Northern Rock fattens up for sale The Times | Northern Rock has begun offering mortgages to existing customers again - for the first time since the bank was nationalised in 2007. The move comes as the government prepares Northern Rock for a possible sale as early as the autumn. | Customers coming to the end of discounted deals are being quiet...
HK lawmakers discuss Disney expansion plan Philadelphia Daily News | The Associated Press | HONG KONG - Hong Kong lawmakers said Saturday they would be unwilling to approve a plan to expand the city's Disneyland unless the government and Walt Disney Co. tell them how the theme park has performed since it opened in 2005. | Walt Disney and Hong Kong last week agreed ...
Stores close, sites stay open Ohio | Circuit City. Linens 'N Things. Bombay Co. They're all out of business, their stores shuttered, many employees laid off. | But according to their old Web sites, they're all still selling, or planning to sell, the same stuff they always did - everyt...
Aviva keen on raising FDI in Indian venture to 49 pc The Times Of India | Text: NEW DELHI: A day before Budget, UK-based insurance firm Aviva on Sunday said it is keen on raising FDI to 49 per cent in the Indian venture subject to policy liberation. | "Both Dabur and ...
After loss, a fresh start The News & Observer | Tim Bannister had to shut down the family business in February. | It was heart-wrenching. | For more than three decades Cary Printing provided services to customers including Glaxo SmithKline, SAS and Burt's Bees. But the recession sapped sales, an...
Centrica set to make £1bn hostile bid for rival Venture Production The Independent | British Gas owner Centrica is expected to make a hostile £1bn-plus bid for Venture Production, the oil and gas production company. | Sources say Centrica is gearing up for a hostile offer of at least 850p a share for its rival, but Venture is said ...
PLDT taps Meralco for new venture Inquirer | Most Read Business Tata of India to open call center in RP Aim to retire with no debts PLDT taps Meralco for new venture Metrobank boosts loan activities Land of compromise Pilte...
GM ends joint Calif. venture with Toyota Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | NEW YORK -- General Motors Corp. said yesterday that it was ending its joint venture with Toyota Motor Corp. at a Fremont, Calif., manufacturing plant, bringing to a close the fi...
HK lawmakers discuss Disney expansion plan Kansas City Star More News | Hong Kong lawmakers said Saturday they would be unwilling to approve a plan to expand the city's Disneyland unless the government and Walt Disney Co. tell them how the theme park has performed since it opened in 2005. | Walt Disney and Ho...
HK lawmakers discuss Disney expansion plan The State | HONG KONG -- Hong Kong lawmakers said Saturday they would be unwilling to approve a plan to expand the city's Disneyland unless the government and Walt Disney Co. tell them how the theme park has performed since it opened in 2005. | Walt Disney and...
Hong Kong lawmakers discuss plan to expand Disneyland Star Tribune | HONG KONG - Hong Kong lawmakers said Saturday they would be unwilling to approve a plan to expand the city's Disneyland unless the government and Walt Disney Co. tell them how the theme park has performed since it opened in 2005. | Walt Disney and ...
Madoff's wife kicked out of Manhattan penthouse Daily Star Lebanon | Saturday, July 04, 2009 | - Powered by | Larry Neumeister | Associated Press | NEW YORK: Federal marshals seized disgraced financier Bernard Madoff's $7 million Manhattan penthouse on Thursday and forced his wife to move out and leave her possessions behind, including a fur coat she had asked to take with her, an official told The Associated Pres...
Tenants left homeless by defaulting landlords The Independent | Tenants may like to think themselves immune to the property crash, but substantial increases in the number of landlords in arrears has put more renters at risk of losing their homes too. | When landlords struggle to meet their mortgage payments, lenders are able to seek court orders for possession, whether the properties are occupied or not. Tena...
