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| Apr. 21 |
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Russian Alisher Usmanov tops British rich list After eight years at the top of an annual survey of the wealthiest people in Britain, steel magnate Mittal has conceded his place
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| Feb.21 |
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London Shard firm oversees Saudi tower
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| Jan.24 |
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Ukraine and Shell sign gas deal. Kiev
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| Dec.10 |
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HSBC 'to pay $1.9bn' in US deal HSBC is to pay US authorities $1.9bn (£1.2bn) in a settlement over money-laundering, say reports, the largest ever in such a case
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Canadian to be new UK Bank governor
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| Nov.9 |
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Ex-oil executive named archbishop of Canterbury
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| Aug.31 |
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Russian oligarchs end $4.75bn UK court battle 
Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich has won his legal battle against exiled Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky
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| Aug.15 |
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Banking giant pays $340M to settle laundering charges
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| Aug.14 |
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BBC boss to head New York Times
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| Jul.21 |
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Murdoch resigns as News International director
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| Jul.16 |
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Heathrow braces as Olympics land
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| Jul.3 |
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Barclays Bank boss Diamond resigns Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond has resigned a week after the bank was fined a record amount for trying to manipulate inter-bank lending rates
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| Jul.1 |
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Barclays chairman to quit over rate fix
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| Jun.28 |
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Barclays boss: I will not resign
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| May.1 |
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UK lawmakers: Murdoch not fit to run business |
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| Feb.29 |
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James Murdoch quits UK newspapers |
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| Sep.29 |
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UK Navy making first 1,000 job cuts |
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| Sep.16 |
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UBS trader charged with fraud |
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| Aug.1 |
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HSBC to axe 30,000 global jobs |
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| Jul.15 |
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Murdoch apologizes as deputies resign Two key executives in the media empire resigned, and their former boss began a series of apologies in the phone-hacking scandal
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| Jul.13 |
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News Corp withdraws bid for BSkyB Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has announced that it is dropping its planned bid to take full ownership of satellite broadcaster BSkyB
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| Jul.10 |
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Murdoch in UK amid BSkyB pressure |
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| Jul.9 |
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NoW goes to presses for last time The last edition of the News of the World is being published, its front page declaring: 'Thank you & goodbye'
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| Jul.7 |
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Hacking scandal spurs paper's closing The embattled tabloid News of the World, one of the oldest and best-selling newspapers in Britain, will shut down after Sunday's issue
| This Sunday's issue will be the last edition of the paper, News International chairman James Murdoch says. The announcement follows accusations that the paper eavesdropped on the phone messages of murder and terror victims, politicians and celebrities
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| Jun.30 |
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British labor strikes could cause chaos Hundreds of thousands of British teachers, air traffic controllers, customs officers and other public sector workers went on strike
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| Jan.14 |
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BP and Russia in Arctic oil deal
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| Dec.20 |
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Europe is digging airports out of snow Frustrated passengers crammed major airports as heavy snowfall forced new cancellations and delays across the continent. Gatwick was closed
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| Jul.26 |
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BP boss set for £600,000 pension
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| May.17 |
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UK ash cloud restrictions easing
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| May.16 |
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Ash cloud to close Heathrow and Gatwick Britain's two busiest airports are to close shortly as a volcanic ash cloud drifts further south, threatening major disruption to thousands of...
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| Mar.29 |
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Falklands blow for UK oil company
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| Mar.20 |
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BA cancels nearly half of flights amid strike British Airways was operating roughly half its flights despite a three-day strike by cabin crew that started at midnight
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| Mar.19 |
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BA cabin crew begin strike action| British Airways cabin crew have begun strike action that will cause severe disruption to flights for the next 3 days | |
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| Mar.12 |
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BA cabin crew to strike this month
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| Dec.17 |
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British Airways cabin crew strike illegal High Court: A strike by British Airways cabin crew planned for Christmas has been declared illegal
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| Dec.16 |
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British Airways trying to block strike
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| Nov.20 |
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Vicks nasal spray recalled over bacteria
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| Nov.12 |
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British Airways, Iberia close to merger
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| Sep.5 |
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G20 pledges tougher bank action Finance ministers from the most powerful economies have agreed a series of measures to try to regulate the global banking system
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Brown: No room for economic complacency
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| Sep.4 |
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Bonus row opens up G20 divisions |
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| Apr.2 |
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G20 leaders seal $1tn global deal Leaders of the world's largest economies have reached an agreement to tackle the global financial crisis
| The resources available to IMF will be tripled to $750bn; $250bn to boost global trade. There will be sanctions against secretive tax havens and tougher global financial regulation
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| Apr.1 |
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G20 leaders get down to business |
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| Mar.14 |
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G20 leaders vow to restore growth | Finance ministers from the rich and emerging nations have pledged to make a 'sustained effort' to pull the world economy out of recession. Commitment to fight all forms of protectionism and maintain open ... | |
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| Mar.13 |
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G20 ministers meet amid divisions
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| Jan.31 |
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PM says 'no clear map' for crisis |
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| Jan.23 |
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UK in recession as economy slides
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| Dec.15 |
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Banks face huge losses from $50B 'scam'
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| Nov.24 |
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Darling cuts VAT in pre-Budget |
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| Nov.6 |
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UK interest rates slashed to 3% |
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| Oct.13 |
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European markets surge after crisis talks. European Union
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| Oct.8 |
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World's central banks slash interest rates The leading economies, led by the U.S. and the UK, slashed interest rates to tackle the global financial crisis after days of stock market l...
