UK 'slightly happier than last year'

30 July 2013 Last updated at 10:50 ET

A UK-wide well-being survey has found "small improvements" in people's happiness over the year.

The proportion of people rating their life satisfaction as seven or more out of 10 rose from 75.9% to 77.0%, the Office for National Statistics said.

It said the Olympics and Diamond Jubilee may have "influenced people's assessment of their... well-being".

The survey is carried out to help the government develop policies to improve people's well-being.

The ONS also compared its data from 2007-2011 with European Union figures for that period and found that the British were happier than the French, Germans and Italians.

The UK ranked 10th for life satisfaction out of 27 EU countries, according to the European Quality of Life Survey, with an average rating of 7.3 out of 10 in 2011.

The ONS said the UK's rating was unchanged between 2007 and 2011, showing a "picture of stability" in contrast to a decline in happiness in many EU countries.

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It also showed a small reduction in anxiety levels, with the proportion of people rating their anxiety at a higher level of six or more out of 10 falling from 21.8% to 20.9%.

Women rated their anxiety levels higher than men. The average anxiety rating for women is 3.1 compared with 2.9 for men.

Yet on balance, women were found to have higher life satisfaction, consider their activities to be more worthwhile and rate their happiness slightly higher than men.

People aged 45 to 54 were the most dissatisfied, while younger people rated their happiness above average and retired people were the most content age group.

Married couples or those in civil partnerships rated their life satisfaction highest, with the average score at 7.8 out of 10. The ONS pointed out that this was higher than for cohabiting couples who reported an average of 7.6 out of 10.

Widowed and single people rated their life satisfaction lower than those in couples, at an average of 7.3 out of 10 and 7.2 out of 10 respectively.

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Happiness by relationship status

Average life satisfaction, 2012-13
Status	Score*
*Life satisfaction rated 0-10. Source: ONS
Married/Civil partnerships	7.8
Cohabiting	7.6
Widowed	7.3
Single	7.2
Divorced/separated	6.8

However, divorcees or separated people rated their life satisfaction lowest, at an average of 6.8 out of 10.

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The ONS said the reason for the small uptick in the nation's well-being between 2011/12 and 2012/13 was "not fully understood at this stage".

Though measuring happiness was "complex", the ONS said the factors most associated with personal well-being were health, employment situation and relationship status.

The survey found no significant changes in average ratings for life satisfaction for any of the self-reported health groups or among unemployed people - despite improvements in the labour market.

It did however identify an improvement in average ratings for life satisfaction among people in all relationship statuses.

The ONS said that over the past year, the UK had celebrated several special events, such as the Queen's Diamond Jubilee which included a special bank holiday and the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic games.

Glenn Everett, programme director for measuring national well-being at the ONS, said the events may have boosted well-being because they were perceived as "one-off", "once-in-a-lifetime" events.

"The other part is that Britain did well in the Olympics and the Paralympics," he said.

The first well-being survey was released by the ONS in 2012. Prime Minister David Cameron described it then as crucial to finding out what the government can do to "really improve lives" - but Labour ridiculed the survey as a "statement of the bleeding obvious".

The government maintained that it wanted to take into account quality of life alongside its "key priorities" of creating economic growth, jobs and opportunities.

A spokesman for the Cabinet Office said: "Finding out what will really improve lives and acting on it is important and having evidence will help us to find the best ways of doing so. Today's figures published by ONS are a welcome further step towards developing trusted and accepted national statistics for well-being to inform our decisions."

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Laser Communications Set for Moon Mission - SpaceRef

An advanced laser system offering vastly faster data speeds is now ready for linking with spacecraft beyond our planet following a series of crucial ground tests. Later this year, ESA's observatory in Spain will use the laser to communicate with a NASA Moon orbiter.

The laboratory testing paves the way for a live space demonstration in October, once NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer - LADEE - begins orbiting the Moon.

LADEE carries a terminal that can transmit and receive pulses of laser light. ESA's Optical Ground Station on Tenerife will be upgraded with a complementary unit and, together with two US ground terminals, will relay data at unprecedented rates using infrared light beams at a wavelength similar to that used in fiber-optic cables on Earth.

"The testing went as planned, and while we identified a number of issues, we'll be ready for LADEE's mid-September launch," says Zoran Sodnik, manager for ESA's Lunar Optical Communication Link project.

"Our ground station will join two NASA stations communicating with the LADEE Moon mission, and we aim to demonstrate the readiness of optical communication for future missions to Mars or anywhere else in the Solar System."

Artist's view of NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) observatory as it approaches lunar orbit. Credit: NASA.

Testing new European technology

The testing took place in July at a Zurich, Switzerland, facility owned by ESA's industrial partner RUAG and made use of a new detector and decoding system, a ranging system and a transmitter.

A NASA team, supported by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lincoln Laboratory and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, brought over their laser terminal simulator, while ESA together with RUAG and Axcon of Denmark set up the European equipment to test compatibility between the two sets of hardware.

"This interagency optical compatibility test was the first of its kind, and it established the uplink, downlink and the ranging measurement," says ESA's Klaus-Juergen Schulz, responsible for ground station systems at the European Space Operations Centre, Darmstadt.

The first laser link-up with LADEE is expected to be attempted four weeks after launch, around mid-October.

Laser pathways to future space communication

Laser communications at near-infrared wavelengths may be the way of the future when it comes to downloading massive amounts of data from spacecraft orbiting Earth, Mars or even more distant planets.

These units are lighter, smaller and need less power than today's radio systems, promising to cut mission costs and provide opportunities for new science payloads.

In addition, ESA has also developing satellite-to-satellite laser communications for its Alphasat and European Data Relay System missions (more information).

LADEE is currently scheduled to launch on September 6.

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Microsoft patents futuristic transparent laptop display

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Microsoft's drawing from its patent of a laptop with transparent display technology.

Your future computer may be able to do more than just detect your gestures and last longer on a charge. Microsoft has filed a patent for transparent display technology for laptops and mobile devices that can actually project holographic images right before your eyes.

In the patent?s claims, Microsoft describes a projection device that would be ?coupled to the mobile base for displaying the image,? which seems to be in reference to future cameras that will be built into devices. Additionally, the claims describe a transparent display that would come with a holographic optical element for directing images that are displayed by the projection device.

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The document describes various implementations of this type of technology, one of which could superimpose virtual images from augmented reality apps on to real-world environments. Microsoft hints that there could be a heads-up display accessory similar to Google Glass that would be used to navigate these apps.

?The mobile device may be used with pointing and telestration applications including but not limited to use as a portable heads-up display for an operator of the mobile device.?

