Alaska Fund Backs Browne Stock Market Return

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor Alaska's sovereign wealth fund is to plough hundreds of millions of pounds into a new oil investment vehicle that will provide the platform for a return to the London stock market for Lord Browne, the former BP chief....

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Royal Mail Sale: Thursday Delivery Target

Some of the City's most prominent fund managers are lining up to back the £3bn privatisation of Royal Mail as ministers target Thursday morning to press the button on the historic sell-off. Sky News understands that Lansdowne Partners and Standard Life...

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Osborne: Economy Showing Signs Of Recovery

UK Economy Lacks Feel-Good Factor Updated: 6:43pm UK, Monday 09 September 2013 Here's something to dwell on: back in 2010, at the time of George Osborne's first budget, the Government was predicting that by this stage, midway through 2013, the economy...

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Empty Retail Space Filled By Leisure Companies

Cafes, restaurants and betting shops have sprung up to fill some of the retail space left vacant by the effects of recession and the consumer spending squeeze. The report by the Local Data Company (LDC) reveals an improving picture for high streets...

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Jaguar Land Rover To Create 1,700 New Jobs

China's Love Affair With JLR Updated: 11:27am UK, Tuesday 10 September 2013 By Mark Stone, China Correspondent in Beijing It's not possible to drive for more than about two minutes in central Beijing without seeing a Land Rover of some sort. ...

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Top City Investor Warns FTSE Bosses On Pay

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor Public companies which fail to explain the performance measures behind bonus targets for top executives will risk the biggest investor in London's stock market voting against their pay policies, it has warned. The...

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Ed Miliband Stands By His Union Reforms

Ed Miliband has warned union leaders they must have the "courage to change" as he rejected criticism of his controversial reforms. The Labour leader told the TUC Congress he is "absolutely determined" to drive through the plans to overhaul his party's...

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Dyson Sues Samsung Over 'Patent Infringement'

Dyson's founder has angrily rounded on rival Samsung, accusing the South Korean firm of 'ripping off' a steering mechanism design for vacuum cleaners. SIr James Dyson was speaking after the company confirmed it had filed a claim at the High Court as...

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Apple Expected To Launch New iPhones At Event

Apple Launch Could Open New Market Updated: 3:41pm UK, Tuesday 10 September 2013 By Mark Stone, China Correspondent, in Beijing In China, Apple has two problems: price and reach. Let's take 'reach' first. In China there are three mobile phone...

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Bank Consults On Scrapping Paper Money

The Bank of England has launched a consultation about replacing Britain's paper banknotes with new polymer varieties. It would be the first time in the 300-year history of official UK banknotes that they would be made of a material other than paper....

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