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| Sep.16 |
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World markets continue to slide New York: In the first hour of trading on Wall Street, the Dow was down 41.85, or 0.38%, to 10,875.66. It fell as much as 175 in the opening minutes
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| Jul.23 |
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UK move to fight online music piracy |
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| Apr.18 |
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Bank £50bn mortgage rescue plan |
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| Mar.27 |
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Delays, protests as Heathrow's T5 opens A protest by campaigners opposed to the expansion of the airport and luggage delivery delays have overshadowed the opening of Terminal 5
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| Dec.12 |
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UK welcomes world cash injection |
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| Nov.20 |
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Bank data of 25 millions missing |
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| Aug.15 |
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World markets continue to slide
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| Aug.10 |
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Central banks pour money into system
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| Oct.30 |
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Warming 'may cause economic chaos' A top economist: Climate change could devastate the global economy on a scale of the 2 world wars
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| Jul.26 |
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Glaxo has bird flu 'breakthrough' |
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| Aug.11 |
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Thousands stranded by air strike |
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| Jun.11 |
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G8 ministers back Africa debt deal| Finance ministers have agreed to cancel up to $55 billion worth of debt owed by the world's poorest nations | |
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| Oct.24 |
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Last Concorde flights touch down
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| Apr.9 |
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Concorde services to end October
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| Feb.17 |
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Congestion charge cuts traffic levels |
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| Nov.7 |
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Concorde back in business Paris: Air France Concorde, with 92 passengers took off from Paris for the flight to New York
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| 2012 |
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| Dec.10 |
HSBC 'to pay $1.9bn' in US deal HSBC is to pay US authorities $1.9bn (£1.2bn) in a settlement over money-laundering, say reports, the largest ever in such a case
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| Nov.26 |
Canadian to be new UK Bank governor
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| Aug.15 |
Banking giant pays $340M to settle laundering charges
| 2011 |
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| Sep.16 |
UBS trader charged with fraud |
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| Aug.1 |
HSBC to axe 30,000 global jobs |
| 2009 |
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| Sep.5 |
G20 pledges tougher bank action Finance ministers from the most powerful economies have agreed a series of measures to try to regulate the global banking system
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| Sep.4 |
Bonus row opens up G20 divisions |
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| Mar.13 |
G20 ministers meet amid divisions
| 2008 |
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| Dec.15 |
Banks face huge losses from $50B 'scam'
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| Nov.24 |
Darling cuts VAT in pre-Budget |
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| Nov.6 |
UK interest rates slashed to 3% |
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| Oct.8 |
World's central banks slash interest rates The leading economies, led by the U.S. and the UK, slashed interest rates to tackle the global financial crisis after days of stock market l...
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| Apr.18 |
Bank £50bn mortgage rescue plan |
| 2007 |
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| Dec.12 |
UK welcomes world cash injection |
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| Nov.20 |
Bank data of 25 millions missing |
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| Aug.10 |
Central banks pour money into system
| 2005 |
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| Jun.11 |
G8 ministers back Africa debt deal| Finance ministers have agreed to cancel up to $55 billion worth of debt owed by the world's poorest nations | |
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| 2009 |
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| Nov.12 |
British Airways, Iberia close to merger
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| 2009 |
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| Nov.20 |
Vicks nasal spray recalled over bacteria
| 2006 |
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| Jul.26 |
Glaxo has bird flu 'breakthrough' |
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| 2008 |
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| Oct.13 |
European markets surge after crisis talks. European Union
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| Sep.16 |
World markets continue to slide New York: In the first hour of trading on Wall Street, the Dow was down 41.85, or 0.38%, to 10,875.66. It fell as much as 175 in the opening minutes
| 2007 |
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| Aug.15 |
World markets continue to slide
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| 2011 |
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| Jun.30 |
