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Iceland, British, Dutch officials try to revive Icesave talks (AFP)
UK conman convicted of trying to sell Ritz Hotel (AP)
Red Bull cautious ahead of British GP (AFP)
Anti-war protestors win stay in legal battle (AFP)
HSBC snaps up RBS banking assets in India (AFP)
Farrar takes aim at British cyclist Cavendish (AFP)
The Times starts charging for online content (AFP)
UK public to vote on changing voting system (AP)
Tesco shareholders hit out over bosses' pay (AFP)
Boy, 15, stabbed to death in school fight (AFP)
Henley: Boats and blazers down by the Thames (Reuters)
Tesco shareholder bloc revolts over US exec pay (AP)
Lorry driver guilty of Â£250m Ritz sale scam (AFP)
UK's Chloride accepts Emerson's takeover bid (AP)
Revealed: Art's forgeries, fakes and mistakes (Reuters)
Chloride backs 1.5 bln dlr Emerson takeover bid (AFP)
Electoral reform vote to be held next year (AFP)

Iceland, British, Dutch officials try to revive Icesave talks (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 11:41 AM PDT

AFP - Representatives of Iceland, Britain and the Netherlands met in Reykjavik this week to prepare further talks on a new repayment deal to cover the collapse of the Icesave bank, the Icelandic government said Friday.

UK conman convicted of trying to sell Ritz Hotel (AP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 11:16 AM PDT

AP - An unemployed British truck driver was convicted Friday of trying to sell the world famous Ritz Hotel for 250 million pounds ($380 million) to a duped investor.

Red Bull cautious ahead of British GP (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 11:08 AM PDT

AFP - Red Bull boss Christian Horner said on Friday that his team will be approaching the British Grand Prix on July 11 with caution despite a comfortable win in Valencia last weekend.

Anti-war protestors win stay in legal battle (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 10:58 AM PDT

AFP - Anti-war protestors camping outside the Houses of Parliament in London had their planned eviction put off after months of demonstrations Friday as the Court of Appeal ruled in their favour.

HSBC snaps up RBS banking assets in India (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 09:36 AM PDT

AFP - Asia-focused bank HSBC on Friday bought the Indian commercial and retail banking assets of British state-controlled Royal Bank of Scotland, expanding its footprint in the emerging market nation.

Farrar takes aim at British cyclist Cavendish (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 09:26 AM PDT

AFP - American Tyler Farrar is primed to upset British rival Mark Cavendish's plan to dominate the bunch sprints on the Tour de France this month.

The Times starts charging for online content (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 09:04 AM PDT

AFP - One of Britain's most famous newspapers, The Times, started charging readers to access its website Friday, the first non-specialist daily here to do so.

UK public to vote on changing voting system (AP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 08:19 AM PDT

AP - Britain will hold a public referendum next year on overhauling its voting system — a potentially radical change that could see the country frequently led by European-style coalition governments rather than by one strong party.

Tesco shareholders hit out over bosses' pay (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 07:10 AM PDT

AFP - Supermarket chain Tesco faced a revolt by shareholders on Friday when more than one third of them voted against the high pay rewards handed to its executives.

Boy, 15, stabbed to death in school fight (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 07:02 AM PDT

AFP - A murder inquiry is under way after a 15-year-old boy was stabbed to death in a fight at his south London school on Friday.

Henley: Boats and blazers down by the Thames (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 06:47 AM PDT

Reuters - The elite of the rowing world have been fighting it out this week under the scrutiny of royalty, ladies in summer hats and men in stripy blazers telling of glories past.

Tesco shareholder bloc revolts over US exec pay (AP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 06:11 AM PDT

AP - A substantial bloc of Tesco PLC shareholders, urged on by U.S. union activists, rebelled against the pay of the retail company's senior executive in the United States at an annual meeting on Friday.

Lorry driver guilty of Â£250m Ritz sale scam (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 05:45 AM PDT

AFP - An unemployed lorry driver was convicted on Friday of trying to sell the Ritz Hotel for Â£250 million by falsely claiming to be connected to the wealthy owners.

UK's Chloride accepts Emerson's takeover bid (AP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 04:41 AM PDT

AP - British power supply company Chloride Group said Friday that it has accepted an improved takeover bid from U.S. competitor Emerson Electric Co. that values Chloride at 997 million pounds ($1.5 billion).

Revealed: Art's forgeries, fakes and mistakes (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 02:03 AM PDT

Reuters - A phony Botticelli, a faux Rembrandt, a Holbein hoax alongside other forgeries, fakes and mistakes come under the microscope in the latest exhibition at London's National Gallery.

Chloride backs 1.5 bln dlr Emerson takeover bid (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 01:23 AM PDT

AFP - British power systems group Chloride said Friday that it was recommending shareholders to accept a Â£997-million (1.228-billion-euro, 1.506-billion-dollar) takeover bid from US industrial technology company Emerson.