FTSE LIVE: Rumours of 'backdoor' China stimulus action perk up miners; Pru...
Mining stocks have been lifted by positive data from the Chinese economy today amid a subdued wider performance from London's blue-chip shares as investors awaited key updates from the UK and Europe....
View ArticleIsraeli military intelligence unit drives county's hi-tech boom
Unit 8200, Israel's 'GCHQ', has spawned more technology millionaires than many business schools * *Few people would connect the drab olive green of an Israeli army uniform with the cutting edge of...
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Poland Electronic Cigarettes Market 2011-2015 - One of the Fastest Growing...
DUBLIN, Ireland, August 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Research and Markets ( http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/sdwcrf/poland_electronic) has announced the addition of the "Poland Electronic...
View ArticleUPDATE 1-Campbell Soup in talks to sell some European businesses to CVC Capital
Aug 12 (Reuters) - Campbell Soup Co said it was in final negotiations with private equity firm CVC Capital Partners for the sale of some of its businesses in Europe. Reported by Reuters 17 minutes ago.
View ArticleMargery Lewis obituary
My mother-in-law, Margery Lewis, who has died aged 97, was among the original 36 women who walked from Cardiff to Greenham Common in 1981 – aiming to raise awareness of government plans to site nuclear...
View ArticleTally hopes: flamingo count in Spain - in pictures
One of the largest colonies of flamingos in Europe is measured and tagged at the lagoon in the Fuente de Piedra natural reserve, near Malaga, southern Spain Reported by guardian.co.uk 10 minutes ago.
View ArticleEurope’s lower tax rates lure US groups
Some of the biggest takeovers in 2013 have involved ‘tax inversions’, where a US acquirer shifts overseas, to Europe in particular, to pay lower taxes Reported by FT.com 22 hours ago.
View ArticleSo you think Europe's debt crisis is finally over? Time to think again
One of the factors underpinning renewed confidence in the UK economy is the belief that the crisis in Europe is now essentially over. Reported by Telegraph.co.uk 21 hours ago.
View ArticleNeanderthals may have invented a tool that is still in use today
Bone tool called 'lissoir' made by Neanderthals is similar to instruments still used by modern leather workers Archaeologists have unearthed the oldest specialised bone tools ever found in Europe, at...
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Defence chiefs fight plans for wind turbine near naval base 'because it might...
REG Windpower have applied to build the massive turbine at Luson Farm nr Ermington, Devon - eight miles from Devonport (pictured), the largest naval base in western Europe. Reported by MailOnline 13...
View ArticleTreasury sticks with disputed forecasts in pre-election report
PEFO analysis uses projections Coalition dismissed as 'not credible' and explains volatility in economic predictions An independent analysis by the Treasury has stuck with economic forecasts the...
View ArticleFor first time I have decided to sign up to a political party
This is Devon -- AS AN individual who came from a wartime, basic, working class, council estate in South London, and through hard work from the age of 15, together with effort and enterprise, might now...
View ArticleEchoes of Falklands in Gibraltar situation
This is Devon -- FOLLOWING on from 'with friends like this, who needs enemies', letter, August 7 and the tension being ratcheted up over Gibraltar. Spain and Argentina have chilling similarities. They...
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Plymouth investment guide to launch with a bang
This is Plymouth -- AN INVESTMENT guide to the city will be launched with a bang. The guide is a snap-shot of why businesses should invest in Plymouth and is being launched at the British Fireworks...
View ArticleGranite REIT Announces Acquisition of a €129 Million Portfolio in Europe
TORONTO, August 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Granite Real Estate Investment Trust ("Granite") (TSX: GRT.UN / NYSE: GRP.U) announced today that it has agreed to acquire a European portfolio consisting of...
View ArticleChinese delegation to visit Gloucester
This is Gloucestershire -- LAW firm Harrison Clark Rickerbys has reported signs of economic momentum. The company's half-year results show transactions worth a combined £142.4 million were handled by...
View ArticleFirm sparks leech farming comeback
BBC Local News: South West Wales -- Two hundred years ago Wales laid claim to being the leech-farming capital of Europe and two centuries on the country is back on the map. Reported by BBC Local News...
View ArticleOlympus whistleblower hits out at greed in boardroom
This is Nottingham -- WE may admire whistleblowers and to blow the whistle takes courage. Colleagues quickly become former colleagues and frequently feel they have been let down. And yet scandals...
View ArticleFood Ingredients: Opportunities in Times of General Market Stagnation
FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany, August 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite unchanging food consumption - Food ingredients market in Europe shows further growth The food and beverage market in Western Europe...
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Couple call time as Etruria's Old Plough closes after two decades
This is Staffordshire -- A COUPLE who have seen the regeneration of Stoke-on-Trent from their pub window have announced their retirement after 33 years in the licensing trade. Rob and Jane Ward are...
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