International Business News http://ibtimes.co.uk All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://ibtimes.co.uk/ http://ibtimes.co.uk/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Retail sales fell less than expected in June as a strong showing from grocers offset weakness in clothing and household goods stores, a survey showed on Wednesday. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/3634-oxford-circus.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20160626/june-retail-sales.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20160626/june-retail-sales.htm Sun, 26 Jun 2016 06:52:34 EDT Chinese regulators have approved Royal Bank of Scotland's (RBS) move to buy an almost twenty per cent stake in Suzhou Trust, sources with direct knowledge of the situation say. http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20100627/rbs-suzhou-trust-approval-stake.htm Sun, 27 Jun 2010 10:22:52 EDT The FTSE 100 index is seen opening down as much as 6.7 percent on Friday, according to financial bookmakers, as investors continue to fret about the parlous state of the global banking system. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4627-the-london-stock-exchange.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081010/ftse-100-share-index-friday.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081010/ftse-100-share-index-friday.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:25:33 EDT Engineer Renishaw posted a 75 percent rise in first-quarter profit and said it was encouraged by the continuing strength of its order book, despite worldwide economic conditions. http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081010/renishaw-first-quarter-results-profit.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:23:02 EDT The competition watchdog believes the market for retail payment protection insurance needs improving because there is little competition between providers and limited ability for shoppers to find alternatives. http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081010/watchdog-retail-payment-protection.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:20:22 EDT The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday it was ready to lend to countries hit by the global credit crunch and had activated an emergency financing mechanism first used in the 1990s Asian crisis. http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081010/international-monetary-fund-emergency-bailouts.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:17:10 EDT The world's economic powers came under pressure to act boldly to halt financial distress as panic selling clenched Asian markets on Friday and anxiety spread over an expected global economic recession. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4626-trader.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081010/financial-crisis-asia-stocks.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081010/financial-crisis-asia-stocks.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:14:56 EDT Chancellor Alistair Darling appealed on Friday for new ideas to tackle the global financial crisis, urging speedier international coordination and a shift in focus for the International Monetary Fund. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4625-alistair-darling.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081010/alistair-darling-financial-crisis-ideas.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081010/alistair-darling-financial-crisis-ideas.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:12:21 EDT For nearly three weeks, investors who bet on falling stock prices have been prohibited from short selling more than 950 companies under an experiment by securities regulators to restore equilibrium to a fragile financial system. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4624-investors.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081010/markets-short-sellers-stock.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081010/markets-short-sellers-stock.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:08:38 EDT Don't expect the G7 to get in the way of the U.S. dollar's rally even if global finance leaders can agree to boost liquidity and ease the global credit crunch that has fuelled demand for the greenback. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4623-g-7.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081010/dollar-rally-meeting.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081010/dollar-rally-meeting.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:04:16 EDT Apple Inc is expected to unveil new laptop computers next week, issuing invitations on Thursday to an October 14 event that say "The Spotlight turns to notebooks." http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4622-steve-jobs.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081010/apple-laptops.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081010/apple-laptops.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:59:58 EDT Turmoil in global financial markets is forcing pension fund trustees to put off pursuing a buyout for their schemes, leaving volatile pension risks on company balance sheets, industry executives say. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4621-pensioners.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081010/credit-crisis-pension-buyout-slump.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081010/credit-crisis-pension-buyout-slump.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:57:03 EDT Oil prices fell five percent to $82 a barrel, a one-year low, as fears that market turmoil will send demand for fuel slumping outweighed news that OPEC will hold an emergency meeting in November. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4620-petrol-pumps.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081010/oil-prices-friday.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081010/oil-prices-friday.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:53:25 EDT Citigroup abandoned its brief but acrimonious battle with Wells Fargo & Co over Wachovia Corp, one of the United States' largest banks, losing out on a deal crucial to strengthening its retail banking business but vowing to pursue up to $60 billion (35 billion pounds) in legal claims. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4619-wells-fargo.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081010/citigroup-wells-fargo-wachovia-talks.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081010/citigroup-wells-fargo-wachovia-talks.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:50:17 EDT Police used tear gas and water cannon to try and stamp out clashes between Jews and Arabs in Israel's northern coastal city of Acre Thursday, officials said. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4618-israeli-police.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081010/jews-arabs-conflict-israel-acre.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081010/jews-arabs-conflict-israel-acre.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:45:02 EDT Oscar-nominated teen actress Saoirse Ronan likes the sound of being a rising star. http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081010/saoirse-ronan.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:41:20 EDT French author Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, a globetrotting novelist hailed as a child of all continents, won the Nobel prize for literature on Thursday. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4617-jean-marie-gustave-le-clezio.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081010/jean-marie-gustave-clezio-nobel-prize-literature.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081010/jean-marie-gustave-clezio-nobel-prize-literature.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:35:13 EDT Apple has swept the board at Britain's T3 technology magazine's annual awards, winning four top prizes, including gadget of the year for its iPod Touch. http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081010/apple-ipod-touch-gadget.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:29:41 EDT A diplomatic row broke out between Iceland and Britain Thursday over how to deal with hundreds of millions of pounds of British deposits trapped in collapsed Icelandic banks. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4616-prime-minister-geir-haarde.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081010/iceland-row-bank-deposits.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081010/iceland-row-bank-deposits.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:27:32 EDT Serbia's neighbours Montenegro and Macedonia recognised Kosovo on Thursday in a blow to Belgrade's efforts to counter the secession of its former province. http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081010/kosovo-montenegro-macedonia-recognition.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:23:17 EDT