Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013

World

Global consumer confidence improves, noticeably in U.S., Japan

By Susan Fenton
LONDON (Reuters) - Global consumer confidence rose in the first quarter, with a marked increase in sentiment in the United States, Japan and northern Europe, a survey sh...
May 1, 2013, 7:03 pm
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China says U.S. should watch Japanese nationalism

BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States should be just as concerned as other countries about a rise in Japanese nationalism, China's ambassador to Washington said, hinting that the United States should ...
May 1, 2013, 6:58 pm

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Fund set to win stake in Greece's OPAP after higher bid

ATHENS (Reuters) - Investment fund Emma Delta has met Athens' demand to raise its offer for a stake in gambling monopoly OPAP , sources said, meaning Greece could seal its first big pri...
May 1, 2013, 6:34 pm
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Once bitten, Japan's big brokers play it safe amid Abenomics boom

By Nathan Layne
TOKYO (Reuters) - With losses from ill-fated expansions still fresh in their minds, executives at Daiwa Securities Group <8601.T> and other top Japanese brokerages...
May 1, 2013, 6:20 pm

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Development Secs eyes up to £500 million of property loans

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Development Securities is in talks with banks to take over a further 500 million pounds of real estate loans as it bids to profit from banks' need to shed bi...
May 1, 2013, 6:00 pm
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Weir swallows orders dip, sticks with guidance

LONDON (Reuters) - British engineering company Weir was confident recent acquisitions would allow it to meet its targets for this year after taking an expected hit from a cooling of las...
May 1, 2013, 5:56 pm
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New UK bank Aldermore makes mark with lending hike

By Matt Scuffham
LONDON (Reuters) - New British bank Aldermore aims to expand its balance sheet by 60 percent or 1.5 billion pounds this year by picking up customers shunned by larger r...
May 1, 2013, 5:48 pm
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Man gored to death in Japan bull ring: police

TOKYO (AFP) - A bull has gored to death a 40-year-old man in southern Japan just a month after attacking his father and breaking the older man's ribs, police and a report said Wednesday.
May 1, 2013, 5:42 pm

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Thousands rally against austerity on May Day

By Clare Kane
MADRID (Reuters) - Workers hit by lower living standards and record high unemployment staged May Day protests across Europe on Wednesday, hoping to persuade their governme...
May 1, 2013, 4:40 pm

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UK trudges towards recovery as manufacturing improves

By Olesya Dmitracova
LONDON (Reuters) - British manufacturing almost returned to growth in April and house prices showed their biggest annual rise in more than a year, suggesting that a...
May 1, 2013, 4:33 pm

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Bank of England's Tucker sees reason for hope on UK economy

LONDON (Reuters) - First-quarter economic output data suggests Britain's economy may be healthier than previous figures suggested, Bank of England deputy governor Paul Tucker said in a newspaper artic...
May 1, 2013, 3:52 pm

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PNG PM to sue opposition leader

PNG opposition leader Belden Namah says he will produce evidence of corrupt behaviour by the country's prime minister at a defamation hearing.
May 1, 2013, 3:31 pm

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Roadside bomb kills three British soldiers, nine Afghans

LONDON (Reuters) - Three British soldiers have been killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, Britain's Defence Ministry said on Wednesday, in the deadliest single attack on the British military there...
May 1, 2013, 2:55 pm
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Malaysia's clean-polls pledge smudged by ink flap

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Malaysia's opposition and clean-polls activists said Wednesday the integrity of weekend elections was in doubt after revelations that indelible ink meant to prevent fraud was easily washed off.
May 1, 2013, 2:50 pm

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Meggitt expects growth surge in second half

LONDON (Reuters) - British aircraft parts supplier Meggitt said sales grew modestly in the first three months of 2013 and that it expects growth to accelerate in the second half of the ...
May 1, 2013, 2:37 pm
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PNG to revive death penalty, repeal sorcery laws

SYDNEY (AFP) - Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill has announced a renewed push for the death penalty, and life sentences for rape, saying that "draconian" penalties were needed to tackle violent crime.
May 1, 2013, 2:31 pm

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UK house prices dip unexpectedly in April - Nationwide

LONDON (Reuters) - British house prices dipped unexpectedly in April from March but a recently extended credit scheme should buoy the market in coming months, mortgage lender Nationwide said on Wednes...
May 1, 2013, 2:13 pm

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UK's Home Retail year profit falls again

LONDON (Reuters) - Home Retail , Britain's biggest household goods retailer, posted a fifth straight fall in annual profit, as its customers continued to bear the brunt of the economic d...
May 1, 2013, 2:10 pm
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Knox says what happened to her was surreal

Amanda Knox, who is accused of killing Meredith Kercher in 2007, says she was aware of being labelled a she-devil in the media, but says "They're wrong".
May 1, 2013, 2:05 pm
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Britain to quiz Google and auditor again on tax

By Tom Bergin
LONDON (Reuters) - Executives from Google Inc. and its auditor Ernst & Young will be called again to a British parliament committee to testify on tax, after a Reuters ...
May 1, 2013, 2:04 pm

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