International Business News - Most Popular 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 Shares in Lloyds Banking Group were up on the FTSE 100 after reports that its private equity arm would be buying a stake in social housing contractor United House. 52698 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20100311/lloyds-banking-group-shares-up-on-ftse-100.htm Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:24:40 EST Shares in British banks rose on the FTSE 100 a day after the Chief Executive of Citigroup predicted strong growth for the American bank and said that the US government would be selling its shares in the company this year. 52846 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20100312/lloyds-banking-group-and-rbs-shares-make-gains-on-ftse-100-following-citigroup-optimism.htm Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:35:00 EST British Airways says that the cabin crew strike planned for three from March 20 and four days from March 27 will have no impact on BA flights that operated by franchise, codeshare and alliance… 52870 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20100312/ba-strike-who-can-fly.htm Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:00:28 EST The ongoing battle between Adobe Flash and HTML is set to come to the fore of web development this year as hardware manufacturers choose which OS/web plugin to use. 52639 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20100311/html5-versus-flash-ipad-set-to-up-the-stakes-as-hp-launches-slate-039-flash-039-promo.htm Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:40:54 EST A strike by British Airways cabin crew looks almost certain to go ahead after talks between the airline and Unite the union broke down last night. The news sent shares in BA down on the FTSE 100. 52647 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20100311/ba-shares-fall-on-ftse-100-as-strike-looms.htm Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:06:35 EST Shares in Home Retail Group were up nearly two per cent on the FTSE 100 in morning trading following a statement in which the retailer predicted full year pre-tax profit to be slightly ahead of market expectations. 52637 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20100311/home-retail-shares-up-on-ftse-100-after-raising-profit-expectations.htm Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:31:18 EST Arbuthnot Banking is back in the black with full year group pre-tax profits of £5.1m compared with a loss of £2.2m last time.The group said growth had been achieved by all its operations.The… 52599 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20100311/arbuthnot-achieves-growth-in-all-operations.htm Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:33:19 EST Leisure sector software group Gladstone has advised shareholders to take no action following the announcement yesterday (Mar 10) by Constellation Software Inc. that an offer document containing its… 52640 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20100311/gladstone-responds-to-constellation-software-offer-posting.htm Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:45:58 EST Mercator Gold posts a net loss of £4.4m for the 15 months to the end of September - down from £31.9m for the year to the end of June 2008.The operating loss fell to £3.5m from £31.7m… 52898 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20100312/mercator-gold-cuts-operating-losses.htm Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:09:07 EST Cineworld PLC, the UK cinema operator has reported swelling numbers of cinemagoers last year, after it made £230.9 million in box office revenue - up 16.9 pct on 2008. 52776 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20100312/cineworld-plc-reports-growing-box-office-revenue.htm Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:47:45 EST Sir Brian Pitman, the former head of Lloyds TSB, has died at the age of 78 following a heart attack earlier this week. 52825 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20100312/ex-lloyds-boss-and-quot-city-giant-quot-sir-brian-pitman-dies-at-78.htm Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:32:04 EST Shares in British Petroleum, BP, were down on the FTSE 100 this morning, a day after it bought £4.65bn worth of assets from Devon Energy's Brazilian portfolio. 52790 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20100312/bp-shares-fall-on-ftse-100.htm Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:28:55 EST es in British Petroleum, BP, were up on the FTSE 100 after it confirmed acquisition of Devon Energy's deepwater assets. 52727 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20100311/bp-shares-rise-on-ftse-100.htm Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:27:33 EST UBS <UBSN.VX> is considering possibly returning to its commodities business this year, some of which it sold during the financial crisis, a Swiss newspaper said on Saturday, citing the co-head of UBS's investment bank. 52940 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/20145-the-logo-of-swiss-bank-ubs-can.jpg http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20100313/ubs-may-return-to-commodities-in-2010.htm http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20100313/ubs-may-return-to-commodities-in-2010.htm Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:14:00 EST The United States should not make a political issue out of the yuan, a Chinese central banker said on Friday, as the two countries lurched towards a potential bust-up over Beijing's currency regime. 52773 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/20100-an-employee-counts-renminbi-banknotes-atbank-of.jpg http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20100312/leave-yuan-to-us-china-tells-obama.htm http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20100312/leave-yuan-to-us-china-tells-obama.htm Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:13:00 EST Unite the union has said that British Airways cabin crew will be striking for three days on 20 March and for another four days from 27 March. The union is required to give seven days notice for any strikes it makes. 52816 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/20109-a-british-airways-jumbo-jet-takes-off-from-heathrow-airport-in-west-london-february2010.jpg http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20100312/british-airways-announces-seven-days-of-strikes-for-late-march.htm http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20100312/british-airways-announces-seven-days-of-strikes-for-late-march.htm Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:13:05 EST Liberty, owner of the iconic London department store, said it was in the early stages of takeover talks with suitors and that it continued to trade well in 2010. 52777 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/20101-the-liberty-store-on-great-marlborough-street.jpg http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20100312/liberty-in-takeover-talks.htm http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20100312/liberty-in-takeover-talks.htm Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:15:00 EST PRE-OPEN REPORT: Headline shares are tipped to open eighteen to twenty-two points lower today, according to financial websites, with British Airways a likely focus as strike talks end without… 52579 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20100311/ftse-tipped-to-open-lower-with-bafocus-on-strike-concerns.htm Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:58:33 EST Strike dates for British Airways cabin crew could be announced today, with Unite the union due to hold a press conference today. 52807 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20100312/british-airways-shares-up-on-ftse-100-as-strike-seems-imminent.htm Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:36:52 EST Shares in BSkyB <BSY.L> rose 3.5 percent to 589.25 pence in strong volume on Friday with traders citing talk that Rupert Murdoch may take the satellite broadcaster private. 52796 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/20102-news-corp-ceo-and-chairman-murdoch-arrives.jpg http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20100312/bskyb-up-on-talk-murdoch-may-take-it-private.htm http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20100312/bskyb-up-on-talk-murdoch-may-take-it-private.htm Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:58:00 EST