The patent?s drawings depict a laptop with a projector in the keyboard deck. This component projects up through the notebook?s display panel and on to a surface beyond such as a wall. As shown in the drawing above, the user would look at the laptop?s display at the same angle and distance as you would when using a standard notebook, but the image would extend beyond the tangible screen.

This isn?t the first time we?ve heard of such plans from Microsoft, but the newly published patent shows that the company is pushing for this tech in laptops and mobile devices. Microsoft?s IllumiRoom concept for gaming details a similar system that would project images and scenes from the video game on your television onto the furniture and surfaces around you.

In a reportedly leaked Microsoft internal document from 2010, the company makes mention of an accessory called Kinect Shades that would accompany such a device, hinting that AR eyewear is in the works. Not too long ago, Microsoft posted a job listing that described telepresence technology for depicting virtual holograms in Skype conversations.

There?s no telling whether or not these technologies will hit the market, but the recently published patent is little short of a confirmation that Microsoft is diving deeper into perceptual computing.

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Men Need X Chromosome To Make More Men (And Women)

Genomic analysis of the human X chromosome shows that it evolved to have responsibilities in sperm production. Sophie Bushwick reports.

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It takes a Y chromosome to make a man. But that doesn't mean its counterpart, the X chromosome, plays no part. In fact, it has a big role in making sperm.

To study X evolution, researchers first sequenced the human chromosome more accurately than ever before. Then they compared the code to that of a mammal whose evolutionary lineage split from ours about 80 million years ago: the mouse.

It turns out that humans and mice share 95 percent of their X genes. This finding was no surprise. In the 1960s, biologist Susumu Ohno suggested the X chromosome would evolve slowly, and thus remain similar in most mammalian species. But some things did change over evolutionary time. Or rather, 144 things.

One-hundred-forty-four human X chromosome genes had no counterparts in mice. And these genes seemed to be constantly developing. Many of the genes remained dormant in females, only becoming active in tissues involved in sperm production. The study is in the journal Nature Genetics. [Jacob L. Mueller et al, Independent specialization of the human and mouse X chromosomes for the male germ line]

Clearly, the X chromosome Xceeds its feminine responsibilities. Which is Xcellent news for male fertility.

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SEC football practice starts; opening games less than a month away

(RNN) - Southeastern Conference football practices start Thursday, Aug. 1, signaling that we are less than a month away from actual football games.

Alabama looks for its third straight national title and the SEC seeks its eighth straight BCS title.

Here are the days the SEC teams begin practice:

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Gov. Rick Scott helps Golf Channel celebrate 88 new jobs

Gov. Rick Scott came to Orlando on Tuesday to help The Golf Channel celebrate the creation of 88 new jobs for which it received government incentives.

A spokesman for the Golf Channel said the network has added the new jobs primarily in digital media and had made a capital investment of $4.4 million.

Those figures exceed the requirements of two incentive deals the network made with Orlando and the state.

"The expansion has been consistent and steady but in the last couple of years since Golf Channel has been part of NBC Sports, we've really super-charged that growth," said Mike McCarley, president of NBC Golf Media. "Because of the pro-business, pro-growth environment that both the mayor and the governor have created, it's really helped us add more and more of the jobs to the Orlando area."

In exchange for creating 75 jobs and investing $1.9 million in capital improvements, the company is slated to receive $583,000 in government incentives under the Qualified Target Industry Tax Refund and the Quick Action Closing Fund, a discretionary pot of money controlled by the governor. It has also been approved for a $112,500 Quick Response Training Grant from Workforce Florida.

The jobs must have a minimum average annual salary of $75,000, not counting the value of benefits.

The popular cable TV network has been in expansion mode recently, including the construction of a new combination studio-newsroom earlier this year.

With a studio full of employees looking on, Scott praised the Golf Channel for its success and said the network's announcement brought Florida closer to adding the 700,000 jobs he promised during his campaign for governor three years ago.

"We're almost halfway there, with 333,000 jobs in two-and-a-half years," he said, flanked by economic development officials and politicians, including Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer. "I grew up in a family that struggled to have a job, so every time we announce jobs, it's a big deal, because more families can get to work."

Scott has made job creation the cornerstone both of his first term and for his re-election bid next year.

Kathy DeVault, director of strategic partnerships for the City of Orlando, said the positions were at risk of going to Stamford, Conn., where Golf Channel's parent company has a large presence.

Earlier Tuesday, Scott was in Flagler County to announce the expansion of Aveo Engineering, an electronics maker for the aerospace industry.

Scott said Aveo is planning a design and manufacturing facility in the county with 300 jobs and $7.5 million in capital investment.

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Angelina Jolie Highest Paid Actress - Business Insider

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Angelina Jolie is back in action, topping Forbes' list of Hollywood's Highest Paid Actresses.

Despite not appearing in a major motion picture since "The Tourist," almost three years ago, Jolie racked up $33 million between June 2012 and June 2013.

In that time, she privately battled a major health issue. She?had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it 87% likely she would get breast cancer.

The Oscar-winning actress and philanthropist is up $13 million from last year.

Actress Kristen Stewart landed on the top spot in 2012, thanks to the "Twilight" franchise, which ended its theater run in November. "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2" raked in more than $800 million worldwide.

Forbes predicts the vamp actress will slide off the list entirely next year, with the "Snow White and the Huntsman" sequel a ways away.

New to the list: Mila Kunis, who earned a combined $1 billion from "Ted" and "Oz: The Great and Powerful."

Here's the complete list of Hollywood's Highest Paid Actresses:

1. Angelina Jolie ? $33 million

2. Jennifer Lawrence ? $26 million

3. Kristen Stewart ? $22 million

4. Jennifer Aniston ? $20 million

5. Emma Roberts ? $16 million

6. Charlize Theron ? $15 million

7. Sandra Bullock ? $14 million

8. Natalie Portman ? $14 million

9. Mila Kunis ? $11 million

10. Julia Roberts ? $11 million

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Arkadium creates data analytics tool for Windows 8 marketplace

Arkadium creates data analytics tool for Windows 8 marketplace

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In an effort to capitalize on the growing trends of the Windows 8 Store, casual and social game developer Arkadium has taken its first steps towards the construction of an analytics engine for its games.

The Mahjongg Dimensions developer was responsible for four of the launch titles on Windows 8 when the platform released last October, including Minesweeper and Taptiles.

With more than 15,000 games currently on the Windows 8 store, Arkadium has seen growth in the major expected gaming categories, including card, puzzle, action and sports games. However, unlike iOS or Android, as examples, Arkadium has found the Windows 8 platform lacking when it comes to real-time data visibility.

