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Britain Weighs Breakup of RBS
LONDON�The British government is considering breaking up Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, the country's Treasury chief said Wednesday, a potentially radical move that underscores policy makers' mounting frustration with their inability to arrest a ...
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Top stories
A top businessman who threw his weight behind the Government's savage cuts is to be made an unelected minister and handed a peerage.
BEIJING | Wed Jun 19, 2013 6:56am EDT. BEIJING (Reuters) - Wanda Group, China's largest commercial real estate developer, aims to invest about $1 billion to build a five-star hotel in New York as its third major investment outside its home market, ...
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority has significantly ramped up its scrutiny of the hedge fund industry and in a growing sign of its reach is also paying more attention to the activities of US funds with operations in the UK.
Stock markets in Asia have been digesting the latest comments from the US Federal Reserve. The Fed's chairman, Ben Bernanke, said central bank could begin pulling back its stimulus measures later this year amid a healthier economic outlook.
Environment minister Owen Paterson will on Thursday urge the UK to lead a European farming revolution using genetically modified crops, which he will say will reduce fertiliser and chemical use and improve efficiency.
Trends
| Gainers | Change | Mkt Cap | |
| PZC | PZ Cussons plc | 4.96% | 1,678.08M |
| RIO | Rio Tinto plc | 2.40% | 52,994.20M |
| SKP | SkyePharma PLC | 0.98% | 3,994.08M |
| MONY | Moneysupermarket.com Group | 0.89% | 1,003.94M |
| CCH | Coca Cola HBC AG | 0.83% | 5,820.20M |
| Losers | Change | Mkt Cap | |
| AZEM | AZ Electronic Materials Group | -3.07% | 1,192.98M |
| FRES | Fresnillo Plc | -2.51% | 7,708.32M |
| INDI | Indus Gas Limited | -1.95% | 1,659.03M |
| UBM | UBM Plc | -1.49% | 1,657.81M |
| SNR | Senior plc | -1.40% | 1,037.59M |
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