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Venezuela moves to relieve toilet paper shortage
AFP - 4 hours agoVenezuela's National Assembly approved a $79 million credit Tuesday to import toilet paper and other personal hygiene products to relieve shortages in the petroleum-rich state. File picture shows a ship ... More »Venezuela moves to relieve toilet paper shortage
Sreesanth denies wrongdoing, confident of exoneration
Reuters - 4 hours agoBy Amlan Chakraborty NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian cricketer Shanthakumaran Sreesanth has insisted he is innocent of any wrongdoing in the ongoing spot-fixing scandal and is confident of emerging from the "tough period" with his dignity intact. The 30-year-old bowler was one of three players, along with 11 bookmakers, arrested last week on suspicion of spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 competition, the allegations also earning him an immediate suspension from the cricket board. "I am innocent and have done no wrong. ... More »Sreesanth denies wrongdoing, confident of exoneration
Depardieu: Boston Bombs Not Chechnya's Fault
Sky News - 4 hours agoFrench actor Gerard Depardieu has said Chechnya is not to blame for the Boston bombings because the suspects were brought up in America. More »Depardieu: Boston Bombs Not Chechnya's Fault
EU leaders look to energy for growth boost
AFP - 4 hours agoEU leaders, desperate to give growth a boost, target energy policy Wednesday amid concerns a US-led revolution in shale oil and gas development will reshape the global economy and leave Europe far behind.... More »EU leaders look to energy for growth boost
US, Oman talk $2.1 bln defense deal
AFP - 4 hours agoUS Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday discussed a $2.1 billion deal with Omani leaders to supply an American-made air-defence system to the Arab state facing Iran in the Gulf. More »US, Oman talk $2.1 bln defense deal
London shares fall after reaching 13-year high
AFP - 4 hours agoLondon shares opened lower on Wednesday amid profit taking after the benchmark FTSE 100 index surged to another 13 year high on Tuesday, dealers said. More »London shares fall after reaching 13-year high
Tomic will play French Open despite troubles - Woodbridge
Reuters - 4 hours agoMELBOURNE (Reuters) - Bernard Tomic will play at next week's French Open despite his off-court troubles if only to keep some momentum going for the grasscourt season ahead, Tennis Australia's Todd Woodbridge said on Wednesday. Tomic's father John faced a charge of causing criminal injury in a Madrid court earlier this month after allegedly assaulting his son's hitting partner Thomas Drouet. Tomic senior says he acted in self defence and the court hearing has been suspended until October. ... More »Tomic will play French Open despite troubles - Woodbridge
Motor racing-Monaco offers Hamilton his best chance yet
Reuters - 4 hours agoBy Alan Baldwin MONACO (Reuters) - Words and hats may have to be eaten along with the usual canapés and caviar if Lewis Hamilton wins the glamour race of the Formula One season in Monaco this weekend. The sceptics who doubted McLaren's 2008 world champion would stand on top of the podium this season after his move to Mercedes face a moment of truth with Hamilton's team arriving in the Mediterranean principality on the back of three pole positions in a row. ... More »Motor racing-Monaco offers Hamilton his best chance yet
Britvic to cut costs and take Fruit Shoot to India
Reuters - 4 hours agoLONDON (Reuters) - British soft drinks maker Britvic will close two factories and a warehouse in the UK and roll out the Fruit Shoot brand in India as part of a new strategy announced with its interim results. Proposals to deliver annual savings of 30 million pounds ($45.4 million) include closing two factories in Britain and a warehouse in Northern Ireland, as well as creating a combined British and Irish business unit under a single leadership team. The company also reached an agreement with Narang Group for the national sales and distribution of Fruit Shoot in India, commencing mid-2014. ... More »Britvic to cut costs and take Fruit Shoot to India
Rolls-Royce wins engine order from U.S. lessor CIT
Reuters - 4 hours agoLONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Rolls-Royce has won a contract to supply engines to power 23 Airbus aircraft ordered by U.S. leasing company CIT Aerospace, it said on Wednesday. Rolls, the world's second-largest maker of aircraft engines behind U.S. group General Electric , said the deal included Trent XWB engines to power 10 A350 aircraft and Trent 700 engines for 13 Airbus A330 jets. The Trent XWB, specifically designed for the Airbus A350, is the fastest selling Trent engine ever, with more than 1,200 already sold, according to Rolls. The A350 is due to enter service in 2014. ... More »Rolls-Royce wins engine order from U.S. lessor CIT
Russian banker has his eye on Europe
Reuters - 4 hours agoBy Katya Golubkova and Oksana Kobzeva MOSCOW (Reuters) - Igor Kim snapped cast-off assets from foreign banks pulling out of Russia and now the banker says he wants to expand into Europe. Kim, 47, emerged with his partners as an asset consolidator after the global crash of 2008 forced Western banks to downsize, buying the Russian commercial banking units of Barclays, WestLB, Morgan Stanley and Santander. "We are looking at different assets, including in Central and Eastern Europe," Kim told Reuters exclusively this week. "I don't buy minority stakes. ... More »Russian banker has his eye on Europe
Insight - No more easy pickings in Russia's banking market
Reuters - 4 hours agoBy Megan Davies MOSCOW (Reuters) - Foreign banks that once treated Russia as virgin land where easy money could be made are now finding it a cut-throat market tougher than some bargained for. While players such as Citi and Austria's Raiffeisen thrive, many have found post-Soviet Russia too hard to crack: rife with credit, legal and corruption risks, and dominated by state giants Sberbank and VTB. The latest to hit trouble has been France's Societe Generale. ... More »Insight - No more easy pickings in Russia's banking market
