Archive for November 26th, 2007



Citigroup, America's second biggest banking group by market worth, is planning "large" job cuts just seven months after it announced a mass layoff of 17,000 employees, a media report said Monday.
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In UK financial news
26Nov 07

News Corp's Internet division plans to launch an online network as early as the first half of next year to sell advertising across Rupert Murdoch's sprawling empire and even to other media companies.
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Oil falls on prospect of supply increase

Posted by UK Economy News
In UK financial news
26Nov 07

Oil fell on Monday on expectations OPEC may increase output to help stem a record rally that has sent prices near $100 a barrel.
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Italian bank Mediobanca said Monday that it had proposed a new chairman and chief executive for Telecom Italia following seven months of squabbling among the operator's shareholders.
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The head of Volkswagen's supervisory board Ferdinand Piech has become a focus of enquiries by German justice officials who are probing a corruption scandal at the biggest European car maker.
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, faced with domestic political troubles, told business chiefs Monday that his government would guide the economy through the turmoil gripping financial markets.
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Short sterling lower after Bank comments

Posted by UK Economy News
In UK financial news
26Nov 07

British short sterling futures fell on Monday after hawkish comments from Bank of England chief economist Charles Bean and as an end to the Northern Rock crisis appeared to be in sight.
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Oil prices breached 99 dollars a barrel Monday as the markets fretted over tight crude supplies globally, before sliding on profit-taking amid rumours that OPEC may decide to increase output.
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US holiday sales see brisk start

Posted by UK Economy News
In UK financial news
26Nov 07

The holiday shopping season viewed as crucial for US economic momentum got off to a robust start as consumers shrugged off worries about high fuel prices and weak housing, surveys showed.
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A consortium led by Virgin Group expects to fully repay Northern Rock's emergency loans from the Bank of England in two to three years, according to the proposed head of the bank under Virgin's offer.
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