United Kingdom News
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European stocks were little changed, after the benchmark Stoxx Europe 600 Index yesterday extended its highest level since June 2008.
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British Prime Minister David Cameron rejected the suggestion that his proposal to support a bill authorizing a referendum on European Union membership reflected panic over a rebellion in his Conservative Party.
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The pound weakened for a fourth day against the dollar on speculation investors cut their holdings of the U.K. currency before the Bank of England presents its updated inflation forecasts tomorrow.
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Bilfinger SE posted a 31 percent drop in first-quarter profit as Europe’s harsh winter and stuttering economy stunted earnings at Germany’s second-largest builder.
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A U.K. challenge to overturn parts of a short-selling law that would allow bans on naked credit- default swaps tied to sovereign debt will be heard by the European Union’s top court on June 11.
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Following is the text of a lecture Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney is delivering today in Edmonton. Footnotes and charts have been removed.
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The following is the text of Canada’s international merchandise trade report for March from Statistics Canada.
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Eni SpA, Italy’s biggest oil company, said first-quarter profit fell 42 percent on falling oil prices and halts to production in Nigeria, Libya and the United Kingdom.
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Three British men were sentenced to as much as nine years and nine months in jail for preparing to commit terrorist acts in the U.K. and abroad.
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United Parcel Service Inc. posted higher first-quarter earnings than analysts estimated as the world’s largest package-delivery company carried more purchases to online shoppers.
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