(ChinaPost.com.tw) – The UK’s Pension Protection Fund (PPF), which pays corporate pensions when employers go bust, posted a surplus in the year to end-March as bond and property returns rose and the British economy rallied, reducing expected claims.
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday he had appointed former cabinet minister David Young as his adviser on enterprise, asking him to suggest how the government can help small businesses grow.
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Pontiac, whose muscle cars drag-raced down boulevards, parked at drive-ins and roared across movie screens, is no more.
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Italy and France are likely to be the next two countries to reach deals with Switzerland over bank secrecy, a top Swiss banker was quoted as saying Sunday.
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – The Netherlands’ market regulator NMa has started an investigation of banking margins on mortgages, which have been fatter than in neighboring countries since mid-2009.
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – - Emirates airlines posted Monday a 351 percent increase in net profits in six months, reaching 3.4 billion dirhams (US$925 million), on the back of growing customer demand, a statement said.
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – British retailer Marks and Spencer is looking to re-acquire some of the properties that it sold in 2001 when it exited Europe, the Sunday Telegraph reported.
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – FTSE Group will tighten the rules for foreign companies looking to join its major indices such as the FTSE 100, the Independent on Sunday reported.
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – BHP Billiton needs to clear three hurdles over the next week before it will be free to raise its US$39 billion bid for Potash Corp, as widely expected.
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Europe’s biggest low-cost airline Ryanair disappointed investors with a 25 percent increase in second-quarter net profit overshadowing an expected upgrade to full-year earnings to 380 million to 400 million euros.
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