International Business News - Most Rated Articles http://www.ibtimes.co.uk All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.co.uk 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday condemned a planned strike by British Airways cabin crew, putting himself on a collision course with his main union backers weeks before an election. 53123 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20100315/brown-condemns-ba-strike.htm Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:10:00 EDT The CPI and RPI which monitor prices of 'everyday' goods, is now going to use more 'modern' blu-ray players and PSP's instead of disposable cameras and squash hires, as a way of generating figures of 'inflation'. 53158 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20100315/inflation-calculation-set-to-include-blu-ray-psp-and-hair-stylers.htm Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:26:26 EDT Mining companies, Xstrata, Rio Tinto and Vedanta were all down as miners weighed on FTSE 100 today. 53147 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20100315/xstrata-rio-tinto-and-vedanta-resources-continue-down-as-miners-weigh-on-ftse-100.htm Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:34:14 EDT Unite, the union, has gone to international unions, in its attempts to bring the British Airways dispute over pay to a close. 53421 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/20290-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20100317/unite-goes-039-international-039-in-its-fight-with-british-airways.htm http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20100317/unite-goes-039-international-039-in-its-fight-with-british-airways.htm Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:53:17 EDT Prime Minister's Questions is due to start as usual at Midday, tune in here to get up to the minute coverage of the weekly clash between the parties in the House of Commons. 53462 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20100317/prime-minister-039questions-live-blog.htm Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:47:55 EDT Derwent London plc, the capital's largest focussed Real Estate Investor, reported today an IRFS loss before tax of £34.9 million. 53518 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20100317/derwent-london-plc-share-price-falls-ftse-250.htm Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:19:49 EDT The United States kept up pressure on China on Thursday to let the yuan climb as Beijing disclosed it was sounding out exporters on whether they could cope with a stronger exchange rate. 53594 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/20339-a-bank-money-changer-employee-counts-yuan.jpg http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20100318/utells-china-yuan-issue-is-of-real-concern.htm http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20100318/utells-china-yuan-issue-is-of-real-concern.htm Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:11:00 EDT Nissan's newest creation, the Leaf is set be built from the UK after Nissan announced over 550 jobs would be created at its Sunderland factory. 53618 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/20345-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20100318/nissan-chooses-sunderland-to-produce-the-leaf.htm http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20100318/nissan-chooses-sunderland-to-produce-the-leaf.htm Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:54:29 EDT Airlines Iberia <IBLA.MC> of Spain and British Airways <BAY.L> will meet next Thursday, March 25, to approve their merger deal, Expansion newspaper reported on Thursday, citing sources close to the companies. Lawyers for the airlines have already registered the name International Airlines Group for the merged entity, the paper said. 53572 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/20336-an-iberia-jet-passesbritish-airways-jet-at.jpg http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20100318/iberia-ba-to-approve-merger-deal-mar-25-report.htm http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20100318/iberia-ba-to-approve-merger-deal-mar-25-report.htm Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:45:00 EDT On Saturday 06 March, Icelanders voted in a referendum to decide whether or not their government should reimburse Britain and the Netherlands some $5bn at 5.5 percent interest. This sum had been paid by the British and Dutch governments, to compensate savers in full for their lost deposits in the collapsed Icelandic banks in October 2008 with particular attention directed to Landsbanki/Icesave schemes. 53148 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20100315/iceland-saga-how-corporate-debt-became-sovereign-debt.htm Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:48:58 EDT Nomura's Europe chief, who oversaw their takeover of Lehman Brothers' European operations yesterday announced his intention to retire. 53417 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20100317/nomura-europe-chief-sadeq-sayeed-to-step-down-as-management-restructures-following-lehman-acquisitio.htm Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:45:31 EDT