" by Royal Mail.

UK postal workers vote for national strike (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 09:47 AM PDT

AP - Workers for Britain's Royal Mail approved a nationwide strike Thursday after months of rolling regional strikes over pay and job security that have caused a massive backlog of undelivered letters and packages.

FTSE 100 advances on positive US data (AFP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 09:25 AM PDT

The leading stock exchange continued to make progress led by gains to mining shares and positive corporate news from the US.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - The leading stock exchange continued to make progress on Thursday, led by gains to mining shares and positive corporate news from the US.

Tories vows more troops for Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 08:38 AM PDT

Former army chief Richard Dannatt is pictured in 2008. Conservative Party chief David Cameron has said that Dannatt -- who has criticised the current Labour government over Afghanistan -- could join his ministerial team if they win the next election.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Conservative Party chief David Cameron pledged Thursday more troops for Afghanistan if he takes power next year.

BoE puts record-low interest rates on ice (AFP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 08:25 AM PDT

The Bank of England (left) in London, March 2009. The Bank of England has kept its key interest rate at a record low 0.5 percent and held to credit-easing plans while waiting to see if the economy builds on signs of recovery from recession.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - The Bank of England kept its key interest rate at a record low 0.5 percent on Thursday and held to credit-easing plans while waiting to see if the economy builds on signs of recovery from recession.

Harvard keeps top spot among worldwide universities (AFP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 06:48 AM PDT

A woman crosses a street on the Harvard University campus, in 2007, on a street in Somerville, Massachusetts. Harvard remains in top spot in the Times Higher Education (THE) league table, followed by Britain's Cambridge University then Yale in third place, with London's University College and Imperial College in fourth and fifth.(AFP/File/Stan Honda)AFP - US and British universities dominate the top of a league table of universities worldwide published Thursday, but Asian seats of learning are moving up the global rankings.

Bank of England holds key rate at 0.5 pct (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 05:28 AM PDT

AP - The Bank of England kept its main interest rate unchanged at the record low of 0.5 percent Thursday and held off from any further moves to expand the money supply — for now.

Bank of England holds rates (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 04:34 AM PDT

Reuters - The Bank of England left interest rates at a record low of 0.5 percent for the seventh month running on Thursday and said it would keep its 175 billion pound asset buying programme in place, as expected.

Bank of England keeps interest rate at 0.5% (AFP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 04:20 AM PDT

The Bank of England (right) has frozen its key interest rate at a record low level and held to credit-easing plans while waiting to see if the economy builds on signs of recovery from recession.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The Bank of England is holding its key lending rate at a record low level of 0.5 percent and maintaining its credit-easing plans amid signs of improvement in recession-hit Britain, it said on Thursday.

Lloyd Webber makes new Phantom set at Coney Island (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 04:10 AM PDT

AP - Andrew Lloyd Webber on Thursday announced a sequel to his massively successful "Phantom of the Opera" that will be set at Coney Island.

Greens hail E.ON delay for coal plant (AFP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 03:34 AM PDT

Police face climate-change protesters near Kingsnorth power station in Kent, 2008. Environmentalists have welcomed a decision to postpone construction of a coal-fired power station, saying it was a victory for their opposition to new AFP - Environmentalists welcomed on Thursday a decision to postpone construction of a coal-fired power station, saying it was a victory for their opposition to new "clean coal" technology.

Watchdog says opposes Ticketmaster tie-up (AFP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 02:16 AM PDT

Damon Albarn of British band Blur performs in Central London. The competition watchdog said it opposed a merger between music industry giants Live Nation and Ticketmaster Entertainment.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - The competition watchdog said on Thursday it opposed a merger between music industry giants Live Nation and Ticketmaster Entertainment.

Carphone Warehouse reports sales growth (AFP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 02:01 AM PDT

A Carphone Warehouse shop in Cambridge. The Carphone Warehouse Group, the mobile phone retailer and Internet provider, reported sales growth for its second quarter.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - The Carphone Warehouse Group, the mobile phone retailer and Internet provider, reported sales growth for its second quarter on Thursday.

British lender Lloyds mulls huge rights issue (AFP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 01:46 AM PDT

Britain's part-nationalised Lloyds Banking Group is considering a 15 billion pound (16 billion euro, 24 billion dollar) rights issue, according to a Financial Times (FT) report. The Financial Services Authority watchdog is currently scrutinising the plan, under which Lloyds could also sell assets and shrink its balance sheet, according to the paper.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Britain's part-nationalised Lloyds Banking Group is considering a 15 billion pound (16 billion euro, 24 billion dollar) rights issue, according to a Financial Times (FT) report.

Sharpe to miss Wallabies' UK rugby tour (AFP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

Senior lock Nathan Sharpe said he needed shoulder surgery and would miss the Wallabies' tour of Japan and the UK in October-November. The Western Force captain, the most experienced second-rower in the Australian squad, injured his shoulder against NZealand in Sydney in August.(AFP/File/Gianluigi Guercia)AFP - Senior lock Nathan Sharpe said Thursday he needed shoulder surgery and would miss the Wallabies' tour of Japan and the United Kingdom in October-November.

Tory eurosceptics pose headache for EU: experts (AFP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 07:50 PM PDT

David Cameron speaks at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester. Eurosceptics in the Conservative party could cause a major headache for the European Union if, as many expect, they take power at the next election, analysts have warned.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Eurosceptics in the Conservative party could cause a major headache for the European Union if, as many expect, they take power at the next election, analysts have warned.

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