Canary Wharf

Brookfield Investments sells stake in Canary Wharf Group

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) TORONTO _ Brookfield Investments Corp. (TSX:BRN.PR.A) has signed a deal to sell its indirect interest in the Canary Wharf Group plc in a deal worth about $817 million to Brookfield Europe LP, a...

Candlelight vigil for Mumbai

BRIT businessmen and women will today hold a candlelight vigil to honour those killed in the Mumbai massacre. The ceremony will mark one week since the horrific terrorist attacks. The hour long tribute will be held at Canary...

US Wants Pakistan Help On Mumbai

3:43pm UK, Wednesday December 03, 2008 US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has urged Pakistan to co-operate fully with India's investigation into last week's Mumbai terrorist attack. Condoleezza Rice arrives in New Delhi She...

Beckett: 'Thames Gateway to become a showcase for sustainable living'

The Thames Gateway is in a strong position to weather the current economic storm and grow in the long term, Thames Gateway Minister Margaret Beckett announced in a major speech today. Backed up with £9.6 billion Government...

Funding needed to keep Britain's lead in stem cell research

Britain risks losing its leading role in stem-cell research to the USA, a move which could forgo massive "health and wealth" benefits, a group of leading scientists have warned. By Richard Alleyne, Science Correspondent...

New deals set to save Wharf from ghost town future

As the number of bankers losing their jobs grows, there is speculation that Canary Wharf, the steel and glass east London office complex, will become a ghost town.Dubbed Wall Street on the Water, Canary Wharf was the world's...

Credit crisis diary: A nasty case of indigestion

Well done to Sir John Rose, chief executive of Rolls-Royce, who picked up the Orange Business Leader of the Year award at a glittering ceremony at Grosvenor House hotel in London on Tuesday evening. Let's hope Sir John's gala...

Need to know: H&M moves ahead ... ITV secures deal ... 888 Holdings wins

View video and Need to Know interactive heatmap Economics UK rental: House rents fell in the three months to October as properties that had failed to sell flooded the rental market, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors...

JP Morgan in Canary Wharf HQ move

JP Morgan is to move its European head office to London's Canary Wharf from the City of London. The bank has paid Canary Wharf Group (CWG) £237m ($350.9m) for a plot of land on the estate, CWG's majority owner Songbird Estates...

JP Morgan signs Canary Wharf deal

JP Morgan is set to move its European headquarters to Canary Wharf after Songbird Estates, the majority owner of the London business district, confirmed it has agreed a deal with the US bank. JP Morgan has bought land at Canary...

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