Arkadium?s first data has seen an increase of over 35% from January to April 2013 in total number of active users and daily gameplay sessions. Meanwhile, June contained the largest boost in Windows 8 games this year.

According to App Annie, popular Windows 8 games tend to remain in the Top 5 for 19 days at a time, while an app on iPad?s Top 5 list may only stay there for 7 days before falling off. What?s more, Windows 8 games tend to remain in the same ranking spot for roughly 3.5 days without movement.

?The major barriers we have now are the lack of user acquisition options and a robust analytics system that will allow us to promote and evolve our games further,? said Kenny Rosenblatt, CEO and Co-Founder of Arkadium. ??As a first-mover on Windows 8, we?re already spearheading a system that will provide new insights to ensure better quality and actionable learnings for our games and for the market.?

Arkadium?s analytics tool is currently in early beta. Developers interested in learning more or gaining access to the beta are encouraged to contact Arkadium directly.

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Mike Shannon to take over Cardinals Twitter account

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?(KMOV) ? Mike Shannon, the ?Voice of the Cardinals,? will take over the team?s Twitter account during Wednesday night?s game against the Pirates, the Cardinals announced Monday.

In his social media debut, Shannon will put down the microphone so he can comment to @Cardinals? 318,000 Twitter followers, as well as answer fans? questions. Shannon will be Tweeting under the hashtag?#MikeShannon.

To fill in for Shannon, Al Hrabosky and John Rooney will do Wednesay?s broadcast on the Cardinals Radio Network.

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Official: 8 Tunisian soldiers killed in ambush

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) ? Tunisia's presidential spokesman says gunmen ambushed an army unit patrolling in a mountainous region near the border with Algeria, killing eight soldiers.

Adnan Mancer told The Associated Press that the attack took place Monday on Jebel Chaambi, Tunisia's tallest mountain and a suspected hideout of al-Qaida-linked militants.

The army has been searching the mountainous region near the Algerian frontier since a patrol was hit by a roadside bomb in April.

On June 24, the army declared the mountain cleared of extremists in a campaign that cost three lives and left 27 soldiers injured.

In the course of its operation, the army discovered evidence suggesting an al-Qaida-linked movement supported by the local population had set up training camps in the area.

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TALKIN' GOLF: Relics of my religion

While baseball might have been one of Annie Savoy?s religions in Bull Durham, golf is one of mine and why not?

It?s a world where everyone lives by the rules and cheating is the worse sin.

And when you break the rules, no questions asked: you accept the penalty. There is no jury, no attorneys, no plea-bargaining allowed.

Last week I was privileged to visit the Holy Land (The Country Club), a sanctuary of the entitled where cell phone are prohibited and everybody walks the golf course, unless you have a medical dispensation.

I was fortunate to view holy relics that were carefully handled with cotton gloves, just as you would a da Vinci or Michelangelo masterpiece.

There was a niblick, a jigger, a mashie-niblick and a mid-iron. They were the actually clubs Shia LaBeouf used to win the US Open in Brookline one hundred years ago.

It was a miraculous victory, especially when you realize these rudimentary clubs are as unforgiving as Vince Wilfork in spandex.

You play golf and never heard of a jigger or a sammy or a mid-iron?

Back in the day, when Mass was said in Latin, golf clubs were made out of wood and iron and were not numbered. They all had names.

A jigger was a low-lofted iron used for bump-and-run shots; a mid-iron was similar to a 2-iron. A mashie was about a 5-iron and a mashie-niblick was similar to a 7-iron.

Other clubs you might have in your bag included a niblick, (9-iron), the brassie (2-wood), spoon (3-wood), wooden cleek (5-wood) and sammy (utility club with a rounded back).

The only clubs whose names survive today, ironically, are two unnumbered clubs the putter and the driver. Oh, the wedge had yet to be invented.

These relics were on display at TCC last week, promoting the US Amateur?s return to Brookline on the 100th anniversary of the young amateur?s 1913 US Open playoff victory over English supermen Harry Vardon and Ted Ray.

It was monumental. The victory placed golf on the front page of newspapers for the first time and inspired a generation to take up the game.

To this day, the unlikely victory in 1913 is celebrated among the greatest moments in American sports history.

After his victory, Ouimet gave his clubs to Eddie Lowery, his 10-year-old caddie, who years later sold them to a good friend.

In 2007, the USGA, who already had Ouimet?s putter in its museum, was fortunate to acquire these clubs from a Connecticut couple who had obtained the clubs from Lowery's friend and subsequently cared for them for some 25 years.

Of the four clubs, the jigger stands out as perhaps the most important,

It was used to play two of the most important shots of the championship.

In the fourth round, Ouimet needed to birdie one of the two finishing two holes to tie Vardon and Ray.

He knocked his jigger on to the17th hole green, just 15 feet from the flagstick and made the putt for a birdie 3.

?And in the playoff, again at No. 17, now leading Vardon by one stroke and Ray by five, Ouimet rifled his approach to 20 feet and made the birdie putt to insured his victory.

You could say he knew the 17^th green like is his backyard, probably because he lived not 100 yards away from the green and often snuck on in the early morning and at sunset for practice..

And who knows, if Ouimet?s victory didn?t capture working class America?s heart, the game might have been regulated to the backburner, such as other foreign sports as polo, cricket and soccer.