British labor strikes could cause chaos Hundreds of thousands of British teachers, air traffic controllers, customs officers and other public sector workers went on strike
| 2010 |
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| Mar.19 |
BA cabin crew begin strike action| British Airways cabin crew have begun strike action that will cause severe disruption to flights for the next 3 days | |
| 2009 |
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| Dec.17 |
British Airways cabin crew strike illegal High Court: A strike by British Airways cabin crew planned for Christmas has been declared illegal
| 2005 |
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| Aug.11 |
Thousands stranded by air strike |
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| 2012 |
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| Aug.14 |
BBC boss to head New York Times
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| May.1 |
UK lawmakers: Murdoch not fit to run business |
| 2011 |
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| Jul.13 |
News Corp withdraws bid for BSkyB Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has announced that it is dropping its planned bid to take full ownership of satellite broadcaster BSkyB
|
| Jul.9 |
NoW goes to presses for last time The last edition of the News of the World is being published, its front page declaring: 'Thank you & goodbye'
|
| Jul.7 |
Hacking scandal spurs paper's closing The embattled tabloid News of the World, one of the oldest and best-selling newspapers in Britain, will shut down after Sunday's issue
| This Sunday's issue will be the last edition of the paper, News International chairman James Murdoch says. The announcement follows accusations that the paper eavesdropped on the phone messages of murder and terror victims, politicians and celebrities
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| 2011 |
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| Sep.29 |
UK Navy making first 1,000 job cuts |
|
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| 2009 |
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| Jan.31 |
PM says 'no clear map' for crisis |
|
| Jan.23 |
UK in recession as economy slides
| 2006 |
|
| Oct.30 |
Warming 'may cause economic chaos' A top economist: Climate change could devastate the global economy on a scale of the 2 world wars
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|
| 2012 |
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| Aug.31 |
Russian oligarchs end $4.75bn UK court battle Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich has won his legal battle against exiled Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky
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| 2012 |
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| Jul.16 |
Heathrow braces as Olympics land
| 2010 |
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| Dec.20 |
Europe is digging airports out of snow Frustrated passengers crammed major airports as heavy snowfall forced new cancellations and delays across the continent. Gatwick was closed
|
| May.17 |
UK ash cloud restrictions easing
|
| May.16 |
Ash cloud to close Heathrow and Gatwick Britain's two busiest airports are to close shortly as a volcanic ash cloud drifts further south, threatening major disruption to thousands of...
|
| Mar.20 |
BA cancels nearly half of flights amid strike British Airways was operating roughly half its flights despite a three-day strike by cabin crew that started at midnight
|
| Mar.12 |
BA cabin crew to strike this month
| 2009 |
|
| Dec.16 |
British Airways trying to block strike
| 2008 |
|
| Mar.27 |
Delays, protests as Heathrow's T5 opens A protest by campaigners opposed to the expansion of the airport and luggage delivery delays have overshadowed the opening of Terminal 5
| 2003 |
|
| Oct.24 |
Last Concorde flights touch down
|
| Apr.9 |
Concorde services to end October
| 2001 |
|
| Nov.7 |
Concorde back in business Paris: Air France Concorde, with 92 passengers took off from Paris for the flight to New York
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| 2003 |
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| Feb.17 |
Congestion charge cuts traffic levels |
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| 2013 |
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| Apr. 21 |
Russian Alisher Usmanov tops British rich list After eight years at the top of an annual survey of the wealthiest people in Britain, steel magnate Mittal has conceded his place
| 2012 |
|
| Nov.9 |
Ex-oil executive named archbishop of Canterbury
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| Jul.21 |
Murdoch resigns as News International director
|
| Jul.3 |
Barclays Bank boss Diamond resigns Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond has resigned a week after the bank was fined a record amount for trying to manipulate inter-bank lending rates
|
| Jul.1 |
Barclays chairman to quit over rate fix
|
| Jun.28 |
Barclays boss: I will not resign
|
| Feb.29 |
James Murdoch quits UK newspapers |
| 2011 |
|
| Jul.15 |
Murdoch apologizes as deputies resign Two key executives in the media empire resigned, and their former boss began a series of apologies in the phone-hacking scandal
|
| Jul.10 |
Murdoch in UK amid BSkyB pressure |
| 2010 |
|
| Jul.26 |
BP boss set for £600,000 pension
|
|
| 2013 |
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| Feb.21 |
London Shard firm oversees Saudi tower
|
|
| 2009 |
|
| Sep.5 |
Brown: No room for economic complacency
|
| Apr.2 |
G20 leaders seal $1tn global deal Leaders of the world's largest economies have reached an agreement to tackle the global financial crisis
| The resources available to IMF will be tripled to $750bn; $250bn to boost global trade. There will be sanctions against secretive tax havens and tougher global financial regulation
|
| |
|
| Apr.1 |
G20 leaders get down to business |
|
| Mar.14 |
G20 leaders vow to restore growth | Finance ministers from the rich and emerging nations have pledged to make a 'sustained effort' to pull the world economy out of recession. Commitment to fight all forms of protectionism and maintain open ... | |
|
|
| 2013 |
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| Jan.24 |
Ukraine and Shell sign gas deal. Kiev
|
|
| 2008 |
|
| Jul.23 |
UK move to fight online music piracy |
|
|
| 2011 |
|
| Jan.14 |
BP and Russia in Arctic oil deal
| 2010 |
|
| Mar.29 |
Falklands blow for UK oil company
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