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(AFX UK Focus) 2006-09-12 16:19 GMT: UK gilts suffer further losses after Bla...
LONDON (AFX) - UK gilts fell further in afternoon trade after Prime Minister Tony Blair appeared to indicate that unemployment fell during August.
UK gilts suffer further losses after Blair hints at lower unemployment in Aug...
LONDON (AFX) - UK gilts fell further in afternoon trade after Prime Minister Tony Blair appeared to indicate that unemployment fell during August. "I think tomorrow we will see, for the first time in some months, a fall in unemployment," Blair told delegates at the TUC conference in Brighton.
Four appear in UK court on terrorism charges (Australian Broadcasting Corpora...
Four men charged with terrorism offences were ordered to be kept in custody after appearing in a British court on Tuesday, including one who is accused of undergoing terrorism training at a camp in southern England.
(AFX UK Focus) 2006-09-12 18:36 GMT: HP chair to step down in leak aftermath ...
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AFX) - Hewlett-Packard Chairwoman Patricia Dunn will step down in January and be succeeded by CEO Mark Hurd amid a widening scandal involving the computer and printer company's possibly illegal probe into media leaks.
Showtime: Nine UK stores confirmed (Macworld UK)
Apple Europe's Pascal Cagni confirmed new plans to focus on retail in Europe, promising a total of nine UK retail stores by the end of the year. Cagni also confirmed that Apple now has plans to create iPod listening posts offering direct access to iTunes in key stores and those of certain partners.
Chep UK workers to strike (Socialist Worker)
Workers at Chep UK in Pontefract, South Yorkshire, are to strike for five days from Monday. They have already struck for three days over pay, sackings and the general attitude of management. More than 120 staff from the pallet and container company, members of the GMB, are involved.
TCS Named as Awardee in $5 Billion World-Wide Satellite Systems Contract (SYS...
TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS)(NASDAQ: TSYS), a leading provider of mission-critical wirelesscommunications, today announced it has been selected by the U.S. Army'sWorld-Wide Satellite Systems (WWSS) Program Management Office toparticipate in a five-year, $5 billion World-Wide Satellite Systems (WWSS)Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. As one of onlysix prime
Revolutionary Intermec Intellibeam EX25 Scan Engine Uses Area Imaging Technol...
EVERETT, Wash.----Sept. 12, 2006--Intermec Inc. : First near-far scan engine to read 1D, 2D, composite and postal codes, eliminating need for multiple scanners First near-far scan engine to read bar codes in any orientation Imaging capabilities capture photos of damaged, expired or unsealed goods and proof-of-delivery documents
Japan's new prince named in ancient rite (AP via Yahoo! News)
Japan's long-awaited male heir to its Chrysanthemum throne was named Hisahito — meaning "virtuous, calm and everlasting" — in an age-old imperial rite in Tokyo on Tuesday.
CORRECTED: Sri Lanka government, rebels willing to talk (Reuters via Yahoo! N...
Removes references in paragraphs 21-22 to delivery of aid supplies being blocked in Jaffna, after World Food Programme corrected earlier statement to show small ships are offloading food aid from the vessel.
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