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 Bookmakers expected European shares to fall on Wednesday, tracking U.S. and Asian stocks on global recession fears even as money markets continued to thaw. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4672-the-london-stock-exchange.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081015/ftse-100-share-index-wednesday.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081015/ftse-100-share-index-wednesday.htm Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:25:05 EDT Software group Autonomy Corporation beat market expectations by posting adjusted pretax profit of $53.7 million (30.7 million pounds) for the third quarter on Wednesday, and said it was confident about its outlook. http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081015/autonomy-third-quarter-profit-results.htm Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:23:11 EDT Publishing group Pearson said its adjusted 2008 earnings per share should be towards the top end of current market estimates if the dollar maintains gains versus sterling. http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081015/pearson-earnings.htm Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:21:28 EDT More Britons are expected to have joined the dole queue in September than in any month since December 1992 as the economic slowdown deals the job market an increasingly heavy blow. http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081015/jobless-unemployment-september-unemployed.htm Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:20:14 EDT Oil fell on Wednesday but held above $78, as traders' fears of a global recession just about outweighed optimism for an economic recovery spurred by bank rescue schemes. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4671-petrol-pumps.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081015/oil-prices-wednesday.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081015/oil-prices-wednesday.htm Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:18:32 EDT Recession fears returned to centre stage on Wednesday after trillions of dollars pledged for bank bailouts from Europe to Asia helped allay fears of an imminent financial meltdown. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4670-henry-paulson-and-ben-bernanke.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081015/recession-fear-asia-bank-bail-outs.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081015/recession-fear-asia-bank-bail-outs.htm Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:16:20 EDT A looming global recession could make even aggressive members of OPEC more tolerant of cheaper oil, but the group still needs to cut output by early next year to control swelling stocks and insure against a price collapse. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4669-chakib-khelil.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081015/opec-recession-price.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081015/opec-recession-price.htm Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:10:32 EDT Private equity bosses expect the financial crisis to get worse before it gets better, with soaring borrowing costs and stress in their portfolio companies the big concerns. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4668-london.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081015/private-equity-executives-deals.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081015/private-equity-executives-deals.htm Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:04:16 EDT Apple on Tuesday cut the price on its entry-level notebook computer to $999 (572 pounds) and introduced a line of aluminium-clad machines starting at $1,299 in moves catering to budget-minded buyers at a time when recession fears loom over the global economy. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4667-macbook-notebook.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081015/apple-notebook-computers-price.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081015/apple-notebook-computers-price.htm Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:58:54 EDT Gloom in the housing market, where data showed confidence at a record low on Tuesday, is not expected to lift in the short term, as it will take time for the government's plan to bail out banks to feed through. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4666-signs.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081015/mortgage-market-bail-out.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081015/mortgage-market-bail-out.htm Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:53:22 EDT Asian stocks fell and gold rose on Wednesday on investor worries of lower corporate earnings in a weakening global economy, even as money markets continued to heal gradually. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4665-nikkei.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081015/asia-stocks-shares-recession-wednesday.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081015/asia-stocks-shares-recession-wednesday.htm Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:34:51 EDT Retailer Marks & Spencer said on Wednesday it is preparing to expand into the household gas and electricity supply market following a partnership with utility Scottish & Southern Energy. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4664-marks-spencer.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081015/marks-spencer-household-power-market.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081015/marks-spencer-household-power-market.htm Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:28:09 EDT Talks between Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai aimed at rescuing a power-sharing deal ended without agreement on Tuesday but will resume on Wednesday, Tsvangirai said. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4663-morgan-tsvangirai.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081015/zimbabwe-power-sharing-deal-mdc.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081015/zimbabwe-power-sharing-deal-mdc.htm Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:21:32 EDT Debut Indian novelist Aravind Adiga on Tuesday won the Man Booker Prize, one of the world's most prestigious literary awards, with "The White Tiger." http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081015/arvind-adiga-booker-prize-the-white-tiger.htm Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:15:57 EDT Two housekeepers working at the English mansion belonging to David Beckham and his wife Victoria have been arrested on suspicion of stealing memorabilia belonging to the soccer star, media reports said on Tuesday. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4662-david-and-victoria-beckham.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081015/beckham-staff-theft-mansion.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081015/beckham-staff-theft-mansion.htm Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:13:32 EDT Security minister Alan West warned on Tuesday that the threat of another major terrorist attack was "huge" and a "great plot" was building. http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081015/security-minister-terrorist-ploy-alan-west.htm Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:00:21 EDT Prime Minister Gordon Brown will on Wednesday urge Europe to follow up action to revive the banking system with changes to the architecture of the financial system to avoid a repeat of the credit crunch. http://ibtimes.co.uk/data/articleimgs/4661-the-cabinet.jpg http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081015/gordon-brown-credit-crisis-financial.htm http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081015/gordon-brown-credit-crisis-financial.htm Wed, 15 Oct 2008 06:57:20 EDT On a computer monitor in his office in the high-tech hub of Bangalore, Indian radiologist Arjun Kalyanpur examines a scan of the skull of a six-year-old boy who fell off his bicycle. http://ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20081015/teleradiology-remote-medicine.htm Wed, 15 Oct 2008 06:53:47 EDT