http://www.earthtimes.org The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with business news that matters en-us PHP/4.4.4 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276057,metal-prices-from-london-commodities-exchange-3-july-2009.html London - Final prices in dollars per ton - cash and forward. Also given are the previous trading day's quotations.cash                    forward Copper      4,975.00 ( 4,987.50)      4,990.00 ( 5,002.50) Lead        1,675.50 ( 1,688.50)      1,697.5... UK,Business Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:23:40 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276057,metal-prices-from-london-commodities-exchange-3-july-2009.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276056,london-stock-exchange-quotations-3-july-2009.html London - Closing prices in pence on the London Stock Exchange. In brackets, movement and percentage change against the previous quotation.... UK,Business Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:17:49 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276056,london-stock-exchange-quotations-3-july-2009.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275975,london-oil-broker-suspends-rogue-trader-after-unauthorized-deals.html London - A rogue trader at a London oil broker caused his employer to lose 6 million pounds (10 million dollars) after making unauthorized trades, the company concerned said in a statement Friday. PVM Oil Futures said it had been a victim of unautho... UK,Business Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:59:38 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275975,london-oil-broker-suspends-rogue-trader-after-unauthorized-deals.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275921,metal-prices-from-london-commodities-exchange-2-july-2009.html London - Final prices in dollars per ton - cash and forward. Also given are the previous trading day's quotations.cash                    forward... UK,Business Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:05:37 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275921,metal-prices-from-london-commodities-exchange-2-july-2009.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275920,london-stock-exchange-quotations-2-july-2009.html London - Closing prices in pence on the London Stock Exchange. In brackets, movement and percentage change against the previous quotation.... UK,Business Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:59:45 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275920,london-stock-exchange-quotations-2-july-2009.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275726,london-stock-exchange-quotations-1-july-2009.html London - Closing prices in pence on the London Stock Exchange. In brackets movement and percentage change against the previous quotation.... UK,Business Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:53:46 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275726,london-stock-exchange-quotations-1-july-2009.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275701,ba-chief-in-gamble-over-recession-busting-deal--feature.html London - One of BA's more eye-catching PR-photos shows Willie Walsh, the 47-year-old chief executive of the British airline, reclining on a comfortable airbed in the top-range business class. Much promoted by him as the luxury alternative for high-pa... UK,Business Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:23:36 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275701,ba-chief-in-gamble-over-recession-busting-deal--feature.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275687,ba-dispute-hardens-after-end-of-direct-talks--summary.html London - Direct talks between British Airways (BA) and trade unions on long-term cost-cutting measures were deadlocked Wednesday, raising the spectre of industrial action over the summer months. BA said it had called in the conciliation service Acas ... UK,Business Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:29:39 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275687,ba-dispute-hardens-after-end-of-direct-talks--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275645,ba-deal-over-pay-and-conditions-in-jeopardy-after-deadline-passes.html London - Talks between British Airways (BA) and trade union representatives over pay and long-term cost-cutting measures appeared to be deadlocked Wednesday, raising the spectre of industrial action over the summer months, reports said. BA Wednesday ... UK,Business Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:23:47 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275645,ba-deal-over-pay-and-conditions-in-jeopardy-after-deadline-passes.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275558,bp-wins-rights-to-major-iraqi-oil-field--summary.html Baghdad - A group led by British Petroleum (BP)on Tuesday won rights to develop Iraq's Rumaila oil field, the largest of six oil fields on offer in a two-day bidding war in Baghdad. BP and China's CNPC won the rights to develop the largest of six oil... UK,Business Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:47:38 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275558,bp-wins-rights-to-major-iraqi-oil-field--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275554,london-stock-exchange-quotations-30-june-2009.html London - Closing prices in pence on the London Stock Exchange. In brackets movement and percentage change against the previous quotation.... UK,Business Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:23:33 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275554,london-stock-exchange-quotations-30-june-2009.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275486,more-jobs-to-go-at-lloyds-banking-group-after-merger.html London - Britain's Lloyds Banking Group announced a further 2,100 job cuts Tuesday, bringing to 7,000 the job losses since the completion of Lloyds' merger with ailing bank HBOS in January. The new banking giant, created in a government-backed link-u... UK,Business Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:17:43 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275486,more-jobs-to-go-at-lloyds-banking-group-after-merger.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275461,british-economy-contracts-in-first-quarter.html London - The British economy contracted by 2.4 per cent in the first quarter of 2009, representing its biggest quarterly decline in more than 50 years, statistics showed Tuesday. The decline was more severe than the earlier estimate of a 1.9- per-cen... UK,Business Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:59:43 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275461,british-economy-contracts-in-first-quarter.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275369,london-stock-exchange-quotations-29-june-2009.html London - Closing prices in pence on the London Stock Exchange. In brackets movement and percentage change against the previous quotation.... UK,Business Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:56:42 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275369,london-stock-exchange-quotations-29-june-2009.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275248,report-vodafone-interested-in-t-mobile-uk-purchase.html London - Vodafone, the world's largest mobile phone company by profits, is considering an offer for T-Mobile UK, according to a report in Monday's Financial Times. The report said Vodafone would also consider a joint venture with the company, the Bri... UK,Business Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:41:36 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275248,report-vodafone-interested-in-t-mobile-uk-purchase.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275028,london-stock-exchange-quotations-26-june-2009.html London - Closing prices in pence on the London Stock Exchange. In brackets. movement and percentage change against the previous quotation.... UK,Business Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:29:44 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275028,london-stock-exchange-quotations-26-june-2009.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274937,unofficial-strike-series-in-britain-ends-after-refinery-deal.html London - A series of unofficial strikes at a Total-owned oil refinery in Britain came to an end Friday after a deal was agreed to resolve a bitter row over job guarantees. Employers and trade union leaders at the Lindsey plant, in Lincolnshire, easte... UK,Business Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:53:41 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274937,unofficial-strike-series-in-britain-ends-after-refinery-deal.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274869,london-stock-exchange-quotations-25-june-2009.html London - Closing prices in pence on the London Stock Exchange. In brackets, movement and percentage change against the previous quotation.FT-100 Index    4,252.57(- 27.41)(- 0.64%)... UK,Business Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:23:39 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274869,london-stock-exchange-quotations-25-june-2009.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274844,british-airways-gets-fantastic-response-to-cost-cutting-drive.html London - British Airways Thursday reported a fantastic response to a management cost-cutting appeal, with 800 staff saying they were ready to work without pay for a month. The loss-making airline said that almost 7,000 staff had applied for volunta... UK,Business Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:47:40 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274844,british-airways-gets-fantastic-response-to-cost-cutting-drive.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274842,tata-owned-corus-cuts-2000-steel-jobs-in-britain--summary.html London - Indian-owned steel giant Corus Thursday announced an additional 2,000 job cuts in Britain following a further deterioration in steel demand in Europe and the US. The company said the majority of the job losses would be at three major sites... UK,Business Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:35:39 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274842,tata-owned-corus-cuts-2000-steel-jobs-in-britain--summary.html