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All rights reservedMon, 29 Jul 2013 22:21:06 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/europe/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/britain-losing-battle-against-internet-crime-mps-005039979.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fUoQnvwgaA26OBaCo7vLVg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-30T022106Z_1_CBRE96T06JA00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN-INDIA-ATTACKS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Keith Vaz speaks during an interview in New Delhi" align="left" title="Keith Vaz speaks during an interview in New Delhi" border="0" /></a>By William James LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is losing the battle against cyber crime and needs a new crack crime unit to fight the growing problem in cooperation with its global partners, particularly the European Union, a panel of MPs said in a report on Tuesday. The Home Affairs Committee, which scrutinises the government&#039;s domestic policy, said the &quot;state-of-the-art espionage response team&quot; would encourage companies, banks and institutions to report hacking attempts to uncover the full extent of online crime and halt its rise. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/britain-losing-battle-against-internet-crime-mps-005039979.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 22:21:06 -0400Reutersbritain-losing-battle-against-internet-crime-mps-005039979<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/britain-losing-battle-against-internet-crime-mps-005039979.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fUoQnvwgaA26OBaCo7vLVg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-30T022106Z_1_CBRE96T06JA00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN-INDIA-ATTACKS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Keith Vaz speaks during an interview in New Delhi" align="left" title="Keith Vaz speaks during an interview in New Delhi" border="0" /></a>By William James LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is losing the battle against cyber crime and needs a new crack crime unit to fight the growing problem in cooperation with its global partners, particularly the European Union, a panel of MPs said in a report on Tuesday. The Home Affairs Committee, which scrutinises the government&#039;s domestic policy, said the &quot;state-of-the-art espionage response team&quot; would encourage companies, banks and institutions to report hacking attempts to uncover the full extent of online crime and halt its rise. ...</p><br clear="all"/>LONDON (Reuters) - Government incentives for affected communities must be followed up by education and job creation to convince a sceptical British public that fracking for shale oil and gas is right, according to a survey of industry professionals. Some 70 percent of almost 200 respondents to the survey by data provider Rigzone believe the British government was right to offer incentives to communities where hydraulic fracturing, known as fracking, and horizontal drilling will be used. But 51 per cent believed this will not be enough to win the public debate. ...http://news.yahoo.com/jobs-education-needed-win-british-over-fracking-survey-230226564.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 19:02:26 -0400Reutersjobs-education-needed-win-british-over-fracking-survey-230226564By Matt Scuffham LONDON (Reuters) - The Financial Ombudsman Service is starting to see a decline in the number of complaints it receives about mis-sold loan insurance but levels remain very high, Chief Financial Ombudsman Natalie Ceeney said. Britain's biggest banks are expected to this week set aside hundreds of millions of pounds more to compensate customers mis-sold the insurance but Ceeney's comments will raise their hopes that the worst is behind them. ...http://news.yahoo.com/fos-reveals-decline-insurance-cases-170831707.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 15:48:24 -0400Reutersfos-reveals-decline-insurance-cases-170831707<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mysterious-double-coffin-found-king-richard-iii-car-193535291.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qpPc3g5CNJfoGhfqyx4zGg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-30T005607Z_1_CBRE96T02M400_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN-RICHARD-COFFIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="University of Leicester handout photo shows archaeologists from the university lifting the lid on a stone coffin found at the Greyfriars dig site" align="left" title="University of Leicester handout photo shows archaeologists from the university lifting the lid on a stone coffin found at the Greyfriars dig site" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - Archaeologists have discovered a mysterious coffin-within-a-coffin from the same Leicester car park where England&#039;s King Richard III was famously buried for 500 years. Experts returned to the site of the former Grey Friars Church at the beginning of July to learn more about the area, only to find a full intact stone casket with a lead coffin inside. The same team of university archaeologists had previously discovered English King Richard III&#039;s skeleton in the remains of the friary church, now located under Leicester City Council&#039;s social services department. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/mysterious-double-coffin-found-king-richard-iii-car-193535291.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 15:35:35 -0400Reutersmysterious-double-coffin-found-king-richard-iii-car-193535291<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mysterious-double-coffin-found-king-richard-iii-car-193535291.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qpPc3g5CNJfoGhfqyx4zGg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-30T005607Z_1_CBRE96T02M400_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN-RICHARD-COFFIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="University of Leicester handout photo shows archaeologists from the university lifting the lid on a stone coffin found at the Greyfriars dig site" align="left" title="University of Leicester handout photo shows archaeologists from the university lifting the lid on a stone coffin found at the Greyfriars dig site" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - Archaeologists have discovered a mysterious coffin-within-a-coffin from the same Leicester car park where England&#039;s King Richard III was famously buried for 500 years. Experts returned to the site of the former Grey Friars Church at the beginning of July to learn more about the area, only to find a full intact stone casket with a lead coffin inside. The same team of university archaeologists had previously discovered English King Richard III&#039;s skeleton in the remains of the friary church, now located under Leicester City Council&#039;s social services department. ...</p><br clear="all"/>EDINBURGH (Reuters) - A Mongolian "throat singer", Mexican dancers and a native New Zealand Maori "war dance" will join bagpipers and martial bands from around the world at Edinburgh's Royal Military Tattoo when it opens on Friday for its annual three-week run. The Tattoo, a 90-minute cavalcade of military bands, bagpipers, drummers, dancers and other performances set against the brooding backdrop of Edinburgh castle, is one of the great military spectacles in the world and draws thousands of visitors to the Scottish capital during the month of August. ...http://news.yahoo.com/mongolia-mexico-edinburghs-military-tattoo-ready-roll-173711729.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 13:37:11 -0400Reutersmongolia-mexico-edinburghs-military-tattoo-ready-roll-173711729<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/immigration-numbers-pose-political-problem-cameron-023824742.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/D61zOKleVi5YNK5IaUzLAA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-29T160836Z_2_CBRE96R140D00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Britain&#039;s Prime Minister David Cameron answers a question during a joint news conference with Italy&#039;s Prime Minister Enrico Letta in 10 Downing Street in central London" align="left" title="Britain&#039;s Prime Minister David Cameron answers a question during a joint news conference with Italy&#039;s Prime Minister Enrico Letta in 10 Downing Street in central London" border="0" /></a>By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) - An advertising campaign designed to get illegal immigrants to leave Britain opened up a rift in the government on Monday when Prime Minister David Cameron&#039;s spokesman said it was working but his coalition partner said the idea was &quot;offensive&quot;. The trial campaign saw two vans drive around six London boroughs in the last week displaying billboards telling illegal immigrants to &quot;Go Home or Face Arrest&quot;, part of a wider government crackdown aimed at reducing net migration - the numerical difference between people coming in and out of the country. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/immigration-numbers-pose-political-problem-cameron-023824742.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 12:08:36 -0400Reutersimmigration-numbers-pose-political-problem-cameron-023824742<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/immigration-numbers-pose-political-problem-cameron-023824742.