Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• HSBC warns of East-West divide on pensions (AFP)
• Michelle Obama renews links with British school pupils (AFP)
• British Columbia to cut controversial sales tax (Reuters)
• London thieves make off with $1.6 million in wine (AP)
• British Political Leaders Are Just Like Us (The Atlantic Wire)
• Obama's British codename: Is it an insult? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Obama's speech to British Parliament praised for strength, humility (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Cairn India reports record quarterly profit (AFP)
• Britain: An amateur treasure seeker's paradise (Reuters)
• Michelle Obama urges UK schoolgirls to dream big (Reuters)
• FTSE 100 creeps higher in subdued trade (AFP)
• Scientists ask Britons to help map Grimsvotn ash (Reuters)
• Diageo restructures to focus on emerging markets (AP)
• Bank of Scotland to pay £17 mln compensation (AFP)
• Winter swine flu higher than in pandemic (AFP)
• Guinness maker Diageo 'in talks to buy Cuervo' (AFP)
• Scotland crackdown on sectarian football violence (AFP)
• UK first quarter GDP growth confirmed at 0.5 pct (AP)
• British pilots sent home from Libya mission in disgrace (AFP)
• British official first-quarter growth at 0.5% (AFP)

HSBC warns of East-West divide on pensions (AFP) Posted: 25 May 2011 04:14 PM PDT AFP - Global banking giant HSBC warned of a "major East-West divide" over pensions on Thursday, as workers in Europe and the US struggle to match their Asian counterparts in adequately saving for retirement.

Michelle Obama renews links with British school pupils (AFP) Posted: 25 May 2011 03:34 PM PDT AFP - US First Lady Michelle Obama was Wednesday reunited with the British school pupils whom she took to her heart during a visit two years ago, urging them to make the most of their education.

British Columbia to cut controversial sales tax (Reuters) Posted: 25 May 2011 02:02 PM PDT Reuters - British Columbia's provincial government promised on Wednesday to reduce a controversial sales tax if voters do not repeal the measure altogether this summer.

London thieves make off with $1.6 million in wine (AP) Posted: 25 May 2011 12:42 PM PDT AP - Scotland Yard is searching for 1 million pounds ($1.6 million) worth of vintage wine stolen from an east London warehouse.

British Political Leaders Are Just Like Us (The Atlantic Wire) Posted: 25 May 2011 12:40 PM PDT The Atlantic Wire -

Obama's British codename: Is it an insult? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 25 May 2011 12:19 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Newsweek/DailyBeast

Obama's speech to British Parliament praised for strength, humility (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 25 May 2011 12:16 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - In a historic address to the British Parliament today, President Obama insisted that even while a new world order was being shaped, the US, Britain, and their allies would continue to play an essential role in bringing peace and prosperity to the world.

Cairn India reports record quarterly profit (AFP) Posted: 25 May 2011 11:00 AM PDT AFP - Cairn India, long coveted by British resource giant Vedanta, reported on Wednesday a 10-fold leap in quarterly profit thanks to a surge in crude oil prices and production.

Britain: An amateur treasure seeker's paradise (Reuters) Posted: 25 May 2011 10:59 AM PDT Reuters - Britain is bursting with ancient buried treasure and the masses have been bitten by the bug for digging it up -- ironically with the full approval of the government and leading museums.

Michelle Obama urges UK schoolgirls to dream big (Reuters) Posted: 25 May 2011 10:04 AM PDT Reuters - First Lady Michelle Obama combined a message of hard work with hugs on Wednesday as she drew on her own family life to inspire a group of London schoolgirls on a visit to Oxford University.

FTSE 100 creeps higher in subdued trade (AFP) Posted: 25 May 2011 09:56 AM PDT AFP - London shares closed higher on Wednesday as investors consolidated positions in subdued trade against a backdrop of slowing economic growth and persistent eurozone debt fears.

Scientists ask Britons to help map Grimsvotn ash (Reuters) Posted: 25 May 2011 07:18 AM PDT Reuters - Geoscientists at the British Geological Survey (BGS) group asked members of the public for help on Wednesday with observations of volcanic ash from the eruption of the Grimsvotn volcano in Iceland.

Diageo restructures to focus on emerging markets (AP) Posted: 25 May 2011 06:36 AM PDT AP - Diageo PLC, the world's largest spirits maker, unveiled plans on Wednesday to restructure its international business to focus on fast growing emerging markets and flagged potential job losses in Europe.

Bank of Scotland to pay £17 mln compensation (AFP) Posted: 25 May 2011 06:26 AM PDT AFP - British watchdog, the Financial Services Authority, said on Wednesday it had fined Bank of Scotland and secured £17 million from the lender to compensate "vulnerable" clients over mis-handled complaints.

Winter swine flu higher than in pandemic (AFP) Posted: 25 May 2011 05:14 AM PDT AFP - More people in Britain died after contracting swine flu last winter, with most deaths among young and middle-aged adults, than during the pandemic a year earlier, official figures showed on Wednesday.

Guinness maker Diageo 'in talks to buy Cuervo' (AFP) Posted: 25 May 2011 04:40 AM PDT AFP - Britain's Diageo -- maker of Guinness and Smirnoff vodka -- is in talks to buy the Cuervo tequila brand from the family that has owned it for centuries, the New York Times reported Wednesday.

Scotland crackdown on sectarian football violence (AFP) Posted: 25 May 2011 04:31 AM PDT AFP - Scotland is considering tough new laws to combat religiously-motivated attacks in football after an upsurge in violence, justice minister Kenny MacAskill said on Wednesday.

UK first quarter GDP growth confirmed at 0.5 pct (AP) Posted: 25 May 2011 04:10 AM PDT AP - Britain's economy grew 0.5 percent in the first quarter of this year, according to statistics released on Wednesday as the OECD cut its own growth forecasts for the country and warned that the Bank of England should raise interest rates to dampen public expectations of high inflation.

British pilots sent home from Libya mission in disgrace (AFP) Posted: 25 May 2011 04:06 AM PDT AFP - Two British pilots involved in bombing missions in Libya have been sent home from their forward base in Italy in disgrace after getting drunk, the defence ministry and media reports said Wednesday.

British official first-quarter growth at 0.5% (AFP) Posted: 25 May 2011 02:23 AM PDT AFP - The British economy expanded by 0.5 percent in the first three months of 2011, unrevised official data showed on Wednesday, leaving economic activity broadly flat over the past six months.

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