2011年10月27日星期四

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain


St Paul's to reopen, but protest standoff goes on (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 09:08 AM PDT

Police officers survey the tents outside St Paul's Cathedral in London, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011. The senior St. Paul's Cathedral priest who welcomed anti-capitalist demonstrators to camp outside the London landmark resigned Thursday, saying he feared moves to evict the protesters could end in violence. Canon Chancellor Giles Fraser said on Twitter that 'it is with great regret and sadness that I have handed in my notice at St. Paul's Cathedral.'(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - The senior St. Paul's Cathedral priest who welcomed anti-capitalist demonstrators to camp outside the London landmark resigned Thursday, saying he feared moves to evict the protesters could end in violence.


London's Big Bang at 25, origin of today's financial universe (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 07:33 AM PDT

Reuters - Twenty five years ago, digital clock leaves flipped over to 9 a.m. and the London Stock Exchange opened to computerized trading in a deregulatory coup that transformed British investment banking -- the "Big Bang."
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