2010年10月21日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Avandia restrictions hit GlaxoSmithKline Q3 profit (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 03:06 PM PDT

AP - Pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline reported a 3.5 percent drop in third-quarter earnings Thursday due to generic competition and a European ban on its diabetes drug Avandia, which was also restricted in the United States.

Summary Box: UK seeks $4B a year from bank tax (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 01:57 PM PDT

AP - POUND OF FLESH: The British government published draft legislation for a permanent tax on banks that is expected to raise about 2.5 billion pounds ($4 billion) a year by 2014.

Economists: Britain's austerity plan to hit poor (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 01:21 PM PDT

In this screen grab from the House of Commons, British Chancellor George Osborne, centre, delivers the Comprehensive Spending Review, in London. Wednesday Oct. 20, 2010. Britain's Treasury chief George Osborne says the country's government will make the largest cuts to public spending since World War II, slashing benefits and public sector jobs in a five-year austerity plan. Osborne said Wednesday he had ordered 83 billion pounds ($130 billion) in spending cuts through 2015, which he claims are necessary alongside tax increases to wipe out a spending deficit which reached 156 billion pounds last year. At left is Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, and at right, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg. (AP Photo/PA) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT **AP - Britain's poor and powerful clashed Thursday over who will lose out most under austerity measures that will slash benefits, jobs and government services to reduce the country's crippling debts.

Aid convoy reaches Gaza without banned British ex-MP (AFP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 12:24 PM PDT

Members of the Lifeline convoy arrive at the Rafah Border crossing between Egypt and the Palestinian Gaza Strip as they attempt to break a blockade on the Strip imposed by Israel. The convoy arrived without its chief organiser, former MP George Galloway declared persona non grata by Egypt.(AFP/Said Khatib)AFP - A large aid convoy arrived in the Gaza Strip on Thursday after a mainly overland trip through Europe but without its chief organiser, former MP George Galloway declared persona non grata by Egypt.

Queen's favourite bottled water halts production (AFP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 10:07 AM PDT

US drinks giant Coca-Cola is closing Malvern Water, a luxury brand of bottled water favoured by the British royal family for centuries, a spokeswoman said Thursday.(AFP/File/William West)AFP - US drinks giant Coca-Cola is closing Malvern Water, a luxury brand of bottled water favoured by the British royal family for centuries, a spokeswoman said Thursday.

Writer Salman Rushdie signs memoirs deal: publishers (AFP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 09:44 AM PDT

Indian-born British writer Salman Rushdie, seen here in April 2010 and who spent a decade in hiding after his novel, AFP - Indian-born British writer Salman Rushdie, who spent a decade in hiding after his novel, "The Satanic Verses", sparked threats against his life, is writing his memoirs, the publishers said Thursday.

Three Lords suspended over expenses claims (AFP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 05:55 AM PDT

The Imperial State Crown, worn by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, is taken from Parliament during the State Opening of Parliament at the Houses of Parliament, in central London. The House of Lords handed three of its members lengthy suspensions for wrongly claiming thousands of pounds in parliamentary expenses.(AFP/File/Peter Macdiarmid)AFP - The House of Lords handed three of its members lengthy suspensions Thursday for wrongly claiming thousands of pounds in parliamentary expenses.

Britain suspends 3 members in expense scandal (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 05:21 AM PDT

AP - Britain's House of Lords is suspending three members who it found improperly claimed thousands of pounds (dollars) in expenses.

Bank tax closer as govt publishes draft law (AFP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 05:14 AM PDT

HSBC's London headquarters (right) is pictured at Canary Wharf in 2008. The government published a draft law to create a special tax on banks aimed at raising 2.5 billion pounds annually and helping to reduce the country's record deficit.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The government published a draft law on Thursday to create a special tax on banks aimed at raising 2.5 billion pounds annually and helping to reduce the country's record deficit.

EuroMillions winner to remain anonymous: lottery (AFP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 05:04 AM PDT

The British ticket-holder who won 129.8 million euros on the EuroMillions Lottery is considering whether to go public on the record-breaking jackpot, organisers Camelot said.(AFP/File/Bertrand Langlois)AFP - The British ticket-holder who won a record 129.8 million euros on the EuroMillions Lottery has decided to remain anonymous, organisers Camelot said on Thursday.

Govt defends sweeping cuts as 'fair' (AFP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 04:25 AM PDT

Demonstrators from the trade union Unite wave flags during a protest in central London. Britain's government hit back against charges that its massive spending cuts will hit the poor hardest and may not even be enough to tackle the country's record deficit.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Britain's government hit back on Thursday against charges that its massive spending cuts will hit the poor hardest and may not even be enough to tackle the country's record deficit.

Retail sales show sudden setback, day after cuts (AFP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 02:21 AM PDT

People walk past a Marks and Spencer branch in London. Retail sales fell unexpectedly in September, official data showed, one day after the government unveiled the steepest cuts in state spending for decades.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)AFP - Shoppers were slow to spend in September and retail sales fell unexpectedly, official data showed on Thursday a day after the government announced huge spending cuts.

British Airways shares rise on contract news (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 02:11 AM PDT

AP - British Airways shares are up following confirmation that cabin crew will be voting on a new contract offer.

JLS and Tinie Tempah triumph at Mobos (AFP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 01:41 AM PDT

Members of JLS arrive at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, in May. Hip-hop MC Tinie Tempah and reality TV boyband JLS were the big winners at the Mobo (Music of Black Origin) Awards, both winning two prizes.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Angela Weiss)AFP - Hip-hop MC Tinie Tempah and reality TV boyband JLS were the big winners at the Mobo (Music of Black Origin) Awards, both winning two prizes.

BAE sees modest hit from UK military spending cuts (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 01:20 AM PDT

AP - Defense contractor BAE Systems PLC said Thursday that the British government's military spending cuts are expected to knock about 2 percent off underlying earnings, though details of the reductions are still to be worked out.

Saudi prince jailed for life for servant's murder (AFP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 12:13 AM PDT

A Saudi prince, the grandson of King Abdullah, was bearing up to life in jail after a British court sentenced him to 20 years for murdering his male servant in a brutal attack at a London hotel.(AFP/HO)AFP - A Saudi prince, the grandson of King Abdullah, was Thursday bearing up to life in jail after a British court sentenced him to 20 years for murdering his male servant in a brutal attack at a London hotel.

BAE Systems welcomes end to uncertainty over cuts (AFP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 12:08 AM PDT

The BAE Systems plant at Warton near Preston, north-west England. British arms maker BAE Systems said government cuts to defence spending would have only a AFP - British arms maker BAE Systems on Thursday said government cuts to defence spending would have only a "modest impact" on earnings as it welcomed an end to "uncertainties" regarding the cutbacks.

Austerity cuts will change Britain forever: press (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 08:33 PM PDT

An advertising hoarding for the London-based newspaper, the Evening Standard, is seen on Oxford Street in the centre of the UK capital. The country's harsh austerity cuts are a watershed that will change the country forever and mark the start of a dramatic retreat by the state from its citizens' lives, newspapers have said.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Britain's harsh austerity cuts are a watershed that will change the country forever and mark the start of a dramatic retreat by the state from its citizens' lives, newspapers said Thursday.

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