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 Angelina Jolie, an advocate for adoption, was determined never to get pregnant until Brad Pitt came along and changed her mind, the actress said in a magazine interview. http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081011/angelina-jolie-brad-pitt-children.htm Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:30:39 EDT Pop star Britney Spears plans to set the record straight about her personal and professional woes in a documentary to be aired shortly before the release of her new album "Circus" in December. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4631-britney-spears.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081011/britney-spears-documentary-circus.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081011/britney-spears-documentary-circus.htm Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:25:54 EDT Entrepreneur Sir Philip Green is in talks in Iceland about investing up to 2 billion sterling in the Baugur retail group, the Financial Times reported on Saturday. http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081011/philip-green-baugur-group-investing.htm Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:19:28 EDT A British woman and her daughter drowned late on Thursday in a flash flood in the Spanish region of Valencia, the local government said on Friday. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4630-spain.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081011/british-women-spain-flash-flood-die.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081011/british-women-spain-flash-flood-die.htm Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:16:36 EDT U.S.-led coalition and Afghan troops killed nine militants in overnight clashes in southern and central Afghanistan, the U.S. military said on Saturday. http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081011/forces-afghanistan-militnats-battle.htm Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:07:01 EDT Austrian far-right leader Joerg Haider, a charismatic populist who helped thrust anti-immigrant politics into the European mainstream, was killed in a car accident on Saturday. http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081011/joerg-haider-austria-leader-dies.htm Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:04:10 EDT North Korean state TV broadcast pictures of Kim Jong-il on Saturday as the reclusive country stepped up its campaign to show its leader was healthy after reports surfaced last month he may have suffered a stroke. http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081011/north-korea-kim-jong.htm Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:55:55 EDT An Alaska ethics inquiry found on Friday that Gov. Sarah Palin, the U.S. Republican vice presidential candidate, abused her authority by pressuring subordinates to fire a state trooper involved in a feud with her family. http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081011/sarah-palin-abuse-power-inquiry.htm Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:42:58 EDT Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has allocated three important government ministries to his ZANU-PF party, angering the opposition and threatening a power-sharing deal. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4629-president-robert-mugabe.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081011/zimbabwe-power-sharing-deal-ministries-zanu.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081011/zimbabwe-power-sharing-deal-ministries-zanu.htm Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:37:16 EDT The world's rich nations vowed on Friday to take all necessary steps to unfreeze credit markets and ensure banks can raise money but they offered no collective course of action to avert a deep global recession. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4628-mervyn-king-and-alistair-darling.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081011/credit-crisis-financial-crunch.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081011/credit-crisis-financial-crunch.htm Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:29:36 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