2010年10月13日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Liverpool owners block sale with US court order (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 04:39 PM PDT

Liverpool Football Club's managing director, Christian Purslow (L), chairman, Martin Broughton (C), and director, Ian Ayre leave the High Court in central London. Liverpool's American owners have blocked the sale of the English football giants to the owners of baseball's Boston Red Sox with a temporary restraining order granted by a US court, their lawyers said.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - Liverpool's American owners have blocked the sale of the English football giants to the owners of baseball's Boston Red Sox with a temporary restraining order granted by a US court, their lawyers said.

Govt. publishes post service sell-off plans (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 10:49 AM PDT

A woman looks for instructions about sending a letter at postboxes at a Post Office in central London in 2009. The government published its plans to privatise the Royal Mail on Wednesday, with companies allowed to buy up to 90 percent of the state-owned postal service.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - The government published its plans to privatise the Royal Mail on Wednesday, with companies allowed to buy up to 90 percent of the state-owned postal service.

Lloyds bank cuts 4,500 jobs (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 07:33 AM PDT

Britain's Lloyds Banking Group has said it will axe 4,500 jobs, including 1,750 posts outside the UK, as the crisis-hit lender continues its painful restructuring.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Britain's Lloyds Banking Group said Wednesday that it will axe another 4,500 jobs, including 1,750 posts outside the UK, as the crisis-hit lender continues its painful restructuring.

Research paper: Whale takes longest known trip (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 06:00 AM PDT

AP - Scientists say a humpback whale's 6,200-mile (10,000-kilometer) trip is the longest single marine mammal migration ever recorded.

Wall Street takes top spot at UK box office (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 05:58 AM PDT

Actor and cast member Michael Douglas arrives with Shia LaBeouf (L) for the premiere of the film Reuters - A trio of new releases shot to the top of the UK box office this weekend, according to Screen International on Wednesday, led by the financial drama "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps."

UK foreign secretary visits Russia for talks (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 05:55 AM PDT

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, right, talks during a joint press conference with Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague after their meeting in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. Anglo-Russian relations have been tense amid controversy over issues including the fatal poisoning of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2006 and the enforced exile of executives in British oil company BP PLC's Russian joint venture.(AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)AP - Britain's foreign secretary made his first visit to Russia on Wednesday since taking up his post, stressing that both countries were trying to overcome a dip in relations since an ex-Russian security officer was poisoned in London in 2006.

BAA airport sell-off ruling reinstated (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 05:33 AM PDT

A British Airways plane comes in to land at Gatwick Airport in 2009. A court has reinstated an order by competition authorities that could force Spanish-owned airports operator BAA to sell two more of its seven airports in Britain.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - A court reinstated on Wednesday an order by competition authorities that could force Spanish-owned airports operator BAA to sell two more of its seven airports in Britain.

Gurkhas lose UK pension fight (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 05:17 AM PDT

Former Gurkhas pose for photographers outside the High Court in central London on October 13. The Nepalese Gurkha veterans lost the latest round of their legal battle in London with the Ministry of Defence over their British army pensions.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - Nepalese Gurkha veterans on Wednesday lost the latest round of their legal battle in London with the Ministry of Defence over their British army pensions.

Standard Chartered to raise $5.2B in rights issue (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 04:13 AM PDT

AP - British bank Standard Chartered PLC surprised the market on Wednesday by asking its shareholders for nearly 3.3 billion pounds ($5.2 billion) in a rights issue to satisfy tighter international capital requirements.

UK jobless rate eases to 7.7 pct (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 04:10 AM PDT

AP - Unemployment in Britain for the three months ending in August has eased to 7.7 percent, down a tenth of a point from the rate posted a month ago, official statisticians said Wednesday.

A million jobs at risk from cuts: PwC (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 03:34 AM PDT

A woman enters a jobcentreplus in Westminster, central London on August 11. A million people, half of them in the private sector, could lose their jobs in Britain as a result of biting government spending cuts, a new report says.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - A million people, half of them in the private sector, could lose their jobs as a result of biting government spending cuts, a report published Wednesday said.

UK military official warns of air vulnerability (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 03:09 AM PDT

AP - Cutbacks to Britain's fast jet capability could leave the country vulnerable to a Sept. 11-style attack, according to a senior Royal Air Force official.

Unemployment slips to 7.7% (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 01:59 AM PDT

A man is seen in a job centre in central London. Unemployment eased to 7.7 percent in the three months to the end of August, down from 7.8 percent in the three months to May, official data has shown.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Unemployment eased to 7.7 percent in the three months to the end of August, down from 7.8 percent in the three months to May, official data showed on Wednesday.

Standard Chartered to raise 3.3 billion pounds (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 01:55 AM PDT

British-based emerging markets bank Standard Chartered has said it is planning to raise about 3.3 billion pounds (3.8 billion euros) by selling new shares to boost its capital.(AFP/File/Ed Jones)AFP - British-based emerging markets bank Standard Chartered on Wednesday said it planned to raise about 3.3 billion pounds (3.8 billion euros) by selling new shares to boost its capital.

Cyber threat 'real and credible': GCHQ (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 01:39 AM PDT

Steam rises from the eight cooling towers at the Ferrybridge power station near Leeds. Critical infrastructure could be damaged by cyber attacks from hostile states and criminals, the head of intelligence agency GCHQ warned.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Critical infrastructure could be damaged by cyber attacks from hostile states and criminals, the head of intelligence agency GCHQ warned Wednesday.

Burberry six-month sales up 17 percent (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 12:26 AM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010 file photo, a model presents an outfit by Burberry Prorsum from their Spring/Summer 2011 collections at London Fashion Week, in London. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)AP - Luxury goods company Burberry Group says sales rose by 17 percent in the first half of its financial year, and it expects a full-year profit near the top of market expectations.

Liverpool ownership battle nears climax (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 12:15 AM PDT

The legal battle over the ownership of Liverpool could be decided Wednesday in a saga given a new twist by an increased offer for the Premier League club from Singaporean tycoon Peter Lim, seen here in this handout from the Straits Times newspaper.(AFP/Straits Times-HO/Lim Wui Liang)AFP - The legal battle over the ownership of Liverpool could be decided Wednesday in a saga given a new twist by an increased offer for the Premier League club from a Singaporean tycoon.

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