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Pump Price Falls Again at BP

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7 hrs ago 2 related
        

Press Release: BP New Zealand News Release Pump Price Falls Again at BP The price of petrol and diesel fell again today with BP decreasing the price by a further 5 cents per litre. This is BP’s seventh price decrease in the...

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HSBC employee charged with wife's murder

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yesterday 20 related
        

LONDON (Reuters) - A senior employee of HSBC Holdings, Europe's biggest bank, appeared in court on Monday charged with the murder of his wife. Neil Ellerbeck, 45, from Enfield, north London, was arrested at the scene on...

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Brown hits back at Osborne pound comment

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15-Nov-2008 168 related
        

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown launched a scathing attack on the Conservative Party on Saturday after a senior member said government plans to borrow more could lead to the collapse of sterling.

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Newsreaders help raise record sum for Children in Need

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15-Nov-2008 28 related
        

LONDON (Reuters) - Some of the BBC's best known newsreaders swapped their demure suits for acid yellow and orange spangly jumpsuits to perform a medley of ABBA songs to help raise a record 21 million pounds for Children in Need.

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Britain scraps planned air patrols over Iceland

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14-Nov-2008 21 related
        

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain, embroiled in a diplomatic row with Iceland over the financial crisis, has suspended plans to send warplanes next month to patrol its NATO ally's skies, the Defence Ministry said on Friday.

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RBS mulls axing 3,000 bank jobs

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14-Nov-2008 101 related
        

LONDON (Reuters) - Royal Bank of Scotland is considering cutting 3,000 jobs in its investment banking arm, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday. An RBS spokeswoman said in a statement: "We are constantly reviewing...

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UK may send 2,000 more troops to Afghanistan: BBC

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13-Nov-2008 142 related
        

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain could send up to 2,000 more troops to Afghanistan if U.S. President-elect Barack Obama asks allies for more help in the fight against the Taliban, the BBC reported on Thursday.

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New British bank agency to operate at arm's length

finanznachrichten.de
14-Nov-2008 22 related
        

LONDON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - The role of the company created by the British government to oversee its stakes in banks part-nationalised during the financial crisis will be 'to manage the taxpayer's investments, not to manage the...

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Royal navy kills two Somali pirates

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12-Nov-2008 247 related
        

LONDON (Reuters) - The Royal navy killed two Somali pirates after the attempted hijacking of a Danish cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden, one of the world's busiest shipping routes, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said on Wednesday.

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BAE Systems in talks with Oman over jet deal - FT

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12-Nov-2008 6 related
        

LONDON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - BAE Systems Plc (BAES.L: ) is in talks with Oman over a 1.4 billion pound ($2.17 billion) deal to sell the Gulf state up to 24 Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets, the Financial Times newspaper reported...

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