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London Newswire Press Releases | Submit Press Release | Yahoo! News Search Results for London Yahoo! News Search Results for London London stocks close slightly lower (AFP via Yahoo! News) 21 Aug 2008 at 9:41am London shares closed slightly lower on Thursday, as commodity stocks rallied on higher crude and metal prices, but renewed credit jitters weighed heavily on banks. London shares head lower (AFP via Yahoo! News) 21 Aug 2008 at 4:31am London dropped on Thursday, bringing a swift end to a brief rally, amid investor unease about a global economic slowdown. Restructuring for London Office Debt Is Discussed (New York Times) 21 Aug 2008 at 4:37am Fidelity Investments is planning an investor meeting to discuss a possible restructuring of defaulted debt on Plantation Place, the London office building bought for a record 527 million pounds in 2006, a deal then worth $918 million. London 'blown away' by Beijing Olympics: Boris (AFP via Yahoo! News) 21 Aug 2008 at 6:02am London Mayor Boris Johnson said Thursday he had been "blown away" by the Beijing Olympics but not intimidated, as he vowed his city would do just as well when it hosts the Games in 2012. Copper Rises in London, Boosted by Dollar, Interest From China (Bloomberg.com) 21 Aug 2008 at 5:07am Aug. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Copper rose in London, buoyed by a weaker dollar and signs that China, the world's largest user of the metal, may increase purchases. New London home for dance company (BBC News) 21 Aug 2008 at 8:26am A new purpose-built home for the Rambert Dance Company on London's South Bank is approved. Bosnian play based on London yobs (BBC News) 21 Aug 2008 at 6:20am A new festival play about classroom culture in Bosnia during the post war years is based on yob culture in 1970s London. Gary Glitter Set to Return to London Tonight, Thai Police Say (Bloomberg.com) 21 Aug 2008 at 3:16am Aug. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Gary Glitter , a British former ``glam-rock'' star and convicted pedophile, will fly to London tonight after he was denied entry to Thailand and Hong Kong, Thai immigration police said. Gary Glitter 'will fly to London' (BBC News) 20 Aug 2008 at 10:30pm Convicted paedophile and former pop star Gary Glitter has agreed to fly to London, Thai police have said. London's Financial-Services Job Vacancies Drop 16%, Survey Says (Bloomberg.com) 20 Aug 2008 at 10:43pm Aug. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Job openings in London's financial- services industry declined for the seventh straight month in July, and the industry is likely to remain weak for the next year, according to a survey by recruitment firm Morgan McKinley. Europe Resources

Europe Newswire Advertisement Europe Newswire Sponsors European Union (EU) News Yahoo! News Search Results for eu Yahoo! News Search Results for eu EU FOOD SAFETY AGENCY DISPUTES PRODUCTS' HEALTH BENEFIT CLAIMS (The Tocquevil... 21 Aug 2008 at 10:05am ROME, Aug 21, 2008 (AFP) - The EU food safety agency on Thursday disputed claims of health benefits by food manufacturers, notably that dairy products promote good teeth and healthy body weight in children. EU: Euro economy shrinks in second quarter (El Paso Times) 21 Aug 2008 at 7:54am BRUSSELS, Belgium?The euro-zone economy shrank 0.2 percent in the second quarter, EU statistics showed Thursday, raising recession fears as Germany, France and Italy braked sharply with high fuel and food prices holding back consumer spending. EU QUIZZES EUTELSAT ON FAILURE TO TRANSMIT PRIVATE CHINESE TV (The Tocquevill... 21 Aug 2008 at 7:19am BRUSSELS, Aug 18, 2008 (AFP) - The European Commission has sought an explanation from a European satellite operator as to why a private Chinese channel's signal has not been broadcast for two months, an EU spokesman said Thursday. POLAND'S WATCHDOG FILES EU COMPLAINT AGAINST MICROSOFT (The Tocqueville Conne... 21 Aug 2008 at 7:35am WARSAW, Aug 21, 2008 (AFP) - Poland's competition authority announced on Thursday that it had filed a complaint against Microsoft with the EU because it suspects the US software giant of collusion with laptop computer producers. Maltese minimum wage ranks 12th in EU (Times of Malta) 21 Aug 2008 at 5:11am The national minimum wage in Malta has ranked 12th in a comparative table of 20 EU countries drawn up by the European Industrial Relations Observatory. S Korea-EU starts tackling sensitive issues of FTA (People's Daily) 21 Aug 2008 at 3:31am Top negotiators of South Korea and the European Union (EU) will meet in Seoul next week to seek progress in their free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations by tackling sensitive issues, the Korea herald reported Thursday. "The chief negotiators will meet next week to discuss sticky issues, because we feel that the talks need to focus more now on the key sensitive areas," said Lee Hye-min, chief ... EU set to lift travel ban on Karadzic family: official (Eu Business) 21 Aug 2008 at 6:46am (BRUSSELS ) - The European Union is set to lift its travel ban on the family of Bosnian Serb war crimes indictee Radovan Karadzic who have had their passports returned as an interim "humanitarian" measure, an EU official said Thursday. EurActiv.com - Scholar: Secular-Islamist tensions in Turkey 'need to be watch... 21 Aug 2008 at 12:28am While the Turkish court's close decision last month not to shut down the ruling AKP party kept the country's EU membership bid alive, tensions between secularists and modern, moderate Islam remain strong and need to be closely monitored by the EU, Professor Kevin Featherstone of the London School of Economics told EurActiv Turkey in an interview. (AFX UK Focus) 2008-08-21 10:57 UPDATE 1-EU executive wants to review German ... 21 Aug 2008 at 3:30am BRUSSELS, Aug 21 (Reuters) - The European Commission wants to review Germany's draft proposals on vetoing purchases of stakes in German firms for possible breach of EU capital rules, a Commission source said. EU funds cover 10% of Hungary?s needed road development costs until 2013 (Bud... 21 Aug 2008 at 3:09am László said 26,000 kilometers of Hungary?s roads do not meet EU standards, noting that a large proportion of the country?s public roads, which have a lifespan of just 16 years, was built in the 1970s.