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BT boss Livingston quits to take on role as trade minister
Ian Livingston has quit as chief executive of telecoms giant BT to become Britain's new trade minister, it was announced today.
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By Matt Scuffham. LONDON | Wed Jun 19, 2013 2:55pm BST. LONDON (Reuters) - Bankers who are reckless with customers' or taxpayers' money could face criminal charges and have bonuses and pensions clawed back, according to proposals backed by ...
The yen strengthened for the first time in three days against the dollar and stocks fluctuated before a Federal Reserve meeting that may clarify the outlook for U.S.
Sir Mervyn was outvoted for a fifth consecutive month on extending the Bank's �375bn quantitative easing (QE) programme, as members voted 6-3 against expanding asset purchases.
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, ...
Some 96pc of the 112,000 delivery, sorting office and other postal staff that took part in the ballot voted against the proposed sale of the state-owned delivery company, which is being lined up for the biggest privatisation in 20 years.
Trends
| Popular searches on Google | Change | Mkt Cap | |
| MCRO | Micro Focus International plc | 9.41% | 1,057.47M |
| BT.A | BT Group plc | -1.69% | 24,737.19M |
| BKG | The Berkeley Group Holdings plc | 1.25% | 2,869.77M |
| GENL | Genel Energy PLC | 1.31% | 2,592.30M |