Syria activists urge oil boycott August 2, 2011 Syria’s opposition activists intensified their calls for a boycott of the regime’s oil exports yesterday, gaining support in the US as secretary of state Hillary Clinton met with representatives. Opponents of president Bashar al-Assad’s regime believe a global boycott of Syria’s oil would deprive it of vital foreign currency and revenues. But European authorities remain [...]
Syria activists urge oil boycott August 2, 2011 Syria’s opposition activists intensified their calls for a boycott of the regime’s oil exports yesterday, gaining support in the US as secretary of state Hillary Clinton met with representatives. Opponents of president Bashar al-Assad’s regime believe a global boycott of Syria’s oil would deprive it of vital foreign currency and revenues. But European authorities remain [...]
Syrians kill 80 in Hama attack August 1, 2011 Syrian tanks firing shells and machineguns stormed the city of Hama yesterday, killing 80 civilians, rights activists said, in one of the bloodiest days in a popular revolt against President Bashar al-Assad. Hama residents said tanks and snipers fired into unarmed residential areas where people had set up makeshift roadblocks to try and stop their [...]
FSA could win veto on mega-takeovers December 11, 2011 THE City regulator could be given new powers to veto bank takeovers after the publication today of a controversial report into the collapse of RBS. The recommendation, believed to be included in the 500-page document prepared by the Financial Services Authority (FSA), is designed to prevent a repeat of the RBS-led €71bn (£49bn) takeover of [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING October 16, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES CHOPPY MARKETS THREATEN EMI SALE Turbulent financing markets could derail Citigroup’s attempt to sell EMI, according to people close to the $3bn-plus auction who warned that the US bank could abandon the sale if it cannot squeeze higher offers from bidders. The bidding process remains fluid, with Citigroup expected to decide within two [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING July 24, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES CHINA EYES BARTER PLAN TO BYPASS US SANCTIONS ON IRAN PAYMENTS Tehran and Beijing are in talks about using a barter system to exchange Iranian oil for Chinese goods and services, as US financial sanctions have blocked China from paying at least $20bn for oil exports. The US sanctions against Iran, which make [...]
Labour defends its spin doctor July 10, 2011 LABOUR has continued to back its PR adviser Tom Baldwin – dubbed “Labour’s Coulson” – amid claims by Tory peer Lord Ashcroft that he sanctioned so-called “blagging calls” to extract information about his party donations. A Labour party spokesman said: “Tom Baldwin did not appoint private investigators. Tom Baldwin was not involved in the appointment [...]
Labour defends its spin doctor July 10, 2011 LABOUR has continued to back its PR adviser Tom Baldwin – dubbed “Labour’s Coulson” – amid claims by Tory peer Lord Ashcroft that he sanctioned so-called “blagging calls” to extract information about his party donations. A Labour party spokesman said: “Tom Baldwin did not appoint private investigators. Tom Baldwin was not involved in the appointment [...]
Price on Gaddafi’s head but hostages freed August 24, 2011 Libyan rebels have offered a million-dollar bounty for the fugitive Muammar Gaddafi on Wednesday, after he urged his men to carry on a battle that kept the capital in a state of fear. A day after rebel forces overran Gaddafi’s Tripoli headquarters and trashed the symbols of his 42-year dictatorship, rocket and machinegun fire from [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING September 22, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES EU TO SPEED RECAPITALISATION OF 16 BANKS European officials look set to speed up plans to recapitalise the 16 banks that came close to failing last summer’s pan-EU stress tests as part of a co-ordinated effort to reassure the markets about the strength of the 27-nation bloc’s banking sector. A senior French official [...]