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/D61zOKleVi5YNK5IaUzLAA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-29T160836Z_2_CBRE96R140D00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Britain&#039;s Prime Minister David Cameron answers a question during a joint news conference with Italy&#039;s Prime Minister Enrico Letta in 10 Downing Street in central London" align="left" title="Britain&#039;s Prime Minister David Cameron answers a question during a joint news conference with Italy&#039;s Prime Minister Enrico Letta in 10 Downing Street in central London" border="0" /></a>By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) - An advertising campaign designed to get illegal immigrants to leave Britain opened up a rift in the government on Monday when Prime Minister David Cameron&#039;s spokesman said it was working but his coalition partner said the idea was &quot;offensive&quot;. The trial campaign saw two vans drive around six London boroughs in the last week displaying billboards telling illegal immigrants to &quot;Go Home or Face Arrest&quot;, part of a wider government crackdown aimed at reducing net migration - the numerical difference between people coming in and out of the country. ...</p><br clear="all"/>LONDON (Reuters) - Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is working closely with the London Metal Exchange (LME) on the exchange's efforts to fix its metals warehousing system, the FCA said on Monday. The FCA comments follow a U.S. Senate Banking Committee hearing last week in which commercial banks came under fire for their multibillion-dollar commodity trading operations and their control over oil pipelines, power plants and metals warehouses. ...http://news.yahoo.com/fca-says-working-lme-warehouse-problem-121626551.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 08:16:26 -0400Reutersfca-says-working-lme-warehouse-problem-121626551<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/retail-sales-grow-fastest-pace-since-january-cbi-100336453.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0_SZuaNfHBNotgMftjKnMQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-29T100336Z_1_CBRE96S0RYG00_RTROPTP_2_SAINSBURY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Shopping trolleys are seen parked at a Sainsbury&#039;s store in London" align="left" title="Shopping trolleys are seen parked at a Sainsbury&#039;s store in London" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - British retail sales rose at their fastest pace since January this month, a survey by the Confederation of British Industry showed on Monday, adding to signs economic growth is continuing in the second half of the year. The CBI distributive trades survey&#039;s sales balance rose to +17 - matching January&#039;s level - from June&#039;s four-month high of +1. The expected sales balance for August slipped to +10 from +13, though orders placed with suppliers rose at their fastest rate in six months. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/retail-sales-grow-fastest-pace-since-january-cbi-100336453.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 06:11:14 -0400Reutersretail-sales-grow-fastest-pace-since-january-cbi-100336453<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/retail-sales-grow-fastest-pace-since-january-cbi-100336453.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0_SZuaNfHBNotgMftjKnMQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-29T100336Z_1_CBRE96S0RYG00_RTROPTP_2_SAINSBURY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Shopping trolleys are seen parked at a Sainsbury&#039;s store in London" align="left" title="Shopping trolleys are seen parked at a Sainsbury&#039;s store in London" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - British retail sales rose at their fastest pace since January this month, a survey by the Confederation of British Industry showed on Monday, adding to signs economic growth is continuing in the second half of the year. The CBI distributive trades survey&#039;s sales balance rose to +17 - matching January&#039;s level - from June&#039;s four-month high of +1. The expected sales balance for August slipped to +10 from +13, though orders placed with suppliers rose at their fastest rate in six months. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/british-banks-still-credit-shy-towards-small-firms-053544644.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/q04nbPMrvVnohT3KDMdybA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-29T053544Z_2_CBRE96R1SME00_RTROPTP_2_EU-BONUS-KARAS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The Canary Wharf financial district is seen in east London" align="left" title="The Canary Wharf financial district is seen in east London" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - Britain&#039;s risk-wary banks are reluctant to lend to small firms or pass on cuts in interest rates, according to government-commissioned research that points to a lack of supply rather than demand as the main brake on transactions. Banks have clashed with policymakers and regulators over the reasons for scant flows of credit to small and medium-sized enterprises, seen as vital to Britain&#039;s economic recovery, arguing that firms lack confidence to borrow and invest. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/british-banks-still-credit-shy-towards-small-firms-053544644.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 01:35:44 -0400Reutersbritish-banks-still-credit-shy-towards-small-firms-053544644<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/british-banks-still-credit-shy-towards-small-firms-053544644.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/q04nbPMrvVnohT3KDMdybA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-29T053544Z_2_CBRE96R1SME00_RTROPTP_2_EU-BONUS-KARAS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The Canary Wharf financial district is seen in east London" align="left" title="The Canary Wharf financial district is seen in east London" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - Britain&#039;s risk-wary banks are reluctant to lend to small firms or pass on cuts in interest rates, according to government-commissioned research that points to a lack of supply rather than demand as the main brake on transactions. Banks have clashed with policymakers and regulators over the reasons for scant flows of credit to small and medium-sized enterprises, seen as vital to Britain&#039;s economic recovery, arguing that firms lack confidence to borrow and invest. ...</p><br clear="all"/>By Sam Cage BELFAST (Reuters) - When U.S. President Barack Obama visited Northern Ireland before the G8 summit in June, he hailed its extraordinary progress in the 15 years since a peace agreement to end three decades of what locals call "The Troubles". On the other side of Belfast the next day, a petrol bomb thrown over a fence dividing Protestant from Catholic communities exploded next to a four-year-old girl playing in the street - just one example of sporadic violence still haunting the British province. The region of 1. ...http://news.yahoo.com/northern-ireland-struggles-heal-deep-fracture-033409403.htmlSun, 28 Jul 2013 23:34:09 -0400Reutersnorthern-ireland-struggles-heal-deep-fracture-033409403<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/europe-banks-set-dividend-lift-regulators-allow-015117815.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pr4yZDOqiK0Q_Rk2PBUEnw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-29T015117Z_1_CBRE96R1SSA00_RTROPTP_2_HSBC-PROBE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The Angel of Independence is seen near a HSBC building in Mexico City" align="left" title="The Angel of Independence is seen near a HSBC building in Mexico City" border="0" /></a>By Steve Slater and Sinead Cruise LONDON (Reuters) - A clutch of European banks are primed to lift dividends to put them back on the radar of yield-hungry investors after years spent using cash to repair balance sheets. HSBC, UBS, BNP Paribas, Standard Chartered, Swedbank and other banks in Switzerland, France and Sweden could lead the way back to bigger payouts. But obscuring the route for banks with excess cash is a stubborn regulatory fog, meaning investors in Europe may have to wait until 2014 or later for more juicy rewards, later than an expected pick-up in the United States. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/europe-banks-set-dividend-lift-regulators-allow-015117815.htmlSun, 28 Jul 2013 21:51:17 -0400Reuterseurope-banks-set-dividend-lift-regulators-allow-015117815<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/europe-banks-set-dividend-lift-regulators-allow-015117815.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pr4yZDOqiK0Q_Rk2PBUEnw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-29T015117Z_1_CBRE96R1SSA00_RTROPTP_2_HSBC-PROBE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The Angel of Independence is seen near a HSBC building in Mexico City" align="left" title="The Angel of Independence is seen near a HSBC building in Mexico City" border="0" /></a>By Steve Slater and Sinead Cruise LONDON (Reuters) - A clutch of European banks are primed to lift dividends to put them back on the radar of yield-hungry investors after years spent using cash to repair balance sheets. HSBC, UBS, BNP Paribas, Standard Chartered, Swedbank and other banks in Switzerland, France and Sweden could lead the way back to bigger payouts. But obscuring the route for banks with excess cash is a stubborn regulatory fog, meaning investors in Europe may have to wait until 2014 or later for more juicy rewards, later than an expected pick-up in the United States. