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Parliament of the United Kingdom RSS feedCheap wheat gives farmers grain of hope in fight against Taliban
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Hundreds of farmers blew into this town, the capital of Helmand, over the weekend - their "tuk tuk" motorbike trucks kicking up clouds of dust - in a peculiarly Afghan gesture of defiance to the Taliban2009-11-23T11:32:41ZA reheated tale from Russia fires up shares in Centrica
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23771129-a-reheated-tale-from-russia-fires-up-shares-in-centrica.do
2009-11-18T13:09:31ZTories pledge to review terror measures
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Taxpayers have spent £656,500 on the living costs of terror suspects subject to control orders since 2005, figures obtained by the Conservatives showed2009-11-17T07:23:24ZLloyds' shares leap as it looks to avoid toxic debt scheme
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23762633-yell-shares-surge-as-rescue-deal-gets-nod-from-lenders.do
"Far from cheap, but no longer expensive." That was the view of Credit Suisse on Lloyds Banking Group2009-10-30T08:54:39ZFans laying siege to X Factor house upset embassy next door
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Chinese Ambassador, who lives next door to X factor house, launches official complaint over noise and lewd behaviour from teenage groupies2009-10-29T09:47:39ZGM 'to scrap' Vauxhall sale
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General Motors' chief negotiator over the sale of Vauxhall/Opel was locked in talks this evening with a German government-led taskforce amid growing speculation the deal will be scrapped2009-08-25T15:18:09Z£5 billion gilts sale to test confidence in UK economy
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The British Government has hired Barclays, Goldman Sachs, HSBC and RBS to sell a bumper £5 billion of gilts this week2009-06-15T15:11:14ZGood news has pound on the up
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The pound hit a six-month high against the euro this morning, continuing its recent recovery. Sterling was up for the fifth day on the trot2009-06-12T08:44:24ZANZ raises £1.2bn to buy RBS Asian units
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Royal Bank of Scotland's £1.1billion auction of its retail and commercial banking businesses in Asia hotted up today as bidding frontrunner Australia and New Zealand Banking Group said it will raise A$2.5billion (£1.2billion) through a share placing.2009-05-27T08:01:04ZThe Jaguar boss shows touching faith in our leaders
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So Ratan Tata has finally come out against the British Government’s reluctance to stump up funds to support Jaguar Land Rover2009-05-12T06:51:11ZWhy these Tamil sons in London, mourning their slain mothers in Sri Lanka, have placed Westminster under siege
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Will Self reports on the third day of protests by British Tamils inflamed by the military actions of a Sri Lankan government intent on extirpating the last of the Tamil Tiger fighters2009-04-09T08:21:13ZGordon to Obama - it's the world, not US, to blame
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Quelle Surprise. Gordon Brown was unable to bring himself to tell to Barack Obama to his face that the global recession was the fault of America. Strange, as this was something he has been only too happy to trumpet up until now.2009-03-09T09:05:17ZNew car sales continue to dip
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New car sales, a key indicator of consumer confidence, fell sharply again last month, registering a 21.9 per cent dip against the same period last year2009-03-05T11:48:27ZDutch applauded over ‘realistic’ ING scheme
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<strong>Bail-outs:</strong> Dutch government today won plaudits for what was seen as an innovative deal to rescue the stricken ING bank2009-01-26T15:31:15ZIrish banks win softer bailout terms than British lenders
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Ireland's big three banks have been handed a €7.5bn state bailout on far better terms than the equivalent £37bn package handed to RBS, HBOS and Lloyds TSB by the British Government2008-12-22T09:35:35ZThis is no time for us to join euro
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Timing would appear not to be the Prime Minister's strong suit. It would be typically British to apply to join the club just when the others are thinking of leaving2008-12-16T11:18:16ZBarclays rounds up £7.3bn of new funds
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Barclays thumbed its nose at the sceptics, as the bank raised up to £7.3 billion of new capital to allow it to pass the regulators' capital demands without any recourse to the Government bailout2008-10-31T10:50:45ZNAB's profits in UK on the slide
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<b>Banking: </b>National Australia Bank, owner of the Clydesdale and Yorkshire brands, saw profit from its UK operations fall 8.4% to £220.2 million in the second half2008-10-21T09:06:33ZBizarre battering of insurers
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Stock markets are having a bad time, and London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares has been particularly hard hit because it is heavily weighted towards financial stocks and natural resources.2008-10-20T10:09:36ZCollapse on the cards for Tesco Clubcard firm
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The company that makes cards for the giant Tesco Clubcard loyalty scheme is set to collapse into administration after being hit by the credit crunch2008-10-16T08:18:58ZShares applaud the rescue plan
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Stocks around the world rallied again as the latest bank rescue plan was unveiled by the US government2008-10-14T13:18:26ZNo end to strain as banks' cost of borrowing rises
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23570430-no-end-to-strain-as-banks-cost-of-borrowing-rises.do
The financial crisis showed few signs of easing as the cost of interbank borrowing rose just 24 hours after interest rates were slashed around the world2008-10-09T13:59:07ZTesting time for historic move
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Britain's banking leaders must make strenuous efforts to unfreeze the interbank lending market as a first step to a gradual return to normality2008-10-08T11:19:00ZFixing this crisis is too big for one government
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The best bet for saving our ailing banks is for governments to buy into them. But it will also require action at a truly international level2008-10-07T07:43:35ZHBOS seeks £800m from Aussie sale
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Halifax owner HBOS is in exclusive talks to sell its Australian business BankWest to the country’s biggest mortgage provider for about £800 million2008-10-07T09:14:31ZGerman rail on track of listing
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City investors are being courted by German railway operator Deutsche Bahn as it prepares for a £5 billion stockmarket rollout later this year2008-08-20T10:22:55ZA dilemma for the Fed on rescue mission
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The dilemma faced by the US Federal Reserve and the Treasury, therefore, is not whether the agencies should be rescued, but how best to do it2008-07-14T11:13:33ZOur greed, not Gordon, has got us in this mess
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The country hasn' t changed much in the three weeks I've been away from Britain. But the newspapers seem to have been admitted to intensive care, suffering from a collapse of the nervous system2008-06-02T08:31:30ZWhere's the real Russia?
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For every sublime work on display at the From Russia exhibition there are three that are ludicrous.2008-02-22T00:00:00ZArts and fashion need to see the colour of the PM's money
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Culture is what Britain does well. And if the Government has finally bought that argument, the plans revealed today are cause for celebration2008-02-12T14:32:58Z