Market Monitor – All Items
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| 03/09/2010 |
UTV buys half of PropertyPal.comBelfast-based UTV New Media has expanded its digital portfolio by acquiring a major stake in the influential property website, PropertyPal.com.
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| 03/09/2010 |
Hays profits slump 80 per cent in tough trading conditionsSigns of a recovery in the job market came too late to prevent an 80 per cent drop in annual profits at Hays, the recruitment group.
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| 03/09/2010 |
DSGi dismisses threat of Best Buy's arrival in UK as sales of iPads and TVs soarThe chief executive of DSGi, owner of the Currys and PC World retail chains, has seen "no impact" from the launch of Best Buy in the UK.
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| 03/09/2010 |
Now meat price surge raises fear of food inflationFreakish weather conditions and soaring demand from China, Brazil and other fast-emerging economies have pushed meat prices around the world to a 20-year high.
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| 03/09/2010 |
RBS 'horror story' as UK job cuts top 20,000The job cuts at Royal Bank of Scotland are turning into a "horror story", according to union Unite, as the total number of staff made redundant in the UK by the bank since its partial nationalisation topped 20,000.
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| 03/09/2010 |
UK services growth slowest for 16 months as hiring fallsUK service sector activity grew last month at its slowest pace since April 2009, with a marked fall in hiring as employers worried about an economic slowdown and public spending cuts.
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| 03/09/2010 |
£5 million boost for firms treatment against head liceA Scottish biotechnology pioneer hopes to take the hassle out of treating head lice after licensing its know-how to the maker of some of the countrys best known medicines.
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| 03/09/2010 |
Growth at Pernod Ricard hits 2% as whisky sales riseThe rebound in sales of Pernod Ricards key whisky brand Chivas Regal is accelerating but the group is struggling to return to profit growth.
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| 03/09/2010 |
Weir poised to join the elite with promotion to FTSE-100FTSE Group has revealed Glasgow engineering company Weir is above 90th position in the size league of UK stock market-listed companies, the level required for promotion to the prestigious FTSE-100 index of leading shares.
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| 03/09/2010 |
Scots engineers showing cautious optimism as exports drive reboundRising domestic and export orders have pushed optimism among Scottish engineering firms to its highest level in 12 years, according to a report published today.
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