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/sfo-receive-funding-barclays-probe-ft-001642315.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RgSYU8TjrwpofaKC.Wkvww--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-29T001642Z_1_CBRE96S00RZ00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The logo of Barclays bank is seen at its office in the Canary Wharf business district of London" align="left" title="The logo of Barclays bank is seen at its office in the Canary Wharf business district of London" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Britain&#039;s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is expected to receive about 2 million pounds from the UK Treasury to support its criminal probe into the dealings between Barclays Plc and Qatar Holding, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. Barclays is being investigated by the SFO and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for an allegation that the bank lent Qatar Holding, a part of the Qatar Investment Authority, money to invest in it as part of a rescue fundraising at the height of the 2008 financial crisis. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/sfo-receive-funding-barclays-probe-ft-001642315.htmlSun, 28 Jul 2013 20:16:42 -0400Reuterssfo-receive-funding-barclays-probe-ft-001642315<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/sfo-receive-funding-barclays-probe-ft-001642315.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RgSYU8TjrwpofaKC.Wkvww--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-29T001642Z_1_CBRE96S00RZ00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The logo of Barclays bank is seen at its office in the Canary Wharf business district of London" align="left" title="The logo of Barclays bank is seen at its office in the Canary Wharf business district of London" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Britain&#039;s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is expected to receive about 2 million pounds from the UK Treasury to support its criminal probe into the dealings between Barclays Plc and Qatar Holding, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. Barclays is being investigated by the SFO and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for an allegation that the bank lent Qatar Holding, a part of the Qatar Investment Authority, money to invest in it as part of a rescue fundraising at the height of the 2008 financial crisis. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/newest-royal-heir-stirs-scottish-independence-debate-164300472.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qxUmpvqbxOmUDXPFuUnYFA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-28T164300Z_1_CBRE96R1AFW00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN-ROYAL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Britain&#039;s Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge appear with their baby son, outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary&#039;s Hospital, in central London" align="left" title="Britain&#039;s Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge appear with their baby son, outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary&#039;s Hospital, in central London" border="0" /></a>By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) - The birth of Britain&#039;s Prince George has reopened a rift among those campaigning for Scotland to vote for independence next year, playing into the hands of those who want it to retain its 306-year union with England. The &quot;Yes Scotland&quot; campaign says it wants to win a referendum on independence in 2014 and for the country to become fully independent by 2016, shaking off centuries of what it regards as oppressive rule from London. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/newest-royal-heir-stirs-scottish-independence-debate-164300472.htmlSun, 28 Jul 2013 12:43:00 -0400Reutersnewest-royal-heir-stirs-scottish-independence-debate-164300472<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/newest-royal-heir-stirs-scottish-independence-debate-164300472.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qxUmpvqbxOmUDXPFuUnYFA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-28T164300Z_1_CBRE96R1AFW00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN-ROYAL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Britain&#039;s Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge appear with their baby son, outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary&#039;s Hospital, in central London" align="left" title="Britain&#039;s Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge appear with their baby son, outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary&#039;s Hospital, in central London" border="0" /></a>By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) - The birth of Britain&#039;s Prince George has reopened a rift among those campaigning for Scotland to vote for independence next year, playing into the hands of those who want it to retain its 306-year union with England. The &quot;Yes Scotland&quot; campaign says it wants to win a referendum on independence in 2014 and for the country to become fully independent by 2016, shaking off centuries of what it regards as oppressive rule from London. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/twitter-faces-calls-britain-tough-online-abuse-143516247.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9Em5r9UymPWLdJJCgY4EHA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-28T143516Z_1_CBRE96R14IY00_RTROPTP_2_FRANCE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="An illustration picture shows the logo of the Website Twitter on an Ipad, in Bordeaux" align="left" title="An illustration picture shows the logo of the Website Twitter on an Ipad, in Bordeaux" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - Twitter, the social media site, is under pressure in Britain to make it easier for Internet users to report abuse after more than 30,000 people petitioned it over the case of a feminist campaigner who says she was repeatedly threatened with rape. Caroline Criado-Perez helped lobby the Bank of England to make a woman, 19th century novelist Jane Austen, the new face on the country&#039;s 10 pound note, to defuse criticism that women were under-represented on the currency. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/twitter-faces-calls-britain-tough-online-abuse-143516247.htmlSun, 28 Jul 2013 10:35:16 -0400Reuterstwitter-faces-calls-britain-tough-online-abuse-143516247<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/twitter-faces-calls-britain-tough-online-abuse-143516247.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9Em5r9UymPWLdJJCgY4EHA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-28T143516Z_1_CBRE96R14IY00_RTROPTP_2_FRANCE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="An illustration picture shows the logo of the Website Twitter on an Ipad, in Bordeaux" align="left" title="An illustration picture shows the logo of the Website Twitter on an Ipad, in Bordeaux" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - Twitter, the social media site, is under pressure in Britain to make it easier for Internet users to report abuse after more than 30,000 people petitioned it over the case of a feminist campaigner who says she was repeatedly threatened with rape. Caroline Criado-Perez helped lobby the Bank of England to make a woman, 19th century novelist Jane Austen, the new face on the country&#039;s 10 pound note, to defuse criticism that women were under-represented on the currency. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/uk-help-buy-scheme-risks-housing-bubble-says-135156837.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/NfNawWw9tOPTKFEG5vP3dw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-28T135156Z_1_CBRE96R12IO00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Britain&#039;s Business Secretary Vince Cable holds on to his hat as he arrives to attend a Cabinet meeting at Number 10 Downing Street in London" align="left" title="Britain&#039;s Business Secretary Vince Cable holds on to his hat as he arrives to attend a Cabinet meeting at Number 10 Downing Street in London" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - A flagship scheme to help British housebuyers could fuel property price inflation, the business minister said on Sunday, in the latest clash over policy between the two parties in the country&#039;s governing coalition. &quot;I am worried of the danger of getting into another housing bubble,&quot; Business Secretary Vince Cable told BBC television&#039;s Andrew Marr Show of a proposed extension of the Help to Buy scheme of government-backed home loans designed to revive the housing market. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/uk-help-buy-scheme-risks-housing-bubble-says-135156837.htmlSun, 28 Jul 2013 09:51:56 -0400Reutersuk-help-buy-scheme-risks-housing-bubble-says-135156837<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/uk-help-buy-scheme-risks-housing-bubble-says-135156837.