UK Mail full-year profit buoyed by e-retail growth
Reuters - 4 hours ago(Reuters) - Parcel delivery company UK Mail Group Plc reported an 18 percent rise in full-year pretax profit as more thrift-conscious Britons look for online shopping deals. UK Mail, the largest independent parcels, mail and logistics services company in the country, said it expects good progress in the current year, helped by a new, more automated sorting system at its parcels business. Pretax profit, before exceptional items, rose to 17.8 million pounds from 15.1 million pounds a year earlier. Revenue rose 11 percent to 475.4 million pounds. ... More »UK Mail full-year profit buoyed by e-retail growth
Chinese PM pledges stronger partnership with Pakistan
AFP - 4 hours agoChinese Premier Li Keqiang vowed to strengthen his country's partnership with Pakistan as he arrived Wednesday for a visit less than two weeks after the country's general election. More »Chinese PM pledges stronger partnership with Pakistan
Cable & Wireless Communications targets Caribbean cost cuts
Reuters - 4 hours agoLONDON (Reuters) - Cable & Wireless Communications met expectations with a 1 percent rise in full-year core earnings, and said it would cut $100 million (65 million pounds) of costs from a business now focused on the Caribbean and Central American. The company, which has sold its Macau and Monaco and Islands businesses, posted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation of $905 million for the year to end-March on revenue up 2 percent to $2.89 billion. ... More »Cable & Wireless Communications targets Caribbean cost cuts
UK utility SSE posts 5.8 percent profit rise, hikes dividend
Reuters - 4 hours agoPARIS (Reuters) - British utility SSE said on Wednesday full-year after-tax profit rose 5.8 percent to 1.19 billion euros (1 billion pounds) and increased its full-year dividend by 5.1 percent to 84.2 pence. Estimates compiled by Thomson Reuters IBES had forecast a mean net income of 1.04 billion pounds. The company, the UK's third-largest utility by market cap, said that average UK household gas consumption was up 21 percent and electricity consumption up five percent. (Reporting by Geert De Clercq; editing by Patrick Graham) More »UK utility SSE posts 5.8 percent profit rise, hikes dividend
Coalition to last despite rifts, infighting - Clegg
Reuters - 5 hours agoBy Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) - Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will take the unusual step of holding a news conference on Wednesday to say the country's two-party coalition will hold together until 2015 as he tries to stabilise a government beset by infighting and rifts. In a demarche that risks being cast as a sign of weakness by political opponents, Nick Clegg, the leader of the Lib Dems, will try to reassure voters that his alliance with Prime Minister David Cameron will endure until the next national election. ... More »Coalition to last despite rifts, infighting - Clegg
Asian stocks supported by Fed reassurance; BOJ stands pat
Reuters - 5 hours agoBy Masayuki Kitano and Vidya Ranganathan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Some Asian stock markets rose on Wednesday following a positive lead from Wall Street, with Japan's Nikkei reaching a 5-1/2 year high and staying firm as the Bank of Japan stood pat after unleashing massive stimulus last month. European stocks are expected to inch lower with markets taking a breather from a month-long rally before U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony to Congress. Financial spreadbetters expect Britain's FTSE 100 to open down 0.16 percent, Germany's DAX to open 0. ... More »Asian stocks supported by Fed reassurance; BOJ stands pat
Nationwide profits jump 56 percent
Reuters - 5 hours agoLONDON (Reuters) - Nationwide, Britain's biggest customer-owned financial services group, said its financial position remained robust after posting a 56 percent leap in annual underlying profit driven by demands for an alternative to traditional banks. The group said it had seen a 58 percent increase in customers switching their main banking relationship to Nationwide. "Nationwide is uniquely well placed to meet the demands of the growing number of customers who are seeking a genuine and viable alternative to the established banks," Nationwide's Chief Executive Graham Beale said. ... More »Nationwide profits jump 56 percent
IMF 'to urge Britain to dump Lloyds, RBS shares'
AFP - 5 hours agoThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) is set to tell the British government to dump its stakes in Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds following their bail-out during the financial crisis, according to The Times. More »IMF 'to urge Britain to dump Lloyds, RBS shares'
Four dead as clashes rage in Lebanon's Tripoli
AFP - 5 hours agoAt least four people have been killed in clashes in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, a security source told AFP, as fighting raged into a fourth day on Wednesday. More »Four dead as clashes rage in Lebanon's Tripoli
Parents withdraw from inquiry into death of U.S. engineer Shane Todd
Reuters - 5 hours agoBy Kevin Lim and Joyce Lim SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The parents of a U.S. engineer found dead in Singapore last year said on Wednesday they will not take part in the rest of a coroner's inquiry into his death, which they say was linked to a project involving the transfer of sensitive technology to China. In a statement issued through their lawyers, Rick and Mary Todd said they had lost confidence in the system investigating the death of their 31-year-old son, Shane, who was found hanging in his Singapore apartment last June. The Todds did not appear in court on Wednesday, the day after a U.S. ... More »Parents withdraw from inquiry into death of U.S. engineer Shane Todd
Carroll Misses England Matches
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