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Citywire News

  • BP raises dividend as profits jump
    Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:29:11 Z
    Investors, who have waited patiently for a higher dividend since 2010?s Gulf of Mexico disaster, will receive a payment of eight cents per share.

BBC Business News

  • Euro 'could survive Greece exit'
    Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:37:02 GMT
    EU Commissioner Neelie Kroes piles pressure on Greece to agree tough reforms, saying a euro exit would be "no man overboard".
  • Stores offer warranty concessions
    Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:29:03 GMT
    Dixons, Comet and Argos have pledged to improve the way extended warranties for electrical goods are sold, the Office for Fair Trading says.
  • Glencore-Xstrata in $90bn merger
    Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:12:29 GMT
    Anglo-Swiss mining group Xstrata announces a $90bn merger with Glencore, the world's largest commodity trader.
  • BP ups dividend as profits rise
    Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:06:25 GMT
    BP announces sharply higher profits and increases its dividend to shareholders for the first time since the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil disaster.
  • India miners face licence repeal
    Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:35:19 GMT
    A panel appointed by India's Supreme Court recommends that the licences of as many as 49 iron ore miners should be cancelled.

BBC News

  • Maldives leader quits amid unrest
    Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:41:09 GMT
    Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed resigns after weeks of demonstrations and a mutiny by some police officers.
  • Death leads to ambulance demand
    Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:35:32 GMT
    Relatives of a woman who blame her death on a 41-minute wait for a paramedic, hand over a petition urging a dedicated ambulance service for their town.
  • Russian envoy in crisis-hit Syria
    Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:32:20 GMT
    Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrives in Syria for talks with embattled President al-Assad amid an assault on the restive city of Homs.
  • Barton 'no risk' to Terry trial
    Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:32:07 GMT
    The Attorney General defends contempt of court laws after deciding not to prosecute Joey Barton for Twitter comments on the John Terry case.
  • China worker found dead in Sudan
    Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:30:40 GMT
    The body of a Chinese worker who fled a camp in Sudan when rebels attacked has been found, says China, while 29 kidnapped workers are still missing.

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