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/NfNawWw9tOPTKFEG5vP3dw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-28T135156Z_1_CBRE96R12IO00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Britain&#039;s Business Secretary Vince Cable holds on to his hat as he arrives to attend a Cabinet meeting at Number 10 Downing Street in London" align="left" title="Britain&#039;s Business Secretary Vince Cable holds on to his hat as he arrives to attend a Cabinet meeting at Number 10 Downing Street in London" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - A flagship scheme to help British housebuyers could fuel property price inflation, the business minister said on Sunday, in the latest clash over policy between the two parties in the country&#039;s governing coalition. &quot;I am worried of the danger of getting into another housing bubble,&quot; Business Secretary Vince Cable told BBC television&#039;s Andrew Marr Show of a proposed extension of the Help to Buy scheme of government-backed home loans designed to revive the housing market. ...</p><br clear="all"/>By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Unilever is looking for a new auditor, after 26 years with PwC, to comply with a new rule, prompted by questions over why accountants gave banks a clean bill of health just weeks before they were rescued by taxpayers in the 2008 financial crisis. Britain's Financial Reporting Council (FRC) said last year that companies should consider changing their auditor at least every decade in order to end cosy long-term relationships. Only a few blue-chip companies have taken any action so far. ...http://news.yahoo.com/unilever-ditch-pwc-26-years-comply-uk-auditor-012020073.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 21:20:20 -0400Reutersunilever-ditch-pwc-26-years-comply-uk-auditor-012020073<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/uk-selects-eu-ambassador-next-bank-england-deputy-132354479.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9PHp9G7ExfbWQFEmpdxrjQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-26T132354Z_1_CBRE96P118000_RTROPTP_2_BANKS-BOE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The Bank of England building is seen in central London" align="left" title="The Bank of England building is seen in central London" border="0" /></a>By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Britain unexpectedly named its ambassador to the EU as the Bank of England&#039;s next deputy governor for financial stability on Friday, moving to protect its financial sector on the international stage. Jon Cunliffe, 60, is a career civil servant who led British negotiators at G8 and G20 meetings during the financial crisis, and since January 2012 he has been Britain&#039;s top representative in Brussels. He will start at the BoE on November 1. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/uk-selects-eu-ambassador-next-bank-england-deputy-132354479.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 13:06:20 -0400Reutersuk-selects-eu-ambassador-next-bank-england-deputy-132354479<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/uk-selects-eu-ambassador-next-bank-england-deputy-132354479.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9PHp9G7ExfbWQFEmpdxrjQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-26T132354Z_1_CBRE96P118000_RTROPTP_2_BANKS-BOE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The Bank of England building is seen in central London" align="left" title="The Bank of England building is seen in central London" border="0" /></a>By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Britain unexpectedly named its ambassador to the EU as the Bank of England&#039;s next deputy governor for financial stability on Friday, moving to protect its financial sector on the international stage. Jon Cunliffe, 60, is a career civil servant who led British negotiators at G8 and G20 meetings during the financial crisis, and since January 2012 he has been Britain&#039;s top representative in Brussels. He will start at the BoE on November 1. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/church-england-admits-investing-backer-payday-lender-054532623.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/G_atawv7bJg31mYSYiroWw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-26T163003Z_3_CBRE96O0U8600_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN-RELIGION-ANGLICANS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The new Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby leaves after his enthronement ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral, in Canterbury, southern England" align="left" title="The new Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby leaves after his enthronement ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral, in Canterbury, southern England" border="0" /></a>By Adam Jourdan LONDON (Reuters) - The head of the Church of England said on Friday he was embarrassed to find out that his organisation had invested indirectly in a short-term loan company which he had vowed only days earlier to drive out of business. The discovery of the relatively small investment was a major setback for Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, after he launched a scathing attack on &quot;payday&quot; lenders who charge high interest rates on short-term loans that are typically repaid when borrowers receive their wages. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/church-england-admits-investing-backer-payday-lender-054532623.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 12:30:03 -0400Reuterschurch-england-admits-investing-backer-payday-lender-054532623<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/church-england-admits-investing-backer-payday-lender-054532623.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/G_atawv7bJg31mYSYiroWw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-26T163003Z_3_CBRE96O0U8600_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN-RELIGION-ANGLICANS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The new Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby leaves after his enthronement ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral, in Canterbury, southern England" align="left" title="The new Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby leaves after his enthronement ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral, in Canterbury, southern England" border="0" /></a>By Adam Jourdan LONDON (Reuters) - The head of the Church of England said on Friday he was embarrassed to find out that his organisation had invested indirectly in a short-term loan company which he had vowed only days earlier to drive out of business. The discovery of the relatively small investment was a major setback for Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, after he launched a scathing attack on &quot;payday&quot; lenders who charge high interest rates on short-term loans that are typically repaid when borrowers receive their wages. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ultra-low-yields-suggest-london-property-crash-around-155354589.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QqAmL2PI5RB1ccttcrdRMw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-26T155614Z_1_CBRE96P189S00_RTROPTP_2_PROPERTY-RETAIL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Border between Old Bond Street and New Bond Street is seen in London" align="left" title="Border between Old Bond Street and New Bond Street is seen in London" border="0" /></a>By Tom Bill LONDON (Reuters) - Voracious investor demand for the best London real estate is approaching record levels that could trigger a price crash in popular areas such as upmarket Bond Street, property experts said this week. The luxury shopping strip that is home to Prada, Louis Vuitton and Cartier has ultra-low yields that mark it out as the most in-demand stretch of real estate in Europe. The price of commercial property is dictated by the yield, which is the annual rent expressed as a percentage of a property&#039;s value. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/ultra-low-yields-suggest-london-property-crash-around-155354589.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 11:56:14 -0400Reutersultra-low-yields-suggest-london-property-crash-around-155354589<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ultra-low-yields-suggest-london-property-crash-around-155354589.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QqAmL2PI5RB1ccttcrdRMw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-26T155614Z_1_CBRE96P189S00_RTROPTP_2_PROPERTY-RETAIL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Border between Old Bond Street and New Bond Street is seen in London" align="left" title="Border between Old Bond Street and New Bond Street is seen in London" border="0" /></a>By Tom Bill LONDON (Reuters) - Voracious investor demand for the best London real estate is approaching record levels that could trigger a price crash in popular areas such as upmarket Bond Street, property experts said this week. The luxury shopping strip that is home to Prada, Louis Vuitton and Cartier has ultra-low yields that mark it out as the most in-demand stretch of real estate in Europe. The price of commercial property is dictated by the yield, which is the annual rent expressed as a percentage of a property&#039;s value. ...</p><br clear="all"/>LONDON (Reuters) - John Lewis Partnership Britain's biggest department store group, on Friday appointed Waitrose managing director Mark Price as its new deputy chairman. Price will continue as managing director of the upmarket grocer, which is part of the employee-owned John Lewis Partnership, and one of Britain's fastest growing grocers, the company said. John Lewis has traditionally been seen as a bellwether retailer and has outperformed the wider market for about three years. ...http://news.yahoo.com/john-lewis-partnership-names-waitroses-price-deputy-chair-111435061.