2011年1月17日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

GlaxoSmithKline to take $3.4 bln charge on Avandia (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 11:32 AM PST

AP - Pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline PLC said Monday it will take a 2.2 billion pounds ($3.4 billion) charge against earnings in the fourth quarter to provide for litigation over its diabetes drug, Avandia.

Century-old scotch returned from Antarctic trip (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 10:25 AM PST

AP - Some people brag about serving scotch whisky that's 15 years old. But three bottles of Mackinlays scotch flown to Scotland by private jet Monday date back to the late 19th Century.

BP shares edge higher on news of Rosneft tie-up (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 10:14 AM PST

Shares in British energy giant BP edged higher on Monday as investors gave a very cautious welcome to its Arctic tie-up with Russian state firm Rosneft.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)AFP - Shares in British energy giant BP edged higher on Monday as investors gave a very cautious welcome to its Arctic tie-up with Russian state firm Rosneft.

Kate's dress? British press backs Oldfield (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 08:59 AM PST

FILE - This is a June 26, 2007 file photo of designer Bruce Oldfield in front of a photo showing one of his gowns at an exhibition of images of Diana, Princess of Wales in Diana's former home Kensington Palace in central London. Britain's royal-hungry press is betting on Bruce Oldfield as the likely designer of Kate Middleton's wedding dress. Oldfield is one of Britain's best known designers and was a longtime favorite of William's mother, the late Princess Diana. Speculation about Oldfield has increased since Middleton's mother Carole and sister Pippa recently were spotted visiting the dressmaker's posh shop in central London. But palace officials and Oldfield Monday Jan. 17, 2011 refused to say whether Middleton has chosen a designer for her April 29 wedding to Prince William. (AP Photo/ Fiona Hanson/PA, File) UNITED KINGDOM OUTAP - It might have been a casual shopping trip, or it might have been ... something more.

Clegg unveils plan to allow shared maternity leave (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 08:34 AM PST

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg unveiled plans on Monday to allow parents to share parental leave between them, prompting angry reactions from some business leaders. The new policy, which was originally drawn up under the previous Labour government, would allow a new father to use up any unused maternity leave if their partner went back to work early, or vice versa.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)AFP - Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg unveiled plans on Monday to allow parents to share parental leave between them, prompting angry reactions from some business leaders.

GSK reveals £2.2 bn legal charge over Avandia drug (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 08:09 AM PST

British drugs firm GlaxoSmithKline said Monday it expects to take a legal charge of £2.2 billion linked to its former blockbuster diabetes product Avandia, sparking a sharp drop in its shares.(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)AFP - Drugs firm GlaxoSmithKline said Monday it expects to be hit by a total legal charge of £2.2 billion linked to its former blockbuster diabetes product Avandia, sparking a sharp drop in its shares.

Cameron defends NHS overhaul (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 08:05 AM PST

A patient is given a swine flu vaccination. The government is expected to confirm that it is to go ahead with a radical shake-up of the NHS that will see GPs take on most responsibility for the health budget by 2013.(AFP/File/Lewis Whyld)AFP - The Prime Minister defended his plans for a radical overhaul of health services in England in a major speech on Monday, amid criticism from medical professionals that changes are being made too fast.

Kate and Wills walking tour charts royal romance (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 07:40 AM PST

Tour guide of 'Will and Kate Royal Wedding Walking Tour', Hana Umezawa, right, talks to a tour group in front of St James's Palace in London where Prince William and Kate Middleton announced their engagement, Friday, Jan. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - Not invited to Kate and William's wedding? Fear not. For a price, royalist romantics can follow in the happy couple's footsteps on a London walking tour.

Ex-banker says he's giving Wikileaks files on rich (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 07:01 AM PST

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, left, accompanied by former Swiss banker Rudolf Elmer, right, are seen after Elmer handed Assange two CD cases full of files, following a news conference at the Frontline Club in London, Monday Jan. 17, 2011. Elmer blew the whistle on the conduct of Julius Baer Bank in the Cayman Islands for which he is set to stand trial in Zurich, Switzerland, on Jan. 19 for breaching Swiss bank secrecy laws. Accompanied by his lawyer Jack Blum, he will reveal more details of alleged abuses in the world of offshore financial centres. As he did back in 2007 he will pass the said documents and information to Wikileaks. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - A former Swiss banker on Monday supplied documents to WikiLeaks that he alleges detail attempts by wealthy business leaders and lawmakers to evade tax payments.

UK government plans major health care reform (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 06:23 AM PST

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron reacts as he speaks at the Royal Society of Arts on the subject of public service reform, in London, Monday, Jan. 17, 2011. Cameron said that the Government cannot afford to delay essential reform of Britain's public services, as ministers prepared to publish legislation to radically overhaul the National Health Service. In a keynote speech the Prime Minister said that failure to modernise was draining resources away from the public sector, and he dismissed suggestions that services could carry on as they were as 'a complete fiction'.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant, pool)AP - Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday waded into terrain where past British governments have foundered, promising fundamental changes to the country's expensive and over-stressed public health care system.

Economists urge Bank of England to keep low rates (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 06:17 AM PST

A man walks past the Bank of England in the City of London. The Bank of England must AFP - The Bank of England must "hold its nerve" and leave its key interest rate at a record low 0.50 percent or risk Britain's recovery from the financial crisis, a top panel of economists said on Monday.

Smiths share price surges after takeover rejection (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 03:19 AM PST

The share price of technology firm Smiths Group has soared more than 10 percent in early trading here after the company rejected a takeover bid for its medical unit. Smiths surged 10.45 percent to 1,416 pence on the FTSE 100, which was slightly down overall, after the company said it had rejected a cash bid worth £2.45 billion for Smiths Medical.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - The share price of technology firm Smiths Group soared more than 10 percent in early trading on Monday after the company rejected a takeover bid for its medical unit.

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