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  • BP boss scaling back oil effort
    Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:25:03 +0000
    The incoming BP chief executive has said it is time to scale back some parts of the oil spill clean-up in the Gulf of Mexico.
  • Fugitive Nadir will stand trial
    Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:59:17 +0000
    Fugitive Polly Peck tycoon Asil Nadir, who fled to northern Cyprus in 1993, confirms he will come back to the UK to stand trail on theft charges.
  • Airbus firm EADS lifts output aim
    Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:31:18 +0000
    Airbus parent firm EADS says it is confident about future orders, despite reporting a fall in second-quarter earnings.
  • Immigrant worker limit criticised
    Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:07:39 +0000
    Government plans to limit the number of skilled foreign workers allowed into the UK are criticised by the Lord Mayor of London.

Citywire News

  • The CFDealer: two stocks to buy, one to sell
    Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:34:31 +0100
    Flushed with the success of my tips and recent bid targets SSL International and Dimension Data, here are three more ideas for active investors.
  • The man who wants to save child trust funds
    Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:23:24 +0100
    A campaign is growing to save child trust funds from the scrap heap. Do you agree parents and family should be allowed to continue saving into the schemes for children, even if the government stops handing out free money?
  • Keydata tax liability grows to £12m
    Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:59:25 +0100
    HM Revenue and Customs has made a £12 million tax claim against Keydata Investment Services for its breach of ISA rules, according to the Financial Services Authority.

BBC News

  • Balding complains over sex jibe
    Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:10:49 +0000
    Sports presenter Clare Balding makes an official complaint to the Press Complaints Commission over an article which mocked her sexuality.
  • Anderson puts England in command
    Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:52:22 +0000
    Birthday boy James Anderson produces a superb bowling display to put England on top in the first Test against Pakistan at Trent Bridge.
  • Ennis makes strong start at Euros
    Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:48:24 +0000
    Britain's Jessica Ennis gets her bid for European heptathlon gold off to a strong start by winning the 100m hurdles and the high jump events in Barcelona.

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