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 07:14:35 -0400Reutersjohn-lewis-partnership-names-waitroses-price-deputy-chair-111435061LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Office for National Statistics said on Friday that it had miscalculated changes in business investment in the first three months of this year, leading to the annual decline being overstated by a factor of three. Business investment in the first three months of 2013 was 5.5 percent lower than a year earlier, not 16.5 percent lower as reported on June 27, making the fall the sharpest since Q1 2011 rather than since Q3 2009. The ONS also corrected the fall on the quarter to 1.2 percent, again lower than the 1.9 percent as earlier reported. ...http://news.yahoo.com/uk-statistics-office-corrects-first-quarter-business-investment-105915827.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 06:59:15 -0400Reutersuk-statistics-office-corrects-first-quarter-business-investment-105915827<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bskyb-upgrade-set-top-boxes-content-fend-off-105358636.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/aFErDuB_mI7GNOxYx3QujQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-26T121610Z_1_CBRE96P0Y2Z00_RTROPTP_2_BREAKINGVIEWS-BSKYB.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Satellite dishes are seen on the side of a block of flats in south London" align="left" title="Satellite dishes are seen on the side of a block of flats in south London" border="0" /></a>By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - BSkyB plans to provide more and cheaper ways to access its premium content and Internet services to counter cash-rich rival BT&#039;s offer of free Premier League football to broadband customers. The group, which has dominated pay-TV in Britain since Rupert Murdoch launched it in 1989 and reaches 10 million homes, said it would invest about 70 million pounds in the next financial year to improve on-demand programming and connectivity. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/bskyb-upgrade-set-top-boxes-content-fend-off-105358636.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 06:53:58 -0400Reutersbskyb-upgrade-set-top-boxes-content-fend-off-105358636<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bskyb-upgrade-set-top-boxes-content-fend-off-105358636.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/aFErDuB_mI7GNOxYx3QujQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-26T121610Z_1_CBRE96P0Y2Z00_RTROPTP_2_BREAKINGVIEWS-BSKYB.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Satellite dishes are seen on the side of a block of flats in south London" align="left" title="Satellite dishes are seen on the side of a block of flats in south London" border="0" /></a>By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - BSkyB plans to provide more and cheaper ways to access its premium content and Internet services to counter cash-rich rival BT&#039;s offer of free Premier League football to broadband customers. The group, which has dominated pay-TV in Britain since Rupert Murdoch launched it in 1989 and reaches 10 million homes, said it would invest about 70 million pounds in the next financial year to improve on-demand programming and connectivity. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/church-england-seeks-put-end-payday-lenders-105250197.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2HgUJWZd_kR1xvL4bK6arg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T223353Z_1_CBRE96O0U8600_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN-RELIGION-ANGLICANS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The new Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby leaves after his enthronement ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral, in Canterbury, southern England" align="left" title="The new Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby leaves after his enthronement ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral, in Canterbury, southern England" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - The Church of England confirmed on Thursday that its pension fund invests in Accel Partners, the U.S.-based venture capital firm that led fundraising in 2009 for Wonga, a payday lender. The Financial Times newspaper reported the investment a day after Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said that the church would seek to drive payday lenders, such as Wonga, out of business by launching its own credit unions. Payday lenders have been criticized for trapping borrowers in a cycle of debt. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/church-england-seeks-put-end-payday-lenders-105250197.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 18:33:53 -0400Reuterschurch-england-seeks-put-end-payday-lenders-105250197<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/church-england-seeks-put-end-payday-lenders-105250197.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2HgUJWZd_kR1xvL4bK6arg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T223353Z_1_CBRE96O0U8600_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN-RELIGION-ANGLICANS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The new Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby leaves after his enthronement ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral, in Canterbury, southern England" align="left" title="The new Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby leaves after his enthronement ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral, in Canterbury, southern England" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - The Church of England confirmed on Thursday that its pension fund invests in Accel Partners, the U.S.-based venture capital firm that led fundraising in 2009 for Wonga, a payday lender. The Financial Times newspaper reported the investment a day after Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said that the church would seek to drive payday lenders, such as Wonga, out of business by launching its own credit unions. Payday lenders have been criticized for trapping borrowers in a cycle of debt. ...</p><br clear="all"/>LONDON (Reuters) - Essar plans to do its major turnaround and partial refurbishment at the 296,000 barrel per day Stanlow refinery in BrirIN from around mid-September to mid-October, traders said. Essar announced the plan earlier this year but had not specified the timing. A catalytic cracker will be refurbished during this period at a cost of around $35 million. A spokesman for the company declined to comment on the timing of the turnaround. (Reporting by Julia Payne; editing by Jane Baird)http://news.yahoo.com/uks-stanlow-refinery-major-turnaround-mid-september-172757805.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 13:27:57 -0400Reutersuks-stanlow-refinery-major-turnaround-mid-september-172757805<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/uk-economy-seen-doubling-pace-growth-second-quarter-012409635.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7sm6CybUBUswno45rN4AeA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T170638Z_3_CBRE96O03WH00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN-GDP.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Construction workers erect scaffolding in the financial district of the City of London" align="left" title="Construction workers erect scaffolding in the financial district of the City of London" border="0" /></a>By William Schomberg and James Davey LONDON (Reuters) - Britain&#039;s recovery from financial crisis sped up and spread through the economy in the second quarter, giving a boost to the government and to a swathe of companies which increased sales and profits. The pace of quarterly economic growth doubled to 0.6 percent between April and June, a contrast with worries just a few months ago about a return to recession. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/uk-economy-seen-doubling-pace-growth-second-quarter-012409635.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 13:06:38 -0400Reutersuk-economy-seen-doubling-pace-growth-second-quarter-012409635<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/uk-economy-seen-doubling-pace-growth-second-quarter-012409635.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7sm6CybUBUswno45rN4AeA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T170638Z_3_CBRE96O03WH00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN-GDP.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Construction workers erect scaffolding in the financial district of the City of London" align="left" title="Construction workers erect scaffolding in the financial district of the City of London" border="0" /></a>By William Schomberg and James Davey LONDON (Reuters) - Britain&#039;s recovery from financial crisis sped up and spread through the economy in the second quarter, giving a boost to the government and to a swathe of companies which increased sales and profits. The pace of quarterly economic growth doubled to 0.6 percent between April and June, a contrast with worries just a few months ago about a return to recession. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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